The Department of Labor threatened to withhold funds from states if their governors didn’t take further action to combat unemployment fraud and waste. As part of the Trump administration’s wider efforts to combat waste, fraud, and abuse, Vice President JD Vance’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud is now focusing on state unemployment programs. Acting U.S. […]

President Donald Trump championed the memorandum of understanding with Iran during a bilateral meeting with President Abdel Fattah el Sisi of Egypt at the Group of Seven summit, though he conceded the details of the deal remain unknown to the wider public. “It’s a very strong deal,” said Trump, speaking in Evian, France, where the […]

Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, was set to be grilled at a confirmation hearing Wednesday that Republicans hoped would break the gridlock on an expired foreign spy program. But the president suddenly announced Republicans were “canceling” the hearing until the Senate allows Jamie McDonald to become the next U.S. attorney for […]

President Donald Trump’s decisions to start and end the Iran war will eventually be judged for their global impact, but the effect on domestic politics should come much sooner. Republicans are trying to defend their congressional majorities in an election year. The question is whether Trump’s Iran deal will make that task easier or harder. […]