Trump Secures $600 Billion Investment Deal in Saudi Visit

Trump pitches America’s ‘Golden Age’ to wealthy Gulf investors; Saudi Arabia commits to $142 billion arms deal, other investments. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—When President Donald Trump arrived in the Saudi capital on May 13, one of his first actions was to address the Gulf’s business elite, promoting the United States as a prime destination for investment

US Fast-Tracking Uranium Mine Permit to Meet ‘Urgent Energy Demands’

The decision comes as America remains ‘dangerously reliant’ on imports to meet uranium demand. The Department of the Interior (DOI) is expediting environmental permitting review of the Velvet-Wood mine in Utah amid a national energy emergency, the agency said in a May 12 statement. “If approved, the Velvet-Wood mine project in San Juan County, Utah,

DNC Panel Paves Way for Voiding Election of David Hogg, Another Vice Chair

The decision comes after a candidate’s challenge over a rules violation triggered by gender requirement considerations. A Democratic National Committee (DNC) panel that resolves delegate disputes has voted in favor of a resolution to redo voting for two vice chair positions that were filled in a February vote. The procedural change of filling two positions with

Department of Defense Orders Halt to Gender Transition Medicine, Procedures

The military will refer patients seeking the procedures to the private sector. The U.S. Department of Defense said in a new memorandum that it is halting medical treatments and procedures for troops who identify as transgender and other personnel with gender dysphoria (GD). “Within the direct care component, meaning at military medical treatment facilities …

What to Know About the Legal Cases Challenging Trump’s Transgender Executive Orders

The high court’s direction could depend on justices’ regard for a 2020 ruling that gender identity is covered by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. President Donald Trump’s executive orders on gender in the military, along with similar orders affecting prisons, pronouns on government documents, and pediatric medicine have spawned a host of

What’s Inside the GOP Tax Bill

The tax cuts, while a cost estimate has not yet been assessed, could be at least $4 trillion—a goal of congressional Republicans. The House Ways and Means Committee on May 12 released the tax policy portion of the GOP megabill to implement President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda. The committee, which deals with taxes and other