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With Republicans in charge of the White House and Congress, President Donald Trump has embedded the federal government in private sector companies’ affairs in unprecedented ways. That could change once Trump’s Democratic adversaries take over the House and Senate following the blue wave midterm. Democrats, planning to root out alleged corruption involving Trump, his family…
Scott Bessent, U.S. Treasury secretary, during an announcement on Trump Accounts in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. Annabelle Gordon | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. and China should “harbor no illusions” about their differences as they engage to contain the risks of artificial…
Democratic nominee Scott Colom added slightly to his narrow lead over incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Mississippi Senate election as two key ballot deadlines hit Tuesday. Colom, a local district attorney, as of 4:30 p.m. ET, was ahead of Hyde-Smith by 2,607 votes, out of 953,547 votes counted, with an estimated 97% of the…
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday railed against the Republican congressman who introduced articles of impeachment against him and aggressively defended his leadership in the Iran war and other military operations. “What one disgruntled and defeated congressman is attempting is not oversight, and it’s not accountability. It’s a political spectacle, a personal manifesto driven…
US President Donald Trump during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. Trump said the FBI is looking into Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang’s affair with a woman who is reportedly suspected to have been a…
Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, during a roundtable in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., on Monday introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, triggering a vote in the House of…
Cyberattacks, bomb threats against passenger flights, civil unrest and suspected acts of sabotage across Europe have raised questions about the continent’s resilience β and how prepared it is to defend itself against modern security threats. Hackers remotely manipulated refrigeration systems at supermarkets across Europe last week, forcing retailers to discard spoiled food and exposing vulnerabilities…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaking at a Windows event on Oct. 7, 2026, in San Francisco. Source: Microsoft Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are ramping up calls for congressional investigations into reports of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with an alleged Chinese spy. Nvidia’s board announced Sunday it is opening an independent investigation…
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 5, 2026. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images The battle for Congress is over. The war over President Donald Trump’s tariffs is about to heat up. The knotted web of tariffs that Trump spent the last two years weaving could soon face its biggest threat, as…
President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was ordering the Justice Department to investigate Democratic leaders over what he described as threats against Republican officials, donors and supporters, without identifying the alleged communications or providing evidence of criminal conduct. “The Democrats are going around threatening a lot of people, including the Attorney General of the…