California Attorney General Rob Bonta is pursuing litigation that could benefit a foreign billionaire after receiving campaign checks from lawyers working for the billionaire’s nonprofit organization, public records show. Those checks may not have been properly disclosed, according to the records. In March 2024, a nonprofit organization funded by Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest began cutting checks to […]

The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, was restructuring leadership and that Vice Admiral Fred Kacher was being removed from his position as director of the Joint Staff. Kacher assumed the role on December 5, 2025. “We are deeply grateful for Vice Adm. Kacher’s dedicated […]

During a visit to the Caribbean on Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was asked about recent talks in Geneva regarding weapons of mass destruction and the prospect of future nuclear weapons agreements. He responded that any such deal would have to involve Russia and China, specifically the latter, given the country’s weapons capacity and […]

Former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s lawyer said the Trump administration is blocking Venezuela’s government from paying for his legal defense as the former leader faces sweeping drug trafficking charges in a federal court. According to the letter sent by Maduro’s lawyer, Barry Pollack, to a Manhattan federal judge, the Treasury Department initially authorized Venezuela to […]