A federal agency quietly approved a $5 billion loan on Thursday to fund a liquefied natural gas facility in Mozambique owned by TotalEnergies, a French company that has a history of working with foreign adversaries, including Iran, Russia, and China. The U.S. Export-Import Bank’s decision to finance TotalEnergies’ LNG project is facing backlash from conservatives
‘A deep sense of outrage and betrayal’ Grok AI Democrats in Congress have finally unburdened themselves from the state of disarray plaguing their party since losing the 2024 election—by uniting in outrage against one of them their own. Democratic politicians and activists are livid after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) said he would
Grassley ‘thrilled’ that Trump is ‘abolishing this wasteful and ineffective office’ Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth at a Cabinet meeting (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) President Donald Trump has shut down a little-known Pentagon office that paid more than $1 million to an FBI source who spied on the Trump campaign as part of its 2016 investigation
Netanyahu says terror group ‘has not budged a millimeter’ on proposal from White House Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff Donald Trump with the family of Edan Alexander on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Hamas says it is willing to release the last living American hostage, Edan Alexander, as well
Several House Democrats have privately called on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) to launch a primary challenge against Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer after he backed a Republican-led funding bill to avert a government shutdown. Even centrist Democrats are outraged by Schumer’s decision, with some “so mad” that they are “ready to write checks for
House and Senate Republicans are introducing legislation Friday modifying the Clean Air Act of 1970 to revoke California’s authority to issue vehicle emissions rules that are stricter than federal rules. The Stop California from Advancing Regulatory Burden Act, introduced by Rep. Troy Nehls (R., Texas) and Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah), would immediately dismantle California’s
Under Joe Biden, the Iranian regime raked in billions from its “shadow fleet” of tankers ferrying illicit crude. Enter Donald Trump, who imposed sanctions targeting that fleet and its leader, Iranian oil minister Mohsen Paknejad. The sanctions mark the first time Paknejad has been personally sanctioned, our Adam Kredo reports. He oversees “the export of