U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference at the Cash Room of the Treasury Department in Washington, as he announces a new set of sanctions against Iran, Aug. 24, 2026. Mehmet Eser | Anadolu | Getty Images The Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions against a small Turkish investment bank and two…
Argentine President Javier Milei speaks during the Madrid Forum, where conservative leaders from Latin America have gathered, in Santiago, Chile on September 3, 2026. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Argentina‘s President Javier Milei has ramped up a long-running dispute over the Falkland Islands, reasserting the country’s claims over the self-governing British overseas territory and…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a “fireside chat”, as finance ministers and central bank governors from G20 countries meet in Asheville, North Carolina, U.S., September 1, 2026. Sam Wolfe | Reuters The European Union has formally joined the U.S.-led sanctions campaign against Iran, while South Korea said it’s weighing a military role to…
Students walk on campus at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., Nov. 19, 2025. Reba Saldanha | Reuters The U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS issued proposed regulations on Thursday to end federal tax-exempt status for thousands of private schools that use race to influence factors like admissions or student aid. Such a move threatens…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a press conference at the West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on April 14, 2026. Andrej Ivanov | Afp | Getty Images Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday returned fire after Trump administration Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed Ottawa tanked trade talks with the…
Elon Musk’s super PAC is putting its first midterm money behind some of the GOP’s most important election battlegrounds, spending more than $800,000 across seven Senate races and a handful of competitive House districts, according to a new Federal Election Commission disclosure. The spending by America PAC offers the clearest look yet at where the…
Leon Black, then-CEO of Apollo Global Management, at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, May 1, 2018. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black sued the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Thursday, seeking to block subpoenas for multiple nondisclosure agreements he was…
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Thursday that there is a “chance” at “peace” with Ukraine, but repeated that Kyiv’s warnings to airlines to avoid Russian airspace amounted to “state terrorism.” “Ultimately…the problem must be resolved by the countries involved in the conflict – Russia and Ukraine,” he said in translated remarks at the Eastern Economic…
A banner of US President Donald Trump outside of the Department of Justice (DOJ) building in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images All states going forward must report undocumented immigrants known to be in a state to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or risk losing…
U.S. President Donald Trump (C) speaks during a meeting with U.S. travel executives in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 2, 2026 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Kuwait’s army on Thursday said it was confronting hostile missile and drone attacks from Iran, a day after President Donald Trump said…
