President Donald Trump on Saturday blasted his own Justice Department’s decision to blame a poor contractor installation, and not vandalism, for causing the lining to peel on the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Friday moved to dismiss an indictment charging U.S….
Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Trump Media and Technology Group‘s new paid data service launched on Aug. 1, providing faster access to Truth Social posts from President Donald Trump and other top accounts on the platform. “Truth API,” the new application programming interface, is designed to give firms “a direct, licensed,…
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 airplane lands at Los Angeles International Airport after arriving from Chicago on March 7, 2026. Kevin Carter | Getty Images How volatile are fuel markets this year? Southwest Airlines hired a ship this spring to send jet fuel from Texas to California, where prices are much higher and concerns had…
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Presidents and other federal officials would be banned from issuing or sponsoring cryptocurrency and other digital assets under newly updated legislation the Senate is considering. Republicans on Wednesday updated a measure already under consideration — known…
Internal Revenue Service CEO Frank Bisignano dismissed allegations that he spied on his fellow executives while working at JPMorgan Chase more than a decade age. “None of it’s true,” Bisignano told CNBC on Tuesday. Bisignano surveilled colleagues at JPMorgan while he was co-chief operating officer, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. He wanted information to…
A ship identified by the Philippine Coast Guard as a Chinese research vessel is seen towing a floating structure at Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on June 15, 2026. Jam Sta Rosa | Afp | Getty Images The shoal is one of the most volatile flashpoints in the South China Sea, where…
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Prime Minister of Iraq Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2026. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Iran wants to meet and make a deal, as the U.S. military…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) talks to reporters after speaking on the floor of the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has passed away, his office said Sunday. “On the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed…
President Donald Trump ordered renewed airstrikes against Iran on Saturday after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked a commercial ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. military said in a statement. The M/V GFS Galaxy, a container ship sailing under the flag of Cyprus, is unable to continue its journey after the Iranian attack…
Donald Trump, President of the United States, speaks during a press conference at the NATO Summit at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye, on July 8, 2026. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images President Donald Trump threatened to “decimate and destroy” Iran if Tehran acts on threats to…
