Barack Obama
New FEMA head says he will ‘run right over’ staff who resist his changes
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Headquarters is seen in Washington, DC, February 11, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images David Richardson, the new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told staff on Friday he will “run right over” anyone that resists changes and that all delegation of authority in the agency is […]
Read More
Here’s how much a ‘Made in the USA’ iPhone would cost
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks during a “First Tool-In” ceremony at the TSMC facility under construction in Phoenix, Arizona, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Caitlin O’Hara | Bloomberg | Getty Images When President Barack Obama asked late Apple CEO Steve Jobs about making an iPhone in the U.S., Jobs didn’t […]
Read More
Hillary Clinton blasts Trump, officials over Signal text mess: ‘Stupidity’ and ‘hypocrisy’
Hillary Clinton speaks on the first night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., on Monday, August 19, 2024. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Hillary Clinton on Friday excoriated President Donald Trump and his administration for their handling of the embarrassing leak of U.S. military attack […]
Read More
Nikola founder Trevor Milton says Trump pardoned him in securities fraud case
Trevor Milton, founder of Nikola Corp., arrives at court in New York, on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton said Thursday that he had been granted a full pardon by President Donald Trump for his October 2022 conviction of federal crimes related to defrauding […]
Read More
Oil rises as Trump says Iran will be held responsible for any future Houthi attacks
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as military strikes are launched against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis over the group’s attacks against Red Sea shipping, at an unspecified location in this handout image released March 15, 2025. White House | Via Reuters Oil prices rose on Monday after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would hold Iran […]
Read More
Judge blocks Trump’s executive order seeking to punish law firm Perkins Coie
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on March 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s administration Wednesday from enforcing portions of an executive order designed to punish a prominent law firm linked to Democratic-funded […]
Read More
‘God used Donald Trump to save me’: Ex-Tenn. senator gets pardon 15 days after entering prison
Former Tennessee Sen. Brian Kelsey, left, arrives at federal court, Nov. 22, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. On Monday, July 8, 2024, a federal appeals panel ruled to keep a 21-month prison sentence in place for the former Tennessee state senator who tried to withdraw his guilty plea on campaign finance law violations. Mark Humphrey | […]
Read More
U.S. will collapse Iran’s economy by shutting down its oil industry, Treasury Secretary says
US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent addresses the Economic Club of New York on March 6, 2025. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s sanctions against Iran are designed to shut down the country’s oil industry and “collapse its already buckling economy,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday. The U.S. is deploying […]
Read More
Trump, Musk actions put America at risk of ‘a form of default,’ former Treasury chiefs warn
Elon Musk walks on Capitol Hill on the day of a meeting with Senate Republican Leader-elect John Thune (R-SD), in Washington, U.S. December 5, 2024. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Five former Treasury secretaries warned Monday that recent actions at the Treasury Department by Trump administration officials and Elon Musk’s DOGE team raise “substantial cause for […]
Read More
Musk calls to impeach judge whose order blocks DOGE from Treasury systems access
Elon Musk has called to impeach a federal judge in New York, Paul Engelmayer, over an order that temporarily restricts the tech centi-billionaire and his DOGE team from accessing U.S. Department of Treasury payment systems and sensitive data. Over the weekend an outraged Musk posted on X, the social network he owns, calling Engelmayer, “A […]
Read More