The House on Wednesday voted to extend a high-profile warrantless surveillance law for three years, but the fate of the measure was uncertain as the Senate vowed to make changes that could delay final passage past the program’s midnight expiration on Thursday. Bipartisan approval of the bill capped a chaotic struggle in the House, where…
U.S. prosecutors accused a Mexican governor and nine other current and former Mexican officials of participating in a broad conspiracy to help a powerful Mexican cartel import drugs into the United States in exchange for bribes and votes. In an indictment unsealed on Wednesday, U.S. prosecutors said that the governor of the Mexican state of…
Jerome H. Powell said on Wednesday that he would stay on as a governor at the Federal Reserve after his term as chair ends May 15, citing lingering legal threats against him and the central bank as part of a pressure campaign by President Trump for lower borrowing costs. “After my term as chair ends…
Kevin M. Warsh moved one step closer on Wednesday to becoming the next chair of the Federal Reserve, after Republicans on a key Senate panel advanced his nomination to the full chamber for a final vote. The development all but guaranteed that Mr. Warsh, a Fed governor from 2006 to 2011, would eventually take over…
FIFA will introduce two major disciplinary rule changes at the 2026 World Cup. Players are now at risk of being sent off for covering their mouths during heated on-pitch confrontations. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) confirmed the amendments following a special meeting in Vancouver. Advertisement Football’s lawmakers unanimously approved proposals designed to crack down…
Donald Trump is not impressed by soft power. He respects hard men with military muscle. But he can be moved by pageantry, which is the purpose of King Charles’s visit to Washington this week. Trump is flattered to rub shoulders with majesty. The good vibes are then supposed to radiate warmth through a political relationship…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Fifty per cent of the world’s seaborne trade in sulphur passes through the Strait of Hormuz. So does 34 per cent of trade in crude oil, 29 per cent of liquefied petroleum gas,…
The White House on Tuesday urged the House to immediately pass a stalled bipartisan spending bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, which Republicans have refused to take up since the Senate passed it nearly a month ago. The request, in a memo sent to members of Congress by the White House’s budget office,…
Federal regulators on Tuesday ordered a review of all station licenses owned by ABC, an extraordinary move to pressure a major television network whose programming has frequently angered President Trump. The agency overseeing the review, the Federal Communications Commission, said in a filing that the action was related to an investigation into ABC’s diversity and…
The acting US ambassador to Ukraine will depart Kyiv in the coming weeks, according to people familiar with the matter, leaving a crucial diplomatic post vacant while Russia prepares for a summer offensive and peace talks stall. Julie Davis, who has served as temporary chargé d’affaires at the US embassy in Kyiv since May last…
