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. President Donald Trump gestures as he hosts a Rose Garden Club lunch at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 21, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump has demanded that the Department of Justice pay him a whopping $230 million in compensation for its criminal investigations of him after his first…
Customers check out at a supermarket on August 12, 2025 in New York City. Liao Pan | China News Service | Getty Images The September consumer price index report coming out Friday will command full attention from financial markets, even as some investors will view the data with a skeptical eye. With the Bureau of…
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 demolished to build a new ballroom at the behest of President…
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…
TOKYO, JAPAN – OCTOBER 21: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Sanae Takaichi attends a plenary session in the lower house of the Diet on October 21, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. Takaichi is expected to become the country’s first female prime minister after the party decided to form a coalition government with the Japan Innovation Party,…
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press after disembarking from Air Force One upon arrival at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, Oct. 17, 2025, as he travels to Mar-a-Lago for the weekend. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump is stepping up his calls to deploy the…
Top White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett on Monday predicted the government shutdown is “likely to end sometime this week.” But if that does not happen, the Trump administration may impose “stronger measures” to force Democrats to cooperate, Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” The comments came deep into…
Federal agents confront protesters outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on September 28, 2025 in Portland, Oregon. Mathieu Lewis-rolland | Getty Images A federal appeals court on Monday said that President Donald Trump could deploy National Guard troops to the streets of Portland, Oregon. The 2-1 ruling by a three-judge panel on…
Former FBI Director James Comey on Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss his criminal case, arguing that he is being vindictively prosecuted because of President Donald Trump’s animus toward him. Comey, in a pair of motions for dismissal filed in federal court in eastern Virginia, also argued that the indictment against him is fatally…
