The United States brought together the Group of Seven countries, as well as Australia and India, in Washington, D.C., to discuss critical minerals Monday amid China’s continued chokehold on the sector.  In a statement, the Treasury Department said that Secretary Scott Bessent “expressed his optimism that nations will pursue prudent derisking over decoupling, and that […]

Iran’s exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi called for all able Iranian citizens to take to the streets to protest the Islamic government despite thousands of casualties, arguing that they were embroiled in a “war.” The current round of bloody protests, beginning on Dec. 28 over dire economic conditions, has quickly escalated to the greatest threat to […]

A group of House Democrats, led by Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO), asked a federal judge on Monday to block the Department of Homeland Security from continuing to enforce a policy that restricts federal lawmakers from visiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities without advanced notice. Last week, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem issued a new […]

Two Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to restrict Immigration and Customs Enforcement from operating in their states.  Minnesota’s and Illinois’s move to sue the Trump administration marks the latest reaction to a controversial shooting that occurred last week, in which an ICE agent killed a Minneapolis woman accused of trying to […]