Tag: Trump Administration

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk with China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan.

The ‘frenemy’ reality: Why America is miscalculating its greatest economic challenge

Eric Wargotz, Cheryl-Ann Lee-Llacer Wargotz · October 16, 2026 9:00 am

Left: Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) pose for photojournalists at the Malecon in Havana on April 4. State Secretary Marco Rubio strongly opposed the Democrats’ outreach to Cuba. Right: From left to right: Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, and his grandfather, former Cuban President Raúl Castro (Photos by Ramon Espinosa/AP)

Rising Trump administration pressure on Cuba divides Hill Democrats

David Mark · October 16, 2026 8:08 am

President Donald Trump talks with reporters.

Trump is turning to Putin for fuel — and missing the diesel boom in Nigeria

Yagiz Sullu · October 16, 2026 7:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House.

Trump can’t win by throwing Ukraine under the bus

Mark Montgomery, John Hardie · October 16, 2026 6:00 am

Vice President JD Vance speaks at a midterm campaign rally at the LevelUp Training Complex in Monroe, Mich., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. (Daniel Heuer/Pool Photo via AP)

Vance vows to honor Democratic subpoenas on Trump officials ‘selling access’ to White House

David Zimmermann · October 15, 2026 7:05 pm

AOC.

AOC says Trump administration doesn’t want women attending college

Mackenzie Chase · October 15, 2026 6:26 pm

ATF agents gather in a parking lot where media have been asked to gather, down the road from the entrance to Ft. Meade after a vehicle rammed a gate to the National Security Agency, Monday, March 30, 2015 in Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Alleged leftist militants charged with gun crime just before Trump stopped enforcement

Hudson Crozier · October 15, 2026 6:14 pm

The Supreme Court building.

Democratic cities urge Supreme Court to stop deal ending Biden-era immigration rule

Jack Birle · October 15, 2026 5:56 pm

FBI Director Kash Patel.

Ex-FBI employees involved in Trump classified documents case sue over ‘unlawful and hasty firings’

David Zimmermann · October 15, 2026 4:37 pm

FERC unanimously proposed establishing a blanket program to authorize certain activities at LNG facilities. This will allow some projects to move forward at an accelerated pace without undergoing a case-by-case authorization process that can take months or even years.

Energy and Environment

Regulators propose sweeping approvals and softening environmental rules for liquefied natural gas projects

Callie Patteson · October 15, 2026 1:20 pm

Oil reserves in Germany.

Energy and Environment

IEA speeds up oil stock release to curb global fuel prices following US pressure

Maydeen Merino · October 15, 2026 12:26 pm

Left, FILE - Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton walks outside the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, after testifying before U.S. House lawmakers as part of a congressional investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Right, White House press secretary Katie Zacharia arrives with President Donald Trump at Glacier Park International Airport.

‘It’s a crazy cult’: Hillary Clinton blasts Trump White House as looks-obsessed clique

Britta Miller · October 15, 2026 11:42 am