The warning comes as the United States negotiates with Iran over its nuclear program. President Donald Trump on May 1 threatened sanctions on countries and people who purchase Iranian oil and petroleum. “ALERT: All purchases of Iranian Oil, or Petrochemical products, must stop, NOW! Any Country or person who buys ANY AMOUNT of OIL or
Republicans on the committee rejected amendments put forth by Democrats. The House Judiciary Committee on April 30 advanced its text for the reconciliation bill Republicans are crafting to pass President Donald Trump’s major legislative agenda. The committee voted 23–17 to send its portion to the House Budget Committee. The committee’s part included billions in funding
A letter sent to the State Department seeks answers about the extent to which Chinese mercenaries are fighting for Russia in Ukraine. A congressional committee is investigating reports that more than a hundred Chinese nationals are serving as mercenaries for the Russian military in Ukraine. The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has
The change expands the government’s power to deport students whose visas have been revoked. The federal government has changed the rules regarding the legal status of foreign students in the United States, allowing for an expedited deportation if their visas are revoked, according to an internal memo from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that was
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to remove a lower court’s block on its decision to remove temporary legal protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelan nationals. U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the Supreme Court in a brief on May 1 that a federal judge in California had overstepped his authority. “The
One second past midnight on May 2, the United States ended a trading policy it says has been exploited by China to flood the U.S. market with cheap goods and smuggle illicit drugs into the country. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in April to end the de minimis exemption for goods imported from
The deal will create an investment fund governed by Washington and Kyiv that will oversee all new natural resource projects in Ukraine. A new resource development deal between the United States and Ukraine will allow both countries to jointly invest in natural resource projects for decades to come. Officials from the U.S. Treasury Department said