Politics

Denis Balibouse | Reuters Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, gestures as he attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 25, 2018. The United States will consider re-entry to the Trans Pacific Partnership once Washington accomplishes its goals on other trading relationships, U.S. Treasury …

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump holds a chart of military hardware sales as he welcomes Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2018. President Donald Trump praised Saudi Arabia’s defense acquisitions before as he met …

Yuri Gripas | Reuters U.S. Air Force General John Hyten, Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, testifies in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. America’s top nuclear commander described a grim scenario for U.S. forces facing off against a new breed of high-speed weapons that Russia …

Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman meet at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 14, 2017. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, along with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., introduced a bill in February …

Mikhail Klimentyev | TASS | Getty Images US President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the 25th APEC summit on November 11, 2017. President Donald Trump spoke to Vladimir Putin over the phone Tuesday morning, after the Russian leader’s overwhelming re-election victory. Trump said later Tuesday that he …

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images California Treasurer John Chiang speaks during an interview in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System board on Monday voted against a proposal to move towards divesting its investments in assault rifle retailers and …

Getty Images Anthony Scaramucci answers reporters’ questions during the daily White House press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House July 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. When he was appointed as the White House communications director in July of 2017, Anthony Scaramucci knew that he was …

Dominick Reuter | AFP | Getty Images A voter’s sticker in front of the Liberty Bell as Americans head to the polls in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on election day November 8, 2016. The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a Republican request Monday to block Pennsylvania’s new congressional map. The action deals …

Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, walks through Statuary Hall in the Capitol on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Proposals for a second part of the Republican tax-reform plan could be released as early as April 15, Rep. …

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday banning any transactions within the United States involving any digital currency issued by, for, or on behalf of the Government of Venezuela. The order applies to U.S. citizens as well as anyone within the United States, and includes cryptocurrency issued on or …