Articles filed under Political Figures
-
Trump says Lebanon and Israel agree to extend Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire by 3 weeksApr 23, 2026 7:12 pm - President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group by three weeks after talks at the White House on Thursday.
-
‘Two ways of calculating’: Trump defends his mathematically impossible calculations on drug pricesApr 23, 2026 6:58 pm - President Donald Trump, who helped push the term “fake news” into the mainstream, now seems to have a new favorite subject: fake math.
-
Trump orders US military to ‘shoot and kill’ Iranian small boats choking Strait of HormuzApr 23, 2026 7:57 am - U.S. President Donald Trump in a morning social media post ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” Iranian small boats choking the Strait of Hormuz.
-
Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shiftApr 23, 2026 7:48 am - President Donald Trump's acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government.
-
Beneath Trump's ballroom legal case: A brief history of the White House bunkerApr 22, 2026 1:23 pm - President Donald Trump’s court fight over the $400 million White House East Wing ballroom casts some light on an underground bunker at the site. Secrecy surrounding White House security makes details hard to come by.
-
Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat seeking his 13th term in Congress, dies at age 80Apr 22, 2026 1:15 pm - U.S. Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat and the first Black chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, has died. He was 80.
-
Trump media company replaces CEO, ex-congressman Nunes after stock plunge that wiped out billionsApr 22, 2026 9:46 am - The Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse that wiped out billions in investor wealth.
-
Iran fires on 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz as US maintains blockade and diplomacy stallsApr 22, 2026 8:00 am - Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key waterway. The attacks came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire while maintaining an American blockade of Iranian ports.
-
Pritzker executive order bars state employees from using insider info in prediction marketsApr 21, 2026 8:00 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order Tuesday barring state employees from using insider information to place bets on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi.
-
Pentagon details record $1.5 trillion budget requestApr 21, 2026 7:07 pm - The Pentagon unveiled Tuesday how it plans to spend $1.5 trillion requested in next year’s defense budget, even as some lawmakers cautioned the massive bill is unlikely to pass a sharply divided Congress.