U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters There was a stony silence from Moscow a day after the U.S. President Donald Trump criticized Russian…
Rupert Murdoch looks on, at the White House, in Washington, U.S. Feb. 3, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Why let a $10 billion lawsuit get in the way of old friends having some chicken and gravy for dinner? President Donald Trump last week dined at the White House with Rupert Murdoch and that media baron’s…
A general view shows the oil refinery of the Lukoil company in Volgograd, Russia on April 22, 2022. Reuters Photographer | Reuters The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed further sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, citing “Russia’s lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine.” “Now is the…
The U.S. government shutdown on Wednesday entered its 22nd day, becoming the second-longest federal funding lapse ever, with no end in sight. The milestone means that the two longest shutdowns have both occurred while President Donald Trump was in office. The longest shutdown began in December 2018, in Trump’s first term, and dragged on for…
Demolition of a section of the East Wing of the White House, during construction on the new ballroom extension of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. Aaron Schartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tech giant Alphabet is contributing $22 million to help build the White House ballroom under a…
Paul J. Ingrassia, nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel. Source: DHS Paul Ingrassia, whom President Donald Trump had nominated to lead the Office of the Special Counsel, withdrew from Senate consideration for that post on Tuesday night after new controversy over a series of racist text messages he reportedly sent that included him…
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on Sept. 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images A New York man who received a pardon from President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has…
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) questions U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Republican Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska on Tuesday warned President Donald Trump that his proposal for the…
Workers demolish the facade of the East Wing of the White House on Oct. 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images The Treasury Department told staff not to share photos of the White House’s East Wing as parts of it are torn down to build President Donald Trump’s ballroom, a spokesperson confirmed…
FILE PHOTO: Workers transporting soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, Oct. 31, 2010. Stringer | Reuters China on Tuesday responded to the U.S.-Australia critical minerals deal by saying resource-rich rare earth countries should take “a proactive role” in stabilizing their critical minerals supply chains. A spokesperson…
