Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was shouted at during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing this week by a Chicago-area Democrat amid a heated exchange over the Trump economy. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., followed several other Democrats in condemning rising prices during the Iran conflict, while Bessent repeatedly pushed back on assertions about his policies … Read more
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The former CIA officer who was found with $40 million in gold bars stashed at his Virginia home was in court Friday, where a judge ordered him held behind bars until he goes on trial for criminal theft of public money
State department’s incendiary charge into UK politics comes from Trump who leant into personal feud with London mayor, Sadiq Khan • Henry Nowak: controversy behind US intervention in a murder case that has rocked Britain In the state department of past administrations, how to respond to an incendiary event such as the murder of the … Read more
Seven Republican senators joined Democrats to block Fisa extension amid disquiet over nomination of Bill Pulte US politics live – latest updates Seven Republican senators joined Democrats early on Friday to block the extension of a powerful government surveillance program, a rebuke to Donald Trump for choosing an inexperienced ally as the country’s top intelligence … Read more
Claims of discrimination at UCLA and Yale show how laws meant to foster inclusion are being used for the opposite The Department of Justice’s civil rights division was once known as the crown jewel of the agency, but under Trump it has become just another tool of this administration’s politicized and racialized attacks targeting Black, … Read more
Experts warn primary vote-counting could go on for days in governor’s race, LA mayoral race and congressional races Three days after Californians headed to the polls, key races in the primary election remained too close to call and experts warned the counting could continue for days. In the governor’s race, the British-born conservative pundit Steve … Read more
Government figures show unemployment rate at 4.3% amid rising inflation and economic uncertainty from Iran war US employers added 172,000 jobs in May while the country’s unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%, a sign of a resilient labor market despite rising inflation and economic uncertainty brought on by continued conflict in the Middle East. Economists … Read more
Protesters say Mikie Sherrill has failed to address the dire hunger and labor strike at the immigration detention center A few dozen protesters rallied outside the New Jersey statehouse in Trenton on Monday afternoon. They carried handmade signs with messages like “U made it worse” and “Gov Sherrill, stop lying about Delaney Hall”. One led … Read more
Republican states rebrand June as ‘nuclear family month’ or ‘fidelity month’ in latest attack on LGBTQ+ communities June is widely marked as gay Pride month – when LGBTQ+ communities march to protest discrimination and celebrate their identities in the month that the modern US gay liberation movement was born out of the 1969 uprising at … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to deliver a major address in St. Petersburg just days after the city was targeted by Ukrainian drones. It comes as Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling for a face-to-face meeting with Putin to end the years-long war. NBC’s Keir Simmons reports for TODAY.
