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President Donald Trump announced late Wednesday evening that he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general. “We are going to make him permanent attorney general,” Trump said at a Rose Garden event. Blanche was tapped as acting attorney general after Trump announced on April 2 that Attorney General Pam Bondi was transitioning to an important role in the private sector. Israel will cont...

President Donald Trump said Iran has agreed not to have a nuclear weapon and that he would probably meet with Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei at some point if things "work out." Republican Steve Hilton and former Health Secretary Xavier Becerra held onto early leads in the open primary race for California governor on June 3, positioning them to potentially advance to the Nov. 3 general election.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will sit before House and Senate committees this week to make the State Department’s annual budget request. The focus is likely to shift quickly to the ceasefire between Washington and Tehran. Rubio, who also serves as President Donald Trump's national security adviser, will testify at hearings over two days. Following his appearances on June 2 before the Senate Fore...

The United States said on Sunday it conducted self-defense strikes on Iranian radar and drone control sites in response to aggressive actions from Tehran. The sites are located on Iran's Goruk and Qeshm Islands. The Department of Commerce has issued new guidance to prevent Chinese companies from obtaining advanced U.S. artificial intelligence chips, such as Nvidia’s most sophisticated Blackwell pr...

Oil futures fell 2 percent on Friday and were on track for their steepest weekly decline since early April. It comes after reports that the United States and Iran could reach an agreement to extend the current ceasefire. Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing questions today from House Oversight investigators about the Jeffrey Epstein files. The appearance follows a dispute with the Justice D...

The U.S. military says Kuwait intercepted a ballistic missile Iran launched toward the country Wednesday night. It comes after the U.S. targeted a site that posed a threat to U.S. forces and commercial traffic. In response, Iran's military launched an attack targeting an American air base in the area. The Treasury launches 'Trump Accounts' on app stores nationwide, advancing a policy initiative th...

President Donald Trump hosts a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday. The meeting comes as the administration weighs its next steps with Iran. The results are in from the Texas primaries. The most-watched race was in Texas, where Attorney General Ken Paxton unseated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) with Trump’s endorsement.

U.S. President Donald Trump lays out three possible paths for dealing with Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium as negotiations continue over a broader peace deal. Voters are finalizing their choices for several key congressional races in Texas on Tuesday. All eyes will be on the Republican primary runoff for the U.S. Senate, where Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faces incumbent Sen. John Cornyn...

President Donald Trump will participate in a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Trump said on Monday that it should be mandatory for countries, including Qatar, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey, to join the Abraham Accords en masse as part of an effort to reach a deal with Iran. "I stated that, after all the work done by the United States to try and...

Incoming Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh will be sworn in as the next chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve on Friday in a ceremony hosted by President Donald Trump. Kyle Busch, a generational talent who won two NASCAR Cup Series championships, has died at 41, his family announced on Thursday.

President Donald Trump will make an announcement in the Oval Office with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Thursday at 11 a.m. ET. U.S. National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya is testifying before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies in a hearing on the agency’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request.

President Donald Trump will participate in the 145th commencement ceremony of the United States Coast Guard Academy at 10:45 a.m. ET on Wednesday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered to forge a new relationship between the United States and Cuba on Wednesday in a video message to the Cuban people, proposing $100 million in aid and blaming Cuba's leaders for shortages of electricity, food, and f...

President Donald Trump said he would be making an announcement in the early afternoon on the Senate primary contest in Texas between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton. “And I hope you find it good,” Trump said without giving any details on who he would endorse, but added, “I’ve pretty much always known who I was going to endorse.” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche...

President Donald Trump on Monday moved to withdraw his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns after reports that a resolution of the case was close at hand. The disclosure was made in a federal court filing in Florida, where the lawsuit was filed. Fighting for his political survival amid Trump’s push to remove him from Congress, libertarian Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)...

President Donald Trump said on Friday that Taiwan was a major topic of discussion during his summit with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping and added that he had not yet decided whether to proceed with a major U.S. arms package for the island. Trump also said he thinks Xi is seriously considering releasing detained pastor Ezra Jin in China, but that the case of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai...

The Beijing summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping concluded its first day on May 14 with a notable flashpoint: Taiwan and U.S. arms sales to the island. According to a statement released by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Xi warned Trump that the two countries risked “clashes and even conflicts” if the Taiwan issue was not handled carefully. The White House...

U.S. President Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for a two-day visit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. China rolled out the red carpet for the U.S. president, with tech giants and business chiefs eyeing deals under Xi’s communist regime. The South Carolina Supreme Court on May 13 overturned lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions and life sentence over the fatal shootings of his wife and younger...

The U.S. annual inflation rate rose to 3.8 percent in April, according to new Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Economists had forecast a reading of 3.7 percent. Core inflation, which strips out the volatile energy and food prices, edged up to 2.8 percent, above the consensus estimate of 2.7 percent. President Donald Trump is set to depart for Beijing on Tuesday for a two-day summit with Chinese le...

The White House is expecting a response proposal on Friday from the Iranian regime about ending the war. President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that a ceasefire was still holding despite a flare-up in the conflict after three U.S. Navy destroyers were attacked as they moved through the Strait of Hormuz. The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down a new congressional redistricting map, approve...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is heading to the White House on Thursday for talks with President Donald Trump. Brazil's finance minister says tariffs and organized crime will be key topics. The visit follows tensions last year after the Trump administration imposed steep tariffs on Brazilian imports, which Trump linked to the prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro—a case Tr...

President Donald Trump issued a new warning to Iran on Wednesday, saying that if the regime doesn't come to an agreement, the “bombing starts,” and it will be "at a much higher level and intensity than it was before.” Trump also said that if Iran honors what has been agreed to, Operation Epic Fury could end and the Strait of Hormuz could reopen. The World Health Organization said three individuals...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said Project Freedom, the U.S. effort to secure the Strait of Hormuz, is separate and distinct from Operation Epic Fury, and is "defensive in nature." Hegseth said hundreds more ships from nations around the world are lining up to transit the strait, and that U.S. Central Command is in active communication with ships, shipping companies, and insurers. Hegse...

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Monday that U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers are operating in the Arabian Gulf in support of Project Freedom. CENTCOM also confirmed that after the launch of Project Freedom, two U.S.-flagged merchant vessels have successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is hospitalized and in critical condition, Ted Goodman,...

President Donald Trump said on April 30 that gasoline prices would plummet once the war with Iran ends. Speaking during a press event in the Oval Office, Trump linked elevated fuel costs directly to the ongoing Iran conflict and the continued closure of key shipping routes, while expressing the conviction that ample global supply would quickly push prices lower once unrestricted crude transit resu...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States is reviewing a possible reduction of U.S. troops stationed in Germany, with a decision expected “over the next short period of time.” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made news recently when he said on April 27 that Iran was “humiliating” the United States. The United States had more than 36,000 active-duty troops stationed in Germany as...