US politics

US House again rejects democratic attempt to limit Iran war

The vote follows a similar 47 to 52 defeat for a war powers resolution in the Senate on Wednesday

Tuesday’s surprise visit has the potential to further delay Kevin Warsh's nomination as Federal Reserve chair in Congress.

US prosecutors made unannounced visit to Federal Reserve in DC

US PROSECUTORS made a surprise visit to the Federal Reserve’s offices in Washington Tuesday amid the Justice Department’s investigation into Chair Jerome Powell and a renovation project at the central...

About 45% of Americans are “extremely” or “very” concerned about being able to afford petrol in the next few months, up from 30% shortly after Trump won re-election. 
THE BOTTOM LINE

A war the public didn’t ask for

Rising fuel prices in the US cut across party lines in a way that military strategy does not

Political resistance has held up Kevin Warsh’s nomination in the US Senate.

US Senate committee plans Warsh’s Fed nomination hearing as soon as week of April 13, Punchbowl reports

THE Senate Banking Committee is planning to hold its hearing on the nomination of Kevin Warsh as chair of the Federal Reserve as soon as the week of April 13, Punchbowl News reported on Sunday, citing...

The signature change is the latest effort by the Trump administration and its allies to put the president’s name on buildings, institutions, government programmes, warships and coins.

Trump signature to appear on US currency, the first for a sitting US president

The first US$100 bills with Trump’s signature and that of US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will be printed in June

Passengers wait in lines near a TSA checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, March 23, 2026.

Trump orders government to pay airport security workers

[WASHINGTON] President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will take executive action to pay 50,000 airport security workers as a deal stalled in Congress to address staff shortages that have snarled tra...

Passengers walk through a queue to enter a TSA security checkpoint at Ronald Reagan International Airport in Arlington, Virginia., March 15, 2026.

Trump administration tout plan for ICE at airports amid criticism from union, Democrats

Tens of thousands of TSA agents have been working without pay for weeks

Smoke rises following an explosion, after Israel and the US launched strikes on Iran, in Teheran, Iran, March 2, 2026.

Trump administration estimates Iran war cost at over US$11 billion in six days, source says

About US$5.6 billion of munitions were used during the first two days of strikes

The Pentagon on Thursday slapped a formal supply-chain risk designation on Anthropic, limiting use of a technology that two sources said was being used for military operations in Iran.

Anthropic sues to block Pentagon blacklisting over AI use restrictions

The startup had refused to remove guardrails against using its AI for autonomous weapons or domestic surveillance