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U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., at left, walks off the Senate floor after the Senate stayed in session throughout the night at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, July 1, 2025. Alex Wong | Getty Images The Senate on Tuesday passed President Donald Trump’s megabill after days of negotiations and a marathon amendment…
A Moscow court on Tuesday sentenced former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov to 13 years in prison on corruption charges. Ivanov, who had overseen military construction projects since his 2016 appointment, was arrested in April 2024. His case marked the start of a wider Kremlin-led crackdown on corruption within the Defense Ministry, which has seen…
Senators on Monday began offering amendments to President Donald Trump’s megabill, following a weekend of tense negotiations to try to get the president’s second term domestic priorities through the upper chamber. The process, called a “vote-a-rama,” began shortly after 9 a.m. ET, and it was not yet clear how long it could go on. Eight…
U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson react during an Invest America Roundtable in the State Dining room, at the White House, in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The House on Wednesday moved a step closer to approving President Donald Trump’s $9.4 billion spending cut package, which would…
An employee counts Pakistani rupee notes at a bank in Peshawar, Pakistan August 22, 2023. — Reuters KARACHI: Foreign direct investment is pouring into Pakistan despite systemic corruption, according to a new study that exposes the structural flaws driving capital into fragile sectors. A policy brief from the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) finds that…
WASHINGTON — The House Rules Committee advanced President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax bill late Wednesday after 21-hours of debate and amendments, sending the legislation to the floor where it was expected to receive a final vote early Thursday morning. The 8-4 vote to proceed out of committee was a victory for Republican leaders, who…
Malone Lam, a defendant in a $230 million bitcoin heist, in a booking photo from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. Broward County Sheriff’s Office Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., charged 13 men in what court records describe as a wide-ranging conspiracy to identify victims with substantial holdings of cryptocurrency, steal those assets, and…
Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group chief executive Brian Thompson, appears in Manhattan Supreme Court on New York state murder and terrorism charges in New York City, U.S., Feb. 21, 2025. Steven Hirsch | Via Reuters Lawyer for Luigi Mangione on Friday asked a federal judge in New York to block…
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., indicated Thursday he would vote to advance Republicans’ six-month funding bill that passed the House to avert a government shutdown Friday night. The move is a major concession from Schumer, yielding to the GOP measure just one day after he vowed that Democrats wouldn’t allow it to pass. It…
New York Mayor Eric Adams listens to questions from reporters during a press conference at the NYPD’s 40th Precinct on Feb. 20, 2025. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Attorneys for New York City Mayor Eric Adams asked a federal judge Wednesday for an outright dismissal of his criminal corruption case, citing alleged misconduct by…
