WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will be questioned Tuesday by House and Senate defense subcommittees as lawmakers review the Trump administration's proposed $1.5 trillion military budget for 2027 and press officials about the conduct and duration of the war with Iran. The hearings are scheduled back-to-back and are expected...
Beijing — President Donald Trump traveled to China and met President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on May 14 during a three-day state visit from May 13–15, following a White House itinerary released May 12. The leaders held bilateral talks focused on trade and regional security...
Washington — President Donald Trump will visit doctors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for a medical and dental checkup on May 26, the White House said Monday. The administration characterized the appointment as an annual physical and routine preventive care; it will be his fourth publicized visit to...
Washington — President Donald Trump on Monday rejected Tehran's latest counteroffer and warned the ceasefire between the United States and Iran was on 'massive life support,' describing Iran's response as 'garbage' and accusing Tehran of undermining diplomatic progress after a truce that began on April 7. Tehran this week reiterated demands...
Washington — U.S. President Donald Trump is weighing renewed military action against Iran as negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program have stalled, sources told CNN on May 12. Multiple outlets relayed that Trump has grown frustrated by Tehran's response to U.S. proposals and by Iran's control of the strategic Strait of...
Arcadia, California: The city’s mayor, Eileen Wang, agreed Monday to plead guilty to a federal felony charge for acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government, according to Department of Justice and FBI statements; she resigned her council seat and is scheduled to enter a formal plea in federal...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) entered a partial shutdown early on May 12, 2026, after Congress and the President failed to enact appropriations for the current fiscal year. The lapse in funding affects major DHS components, including the U.S. Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency,...
Washington. On Monday, Virginia Democrats filed an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to halt a Virginia Supreme Court decision that last week voided a voter-approved constitutional amendment to adopt a new congressional map; the state justices ruled 4-3 that the process violated state procedural rules after early...
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday issued an administrative order temporarily leaving access to the abortion pill mifepristone unchanged while the justices consider whether to permit restrictions imposed by a federal appeals court to take effect. Justice Samuel Alito's order prevents immediate enforcement of the appeals-court limitations and keeps...
The Virginia Supreme Court has invalidated a redistricting referendum that had reshaped four of the state’s congressional districts to favor Democrats, handing Republicans a significant legal victory. In a ruling issued this week in Richmond, the court held that the referendum process used to adopt the new maps was constitutionally...
