Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday he is confident the global energy markets will soon stabilize, citing President Donald Trump’s latest operation to divest the Strait of Hormuz of Iranian influence, among other initiatives.  Bessent said Trump’s Project Freedom operation in the strategic waterway, which launched on Monday, alongside the United Arab Emirates’ decision to […]

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito temporarily blocked on Monday an appeals court’s ruling that barred abortion pills from being sold online and transported to patients via mail. A pair of drugmakers who offer mifepristone, the abortion pill at the center of the litigation, urged the Supreme Court to halt the Friday ruling from the U.S. […]

Iranian executions picked up over the weekend, despite President Donald Trump’s plea for the regime to stop killing protesters.  Tehran executed at least six protesters amid the country’s dispute with the United States, particularly over the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM DENIES IRAN’S CLAIM IT DAMAGED US WARSHIP IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ Iranian media announced on […]

A protester who has been atop the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge for four days said he will descend “soon” after his presence led to traffic delays, with one lane each way closed.  Guido Reichstadter, an activist from Florida, scaled the 168-foot arch on Friday and said he was protesting the war in Iran, President Donald […]