President Donald Trump revealed on Monday that he is using tariffs to target Iran, appearing to mark the administration’s latest effort to support anti-government protesters seeking to topple their country’s Islamic regime. “Effectively immediately,” countries conducting business with Iran will be forced to pay a 25% tariff on “any and all business” done with the […]

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) suggested on Monday that the Trump administration has fallen into a “pattern” of weaponizing the government against political foes.  The Arizona Democrat’s statement came in response to questions about whether he believes the Department of Justice is being “weaponized” against the Federal Reserve, particularly after the DOJ recently launched a criminal […]

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 […]