Inside Mike Johnson’s meeting with judiciary hawks over Trump court

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., huddled privately with House Judiciary Committee members on Tuesday afternoon for what was described as a ‘brainstorming’ session on how to take on ‘activist judges’ blocking President Donald Trump’s agenda. The House is scheduled to vote next week on a bill to limit U.S. district judges in ordering nationwide injunctions. But […]Read More

Rubio breaks silence on leaked Signal chat: ‘Someone made a

Secretary of State Marco Rubio for the first time, on Wednesday addressed the Signal-chat controversy and conceded that ‘someone made a big mistake’ when a journalist from the Atlantic was added to Signal text chain that included Washington’s top national security heads.  ‘This thing was set up for purposes of coordinating,’ Rubio told reporters from […]Read More

4 US Army soldiers go missing during Lithuanian training mission

Four US Army soldiers went missing during a training mission close to Lithuania’s border with Belarus, military officials said Wednesday, and a search is underway. The soldiers were reported missing on Tuesday in a training area near the city of Pabrade at approximately 4:45 p.m. (10:45 a.m. ET), the Lithuanian Armed Forces said in a […]Read More

Ratcliffe says new Signal texts show he ‘did not transmit

CIA Director John Ratcliffe said the Signal chat texts published by The Atlantic Wednesday revealing the so-called ‘attack plans’ targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels prove he ‘did not transmit classified information.’  Ratcliffe, speaking during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats, told lawmakers ‘With regard to that article, I also would appreciate the opportunity to […]Read More

Trump admin declares the Atlantic’s Signal article a ‘hoax’ after

Trump administration officials say the Atlantic ‘conceded’ that its article providing a firsthand account of a Signal group chat involving the nation’s top national security leaders discussing an attack on terrorists in Yemen did not contain ‘war plans.’ ‘The Atlantic has conceded: these were NOT ‘war plans,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted to […]Read More

Affirm announces JPMorgan Chase merchants can now offer installment loans

Fintech lender Affirm said Tuesday that it’s reached an agreement with JPMorgan Chase to offer its buy now, pay later loan services to merchants on the bank’s payments network. U.S. merchants who use JPMorgan to handle payments can soon add Affirm to their checkout pages, according to a release. Consumers will have access to loans ranging from 30 days […]Read More

Berkshire Hathaway employee wins $1 million in Warren Buffett’s March

For the first time in nearly 10 years, a Berkshire Hathaway employee claimed Warren Buffett’s $1 million grand prize for his company’s NCAA bracket contest. An anonymous employee from aviation training company FlightSafety International, a subsidiary of Buffett’s Berkshire, won the annual internal bracket contest after correctly calling 31 of the 32 games in the first round of […]Read More

How Mike Johnson and Jim Jordan could hit back at

Congressional Republicans are looking at a variety of options to stand up against what they see as ‘activist judges’ blocking President Donald Trump’s agenda. Many of those options will likely be discussed at the House Judiciary’s hearing on the matter next week, which sources expect to be scheduled for April 1. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., […]Read More

Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro to stand trial on coup charges,

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro should stand trial on charges related to an alleged plot to overturn the 2022 election results, the country’s Supreme Court has determined. Bolsonaro was among 34 people charged last month with five crimes, including attempting a coup d’état. Part of the coup plot, prosecutors allege, involved a plan to potentially […]Read More

Russian court hands long jail terms to Ukrainian fighters who

A Russian military court has handed down long prison sentences to several members of Ukraine’s Azov Regiment, which led the defense of the key city of Mariupol during the early months of the war. The defendants were convicted on Wednesday of charges including violent seizure of power and participation in a terrorist organization and given […]Read More