US Imposes Fresh Sanctions Targeting Iran Oil Trade, Hezbollah

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 27, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters WASHINGTON—The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday against a network that smuggles Iranian oil disguised as Iraqi oil and on a Hezbollah-controlled financial institution, the Treasury Department said. A network of companies

Trump signs “big, beautiful bill” in July Fourth ceremony at White House

Washington — President Trump brought pomp and circumstance to his signing of the “big, beautiful bill” on Friday, with an Independence Day ceremony at the White House that included a B-2 bomber flyover.  Some Republican members of Congress who voted to pass the legislation attended the event in which the president put his signature on