The Trump administration announced Tuesday that its trade fraud task force has surpassed $1 billion in criminal and civil recoveries, penalties, forfeitures, and publicly charged losses during its first year, Justice Department officials said at a press conference in Chicago. The DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security launched the Trade Fraud Task Force in […]

Darline Graham Nordone, the sister of the late Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, is set to be sworn into the Senate as her older brother’s replacement on Tuesday afternoon. On Monday, Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC) appointed Nordone to serve the remainder of Graham’s fourth term. Graham was up for reelection this year. President Donald Trump […]

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh vowed that the central bank is fully committed to lowering inflation to the 2% target. Warsh, who replaced Jerome Powell as Fed chairman in May, testified Tuesday before the House Financial Services Committee, where he was repeatedly asked about the Fed’s efforts to drive inflation down after years of too-hot […]

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said Tuesday she will press Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to halt all non-urgent Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicle stops after a man was shot and killed during an immigration enforcement operation Monday, sparking outrage across the state. “While the investigation of the Biddeford shooting is not yet complete, […]