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President Trump wanted one thing, more than anything else, from his secretary of the Navy, John Phelan: a new class of battleships. “They’ll be the fastest, the biggest and by far — 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built,” Mr. Trump boasted at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate and resort in…
House Republicans investigating the liberal fund-raising organization ActBlue have asked its chief executive to testify next month to explain how the group vets its donors, a significant escalation in public pressure on the Democratic Party’s biggest financial engine. Hours after the Republican request on Thursday, ActBlue pushed back in a letter dismissing the inquiry as…
Representative David Scott, a Georgia Democrat who served nearly three decades in the state’s legislature before being elected to Congress, has died, his office announced on Wednesday. He was 80. Mr. Scott represented Georgia’s 13th Congressional District for more than 20 years. During his time in Washington, he established himself as an advocate for Black…
The price of diesel has risen much more quickly than gasoline as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has choked global oil supplies. That could have severe consequences for the diesel-dependent transportation industry. Since the war began on Feb. 28, the average price of a gallon of diesel has gone up about 45 percent, while a…
The Senate late Wednesday moved toward adopting a Republican budget blueprint that would pave the way for a $70 billion increase for immigration enforcement and the eventual reopening of the Department of Homeland Security. But first, senators waded through an overnight marathon of rapid-fire votes, known as a vote-a-rama, that put the two parties’ dueling…
A referendum that just passed in Virginia has captivated the political world, and it could have major implications for determining control of Congress. Let’s break it down. What happened? Last night, Virginia voters approved a referendum to redraw the state’s congressional map, embracing a Democratic-designed one that is “as extreme a political gerrymander as exists…
Dr. Norman Rowe, a plastic surgeon with offices in New York and Florida, advertises on his website that breast reduction surgery usually costs between $15,000 and $25,000. But these days, his practice sometimes earns $440,000 for the procedure. Dr. Rowe has taken full advantage of a new arbitration system, part of a major consumer protection…
The former top official at the Foreign Office has fronted a parliamentary committee, telling MPs that No 10 had a “dismissive approach” to Lord Peter Mandelson’s security vetting. Sir Olly Robbins said there was an “atmosphere of pressure” and a “very strong expectation” from No 10 that Mandelson should be “in post and in America”…
He is likely to set out to the Foreign Affairs Committee the context in which his initial decision was taken – that Lord Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador had already been publicly announced and his interpretation of the law, the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act, 2010, was that he was not authorised to share the conclusions…
Sir Keir Starmer addressed MPs in the Commons about Peter Mandelson’s vetting for his job as US ambassador. The prime minister said officials made a “deliberate decision” not to tell him that Mandelson had failed security vetting for the job. Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch accused the PM of throwing “his staff and officials under…
