The Pentagon announced Tuesday it will offer a conditional $500 million loan to Phoenix Tailings, a Massachusetts-based company working to build domestic rare-earth processing capacity, as the Defense Department moves to reduce American dependence on China for materials critical to modern weapons systems and electronics.
President Donald Trump announced that his nominee to be the Director of National Intelligence, Jay Clayton, would not move forward until the Senate confirms a U.S. Attorney pick.
President Donald Trump held a press conference Wednesday at the G7 summit in France, defending a 14-point memorandum of understanding his administration has reached with Iran to end the war.
The Senate on Tuesday voted down a Democratic-led effort to force President Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from Iran, with the measure failing 47 to 48 after Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) broke with his party and sided with Republicans.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has agreed to pay a $31,500 ethics fine after state regulators found he repeatedly failed to disclose millions of dollars in corporate donations solicited on his behalf, with the penalty coming one day after Newsom publicly announced he is under federal investigation by the Department of Justice.
Washington, D.C. voters headed to the polls Tuesday to pick a new mayor and Congressional delegate for the first time in more than a decade, with the leading candidates pledging to end cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and resist the Trump administration's authority over the city.
