President Donald Trump is preparing to dramatically increase U.S. arms sales to Taiwan as part of a strategy to deter Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific. According to two U.S. officials, the sales under Trump’s second term could easily surpass the $18.3 billion approved during his first administration. This is a sharp reversal from the Biden years, when arms sales to Taiwan fell to $8.4 billion.
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) has introduced a bill to block federal funding to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) unless it adjusts its "bureaucratic stagnation" and renames the Metrorail.
Democrats are intensifying their scrutiny of Elon Musk following his departure from the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).