Elections
Japan PM laments ‘harsh’ election result as upper house control slips
Shigeru Ishiba, Japan’s Prime Minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), listens to a question from a journalist at the LDP headquarters, on the day of Upper House election, in Tokyo on July 20, 2025. Franck Robichon | Via Reuters Japan’s shaky ruling coalition is likely to lose control of the upper […]
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Bessent tried to dissuade Trump from firing Powell: WSJ
Scott Bessent, US treasury secretary, during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, US, on Monday, June 30, 2025. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently urged President Donald Trump not to fire Treasury Secretary Jerome Powell, warning of the potential economic, political, and legal consequences of such a […]
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Justice Department asks court to unseal Epstein, Maxwell grand jury transcripts
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to the media, after the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the power of federal judges by restricting their ability to grant broad legal relief in cases as the justices acted in a legal fight over President Donald Trump’s bid to limit birthright citizenship, in the Press Briefing […]
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Epstein files: House Speaker Johnson wants ‘maximum transparency’
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Friday that he and House Republicans want “maximum transparency” on notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and called for more information to be made public. “Everybody wants the Epstein files, which is the real documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and anybody associated with that. We want the American people […]
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Trump diagnosed with common vein condition after ankle swelling raises concerns
First Lady Melania Trump, President Donald Trump, FIFA President Gianni Infantino and his wife, Leena Al Ashqar, attend the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 final football match between England’s Chelsea and France’s Paris Saint-Germain at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, July 13, 2025. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump […]
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DOJ demands names, release dates of noncitizens in California jails as Trump deportation efforts ramp up
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi discusses a drug enforcement-related announcement during a press conference at DEA Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., July 15, 2025. Umit Bektas | Reuters The Department of Justice on Thursday asked California sheriffs for data on their inmates who are not U.S. citizens — including the crimes they committed and their […]
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Markets will ‘crash’ if Trump fires Powell, Sen. Warren warns
Stock and bond markets and the value of the U.S. dollar will plunge if President Donald Trump fires Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, Sen. Elizabeth Warren warned Thursday. “I think they crash,” Warren, D-Mass., said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” when asked what would happen if Trump succeeds in pushing Powell out as head of the […]
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Crypto regulation stumbles in Congress for a second day
Representative Steve Scalise, a Republican from Louisiana, center, speaks to members of the media in Statuary Hall of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. Valerie Plesch | Bloomberg | Getty Images The future of a trio of crypto regulation bills was in limbo late Wednesday, after the second day of […]
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Shares of gun seller GrabAGun — backed by Donald Trump Jr. — tank after NYSE trading debut
Donald Trump Jr. rings the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for the Texas-based firearm e-commerce platform GrabAGun where Trump is a member of the board on July 16, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Shares of the online firearms retailer GrabAGun — whose shareholders and board members […]
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Trump lashes out at Republicans over Jeffrey Epstein file demands
President Donald Trump returns to the White House, in Washington, D.C., from Pittsburgh, July 15, 2025. Celal Gunes | Anadolu | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday sharply criticized the bloc of his own political base that is publicly demanding the release of the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files, calling them “weaklings” whose support he […]
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