US Looking to Seize Iranian Defectors’ Money: Bessent

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Nathan Howard/AP Photo Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on March 19 that the United States is moving to seize funds transferred abroad by Iranian defectors, as the ongoing conflict with Iran enters its third

Frost: Mullin accepting DHS nomination ‘shows us who he is’

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) weighed in on President Trump’s decision to tap Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), claiming the senator’s acceptance of the nomination “shows us who he is.” “Him accepting, right, this nomination, and sitting there and wanting to be in the Cabinet, already shows us who…