President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of his nation, on Tuesday brushed off questions about bin Salman’s involvement in the 2018 killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. “Things happen,” Trump said when asked about Khashoggi’s killing by Mary Bruce…
U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral lunch with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Nov. 7, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump has doled out dozens of executive clemency grants in the past few weeks alone, issuing pardons and commutations to major business…
The administration of President Donald Trump is taking aim at state laws that ban the inclusion of medical debt on consumers’ credit reports. In late October, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released what’s known as an interpretive rule, stating that laws prohibiting medical debt reporting in 15 states are preempted by the Fair Credit Reporting…
U.S. President Donald Trump attends an event to make an announcement from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. Nov. 6, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump on Thursday announced deals with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to slash the prices of some of their obesity drugs, including upcoming…
Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2022. Benoit Tessier | Reuters President Donald Trump said he knows nothing about Binance founder Changpeng Zhao — or that company’s recent involvement in a cryptocurrency venture linked to…
Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attends the 56th NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California, U.S. February 22, 2025. Etienne Laurent | Reuters Former Vice President Kamala Harris said that during her career, she never took “no” for an answer — and attributed much of her success to this attitude….
Wayne Johnson at the Gables of Wolf Creek, the retirement community he owns in Macon, Georgia Annie Nova | CNBC A Republican who oversaw the country’s $1.6 trillion federal student loan portfolio during President Donald Trump‘s first term has funded a class action effort against the administration over its current borrower policies. The proposed class…
The Good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty Images In recent weeks, some federal student loan borrowers have received welcome news: The U.S. Department of Education will soon cancel their remaining debt. “You are now eligible to have some or all of your federal student loan(s) discharged because you have reached the necessary number of payments…
Paul J. Ingrassia, nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel. Source: DHS President Donald Trump‘s nominee to head the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, Paul Ingrassia, was accused of sexual harassment, Politico reported. Ingrassia, who is currently the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, was investigated in connection with an incident…
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, from left; Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget; Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota; and U.S. Vice President JD Vance speak to members of the media following a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept….
