US Politics

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly endorsed a proposed $250 bill featuring President Trump during a Friday interview at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. The interview was conducted by Larry Kudlow, a conservative contributor for Fox Business, who asked Bessent about his opinion of the proposed currency. Kudlow posed the question about the commemorative…

Forty-seven percent of likely general election voters in Texas backed state Rep. James Talarico in a new poll released Friday. The poll was conducted by Texas Public Opinion Research and showed Talarico, a Democrat, leading his Republican opponent by three points. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton received 44 percent support among likely general election voters…

President Donald Trump has endorsed South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Pam Evette in the state’s Republican gubernatorial contest, bypassing Rep. Nancy Mace in the process. Trump announced his support for Evette on Friday evening through a post on Truth Social, his preferred social media platform for major political announcements. The president described Evette as an “America…

U.S. Southern Command confirmed Friday that American military forces killed three men during a strike targeting a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The operation was carried out against a vessel accused of carrying drugs along one of the region’s most heavily monitored waterways. Southcom posted details of the strike on the social platform X,…

The White House released a memo late Friday stating that President Trump “remains in excellent health,” following his annual physical exam earlier in the week. The memo was written by the president’s physician and made public after the completion of the medical evaluation. Trump visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday to undergo…

General Francis L. Donovan, the commander of U.S. Southern Command, met with senior Cuban military officials on Friday amid rising tensions between the two governments. The meeting was announced by Southcom and took place near Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, marking a notable point of direct military contact between the two nations. Donovan met with Cuba’s…

A federal judge in Florida has agreed to reopen President Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS, which seeks $10 billion in damages. The judge sided with intervenors who argued that a settlement agreement had tainted the original case. The intervenors specifically contended that the settlement’s creation of an “anti-weaponization” fund compromised the integrity of the proceedings….

The Securities and Exchange Commission formally proposed on Friday to rescind its 2024 rule on climate-related disclosures from publicly traded companies. The rule, which was adopted in 2024, would have required publicly traded companies to disclose certain information related to climate change. The SEC’s formal proposal marks a significant step toward eliminating one of the…

State law enforcement officers arrested a federal immigration agent in Texas on Friday, officials say, in connection with a nonfatal shooting in Minneapolis earlier this year. The arrest was carried out by agents from the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General and the Texas Rangers. The suspect, identified as Christian Castro, was…

Hayden Haynes, chief of staff to Speaker Mike Johnson, is departing the office in early June after years of service at the congressman’s side. Haynes has been one of Johnson’s longest-serving aides, building a working relationship that stretches back nearly a decade to Johnson’s first congressional campaign. Haynes originally joined Johnson as his campaign manager…