Author: Nermeen Nabil

President Trump will impose double-digit tariffs on imports from 60 countries over forced labor violations, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced Thursday. The action will cover 99.4 percent of U.S. imports and apply to Washington’s…

Dr. Anthony Fauci will testify next Wednesday in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee after being subpoenaed, chairman Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Thursday. Paul has been laser-focused on Fauci, the nation’s…

A collection of cultural artifacts from Indonesia’s Papua region that were looted and illegally taken to the U.S. have been returned to Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Indonesian officials confirmed to reporters. The handover of the…

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Oil prices surge amid Middle East escalations Oil prices have jumped as the conflict with Iran escalates, this time with attacks on ships in…

The man accused of killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman was sentenced to two consecutive life terms, plus 40 years in prison Thursday. Vance Boelter, 59, was sentenced to spend the rest of his…

A majority of Americans don’t approve of President Trump’s renovation efforts in the U.S.’s capital city, according to a new survey.  The president has undertaken a series of controversial beautification projects around Washington, D.C., including…

Houthi strikes on a pair of Saudi Arabian oil tankers have created an explosive situation in the Red Sea, threatening to open a new front in the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran and further roil the…

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Thursday he’s expecting to add provisions to penalize Iran to a Russia sanctions bill under consideration in the upper chamber.  President Trump said on social media over…

Jes Staley — a former top executive at JPMorgan who fought to keep Jeffrey Epstein as a client at the bank after Epstein became a convicted sex offender — told the House Oversight Committee Thursday…

The U.S. Secret Service said Thursday it was investigating a member of Vice President Vance’s detail for allegedly leaking sensitive information. “A member of the Vice Presidential Protective Division is the subject of an administrative…

Roughly two dozen Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration on Thursday over its latest set of conditions for receiving Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant funds.  The states say the demands are without authority and…

The U.S. Navy will no longer release service history information for sailors, ending the decades-long practice to address what officials describe as security threats and harassment concerns. The move comes amid greater press restrictions imposed…

Political commentator Bill O’Reilly on Wednesday said President Trump should “take the next month off” as the 80-year-old chief executive faces widening foreign and domestic dilemmas. O’Reilly, 76, wrapped up the latest episode of his…

Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) said Wednesday that Congress has a “culture of creepiness” when it came to members approaching and soliciting staffers. Cammack told MeidasTouch’s Pablo Manríquez that she “wouldn’t feel comfortable sending” her “daughter…

President Trump will deliver remarks Thursday afternoon on the White House’s plan to expand a voluntary ratepayer protection pledge aimed at shielding consumers from electricity cost increases tied to AI data center growth. The announcement…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Thursday pressed President Trump’s nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding conflicts of interest and the Trump administration’s cuts to the agency. During Brian Johnson’s nomination hearing…

Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz said in an interview Thursday he is looking to take up legislation to address the “catastrophic risk” posed by artificial intelligence — increasingly top of mind after a major OpenAI…

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did not offer any new information regarding the civilian nuclear deal Thursday after President Trump made it conditional on Saudi Arabia normalizing relations with Israel. “The president is always…

President Trump said on Thursday that he is weighing a significant escalation in combat operations against Iran following the U.S. military’s 12th day of consecutive strikes on Wednesday. The president told Axios that he is…