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The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Cisco Systems Inc. v. Doe I to determine whether U.S. corporations can be held liable for “aiding and abetting” human rights abuses committed by foreign governments. This landmark lawsuit was brought by practitioners of Falun Gong, a spiritual group persecuted in China. The plaintiffs allege that Cisco Systems and its executives designed and customize...

The man accused of shooting a U.S. Secret Service agent as he tried to breach security at a Washington dinner where President Donald Trump was present is expected in court on Monday to face criminal charges. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, is scheduled to make his first appearance in Washington federal court, two days after authorities said they foiled an attack at the White House C...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on April 24 that a U.S. blockade on Iran is going global, adding that Tehran had a chance to make a "good deal" with Washington. Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said U.S. Central Command continues to maintain a strict blockade on all ports in Iran. Caine said 34 ships had been turned around as of Friday morning. He added that the U.S. milit...

The U.S. Senate voted early on April 23 to advance a $70 billion funding blueprint for immigration enforcement agencies, moving Republicans a step closer to unlocking a party-line bill to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) through the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term. Lawmakers voted 50–48 in predawn hours to adopt the nonbinding budget...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on April 22 about the department's fiscal year 2027 budget request. It's the sixth of seven hearings on that budget plan. Virginia voters on April 21 approved a new congressional map that could boost the chances of the Democratic Party winning four additional U.S. House seats in November’s midterm elections. Democ...

Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve, appears before the Senate Banking Committee for his nomination hearing on Tuesday. President Trump selected the former Fed board member in January as the next head of the U.S. central bank. Several issues will likely be on the agenda, including central bank independence and the potential path of monetary policy. President Trum...

President Donald Trump said U.S. representatives will arrive in Pakistan on Monday evening in preparation for negotiations with Iran. And the United States said it had seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that tried to run its blockade on Sunday. A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan on Monday, prompting authorities to urge residents to stay away from coastal areas...

Oil prices dropped by more than 10 percent on Friday, after Iran's foreign minister said that the passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz was open for the remaining ceasefire period. President Donald Trump announced on Friday, however, that the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports remains in effect until a deal with Iran is negotiated. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testi...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said that Israeli and Lebanese leaders had agreed to begin a 10-day ceasefire. "These two Leaders have agreed that in order to achieve PEACE between their Countries, they will formally begin a 10 Day CEASEFIRE at 5 P.M. EST," he wrote, adding that he has directed U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...

U.S. President Donald Trump wrote in an April 15 post on Truth Social that China has "agreed not to send weapons to Iran.” He said the two countries are "working together smartly," but also warned that the United States is "very good at fighting." House lawmakers late Tuesday night advanced a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a power that has long drawn...

U.S. Central Command has announced a U.S. blockade of ships entering or exiting Iranian Ports beginning April 13. Oil prices jumped back above $100 a barrel on the news. President Donald Trump said the price of oil and gasoline could remain high through November's midterm elections. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban conceded defeat on April 12 in the national election, ending his 16 years in o...

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a two-week cease-fire with Iran. On April 8, he said the United States will work closely with Iran, which he said has "gone through what will be a very productive Regime Change." He also said there would be no uranium enrichment and that many of the 15 points in the U.S. proposal to Iran had been agreed to. U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the U.S....

President Donald Trump warned on April 7 that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran fails to meet his 8 p.m. ET deadline to reach a deal. In a post on Truth Social, the president said he did not want such an outcome but suggested it was increasingly likely without a breakthrough, calling the moment “one of the most important” in world history. Vice President JD Vance said he is “confiden...

President Donald Trump will hold a press conference on Monday, as his deadline for Iran to reach a cease-fire deal approaches. Trump on Sunday posted on Truth Social, "Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!"—signaling the new deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on energy facilities and bridges. The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission entered the moon's gravitational s...

U.S. employers added 178,000 new jobs in March, according to new Bureau of Labor Statistics data released on April 3. Prior to the non-farm payrolls report, economists had forecast a more modest reading of 60,000. The unemployment rate also dipped to 4.3 percent last month, from the 4.4 percent registered in February. Markets had projected the jobless rate holding steady at 4.4 percent. President...

Oil prices climbed to around $110 a barrel on April 2 after President Donald Trump said the United States would continue attacks on Iran. And the United Kingdom is hosting a virtual meeting of around 40 countries to discuss options for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The United States is not due to attend. An end to the longest Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown in history is on the ho...

U.S. President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on March 29, said talks with Iran are ongoing and making “very good” progress. He urged Tehran to take the deal or face destruction of its critical infrastructure. A spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry denies negotiations are taking place. Transportation Security Administration agents are expected to be paid again soon af...

The U.S. Senate voted on Friday (March) to end a partial government shutdown that has snarled airports across the country, though it did not resolve a dispute over immigration enforcement that prompted the six-week standoff in the first place. The House of Representatives must also pass the bill before Trump can sign it into law. A vote was expected later on Friday. President Donald Trump announce...

President ​Donald Trump on March 25 warned Iran to "get serious" about a deal to end nearly four weeks of fighting, after its foreign minister said Tehran was reviewing the U.S. proposal, but there were no direct talks on winding down the war. Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Thursday that Iran had been "militarily obliterated, with zero chance of a comeback", and was "begging" for a deal....

Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Wednesday as prospects of a de-escalation in the Middle East conflict allayed some investor fears around prolonged energy supply disruptions. A source at the Pentagon has told media that elements of the elite 82nd Airborne Division are being deployed to the region. A key element of the 82nd Airborne is the Immediate Response Force—highly-trained soldiers...

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) will be sworn in as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the Oval Office of the White House on March 24. Mullin was confirmed by the Senate on March 23 and replaces fired DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Iran and Israel have continued strikes in the Middle East after U.S. President Donald Trump postponed the bombing of the Iranian regime's ​power plant...

Israel has confirmed that it killed the spokesman for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Ali Mohammad Naini. He's the fourth high-profile Iranian official killed this week. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said he held multiple roles in propaganda and media operations. The military says over the past two years, he served as the IRGC’s main propagandist and spread the regime’s messagin...

President Donald Trump will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the White House for a bilateral meeting. It's the Japanese prime minister's first trip to the United States since taking office last October. Takaichi told reporters that she hopes to discuss restoring peace in the Middle East, saying global peace and stability are under threat. Japanese officials say the two sides wil...

Top Trump administration intelligence officials, including Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and FBI Director Kash Patel, testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee at their annual hearings. Hearings are expected to focus largely on the security implications of the Iran war. The Israeli military said it killed Iran's minister of intelligence, Esmae...

President Donald Trump said the Iran War could be wrapped up soon, when asked on Monday whether he thinks the war could end this week. Trump said the operation stopped Tehran from developing nuclear weapons, adding that it prevented a nuclear war that could have escalated into World War III. Trump also says some countries have agreed to help patrol the Strait of Hormuz. He says an announcement on...