The Trump administration is urging foreign governments to endorse a 'trade over aid' declaration at the UN, shifting global development policy from direct aid to developing countries toward increased private-sector-led trade.

Russell Vought, OMB Director, testified before the House Budget Committee on April 15, 2026, advocating for a significant increase in Defense Department spending to fund major weapons investments and maintain U.S. military dominance. The White House did not provide a cost estimate for the Iran war d…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the U.S. will not renew general licenses permitting Iran and Russia to sell specific types of crude oil. The statement was made during a White House press briefing.

US President Donald Trump indicated he may reconsider the terms of a US-UK tariff deal due to complaints about Britain's domestic policies and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Republicans in Congress are pursuing a strategy to fund the Department of Homeland Security without Democratic support after negotiations failed. The department has been shut down for nearly two months due to Democratic demands for changes to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement policies…

Senate Majority Leader John Thune plans to urge Republicans to support a narrowly focused bill to end the prolonged funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security, excluding other policy demands.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that an executive order requiring banks to collect citizenship information from customers is currently 'in process,' as reported by Semafor.

The proposed budget reduces the health department's funding by 12% while allocating $1.5 trillion, a 42% increase, to the U.S. military. Americans face high death rates from avoidable causes, partly due to limited healthcare access, with deaths from treatable conditions nearly twice as high as in co…

The Trump administration, led by Stephen Miller, is struggling to meet its deportation goal of a million undocumented immigrants a year, with over 675,000 expelled in the first year of President Trump's second term, as countries are not accepting more deportees from the United States.

The Trump administration arrested Seyed Eissa Hashemi, his wife, and their son, and plans to deport them after revoking their permanent resident status, as announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.