John Harney

Elon Musk expressed dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump’s giant tax bill, saying it undercut his efforts to slash government spending.

Elon Musk expressed dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump’s giant tax bill, saying it undercut his efforts to slash government spending.

The US has taken a major step toward easing severe sanctions on Syria imposed during the Assad dictatorship, which was overthrown by rebels last December after a nearly 14-year civil war.

As President Donald Trump begins a trip to the Middle East, the State Department on Monday approved about $1.4 billion in arms sales to the United Arab Emirates — the third Gulf state on his tour.

A Trump administration task force on antisemitism said Tuesday that it will review Gaza-related protests and vandalism at the University of Washington targeting Boeing Co. and a new engineering building the company helped fund.

Senator Cory Booker on Tuesday evening set a chamber record by assailing the policies of President Donald Trump in a speech that lasted a little more than 25 hours.

President Donald Trump intensified his scrutiny of the American legal system by directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to “review conduct” by lawyers and firms who engage in “frivolous, unreasonable, and vexatious litigation” against the US.

President Donald Trump will preside over the White House’s first cryptocurrency summit next Friday, further establishing his embrace of the industry.

Hours after her confirmation by the Senate as the new Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard said trust in the US intelligence community was at “an all-time low” and pledged to end what she called “weaponization and politicization.”

President Donald Trump has nominated two people to high-profile positions at the Treasury Department, according to a document sent by the White House to the US Senate that was reviewed by Bloomberg News on Tuesday night.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he won’t attend a Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg later this month, citing among his reasons South Africa’s efforts to address inequality.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has revoked the security clearance and security detail authorization for Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a prominent critic of President Donald Trump.

With the ban on TikTok just days away, US politicians in both major parties are seeking ways to keep the Chinese-owned video-sharing app accessible for Americans.

Donald Trump has often cast Washington, DC, as an urban hellscape, but the city’s mayor, Muriel Bowser, said she had a “great meeting” with the president-elect on Monday and came away “optimistic that we will continue to find common ground.”

President-elect Donald Trump plans to travel to Paris on Saturday to attend the reopening of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, which was devastated by fire in 2019.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump plans to meet with the new UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, as well as the president of the United Arab Emirates, according to a senior adviser, as the former president continues to hold sway with foreign leaders in the shadow of the US election.

Harris Makes Climate Change a Footnote in Presidential Campaign

Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, will take part in their first joint interview, scheduled for Thursday night on CNN.

Elon Musk confirmed Tuesday that he was “making some donations” to a super political action committee supporting Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, though at a “much lower level” than has been reported.

President Joe Biden urged the Republican leaders of the House and Senate in calls on Monday to revive a bipartisan immigration measure that failed after Donald Trump proclaimed his opposition.