Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, and other Democratic senators have spearheaded an investigation into the role major U.S. banks will play in assisting the Trump administration sell Venezuelan oil. The inquiry comes after President Donald Trump announced that Venezuela’s interim government would hand over up to 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S. and that the oil would be sold ‘immediately.’ While Trump has said that he would control the proceeds of the sale, the...
The latest bipartisan campaign to rein in President Donald Trump’s war authority in Venezuela may have failed, but the lawmaker behind the push has no intention of stopping his pursuit. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., plans to continue his goal of corralling Trump’s policing power across the globe, and believes that he can find support among Republicans to pass a war powers resolution out of the Senate. ‘The other thing we’re going to do is this:...
President Donald Trump warned that he no longer feels obligated to think ‘purely of peace’ as he argued the United States must have ‘complete and total control’ of Greenland. In a text exchange with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Trump wrote: ‘Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it...
The Trump administration extended invitations to Russia and Belarus to join a proposed Gaza ‘Board of Peace,’ officials in both countries said Monday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow that Russian President Vladimir Putin is reviewing the invitation. ‘President Putin has indeed received an offer through diplomatic channels to join this Board of Peace. We are currently studying all the details of this proposal,’ Peskov said, according to Russian state media outlet TASS....
The Syrian army’s rapid-fire conquest of important areas and towns previously controlled by the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), culminated on Sunday in a fragile ceasefire agreement with a stern warning from a powerful U.S. Senator and experts about the reported crimes of forces controlled by President Ahmed al-Sharaa. Jim Risch, R-Idaho., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told Fox News Digital, ‘The Syrian government’s decree to respect Kurdish rights is a good sign, but...
The bipartisan push for sanctions against Russia has, for several months, ebbed and flowed on waves of speculation about whether legislation would actually get a vote. A signal or suggestion of support from President Donald Trump would often push the bill from Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., closer to fruition, only to be swept back into churning, murky waters with no clear path on when or if the package would make its...
After meeting with President Donald Trump, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said Friday that Venezuela will hold ‘free and fair’ elections ‘eventually’ as Nicolás Maduro’s vice president Delcy Rodriguez continues to rule the country after his capture. Machado did not offer a timeline for how long the current interim government would be allowed to rule, only that elections would happen ‘as soon as possible.’ ‘I am profoundly, profoundly confident that we will have an orderly transition.’...
A group of House Democrats is moving to block President Donald Trump from acquiring Greenland in direct defiance of one of the commander in chief’s main foreign policy goals. Rep. Gabe Amo, D-R.I., announced late Sunday that he introduced a bill to prevent Trump from using federal dollars to buy Greenland. The legislation already has more than 20 House Democratic co-sponsors and is likely to get more as the week progresses. ‘Greenland is not for...
Donald Trump made ‘you’re fired’ a national catchphrase from his TV show ‘The Apprentice.’ Now the power of the president to unilaterally decide who can continue to serve in key government positions will be tested Wednesday at the U.S. Supreme Court, in another major case over leadership removals from independent agencies. At the center of the latest constitutional showdown is Lisa Cook, who serves precariously on the Federal Reserve’s powerful Board of Governors. Trump claims...
The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Monday withdrew an invitation for Iran’s foreign minister to attend the Davos summit in Switzerland after an advocacy group urged it to bar Iranian regime officials amid nationwide anti-government protests that have left thousands dead. In a post on X, the WEF confirmed that Abbas Araghchi would not be permitted to attend the five-day event. ‘Although he was invited last fall, the tragic loss of lives of civilians in...
