‘Prospects don’t look great’ for a Russia-Ukraine deal, Rubio acknowledges

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said he once told Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte, who President Trump recently tapped to serve as acting head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), that he "was going to kick his a--." Bessent made the remark while testifying before the Senate...

Rubio offered more information than the president, but the hearings still offered little clarity on the war.

The Pentagon’s top watchdog was named as the lead inspector who will probe the U.S.’s war with Iran, the Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General announced on Wednesday.  Cheryl L. Mason, the chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, designated the Pentagon’s Inspector General, Platte B. Moring III, to be the lead...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio grew visibly annoyed with the Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee during his Wednesday testimony, openly voicing his exasperation in several exchanges. Rubio appeared before the committee to provide updates on the war with Iran and other foreign policy developments. Nearly every exchange with Democrats was hostile, but one […]