President Donald Trump has selected Dr. Heidi Overton, a senior White House domestic policy adviser and physician, to lead the Food and Drug Administration as the agency confronts battles over vaccines, drug prices, food additives, and abortion medication. Trump announced the nomination
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to expand domestic production of phosphorus and glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. The order frames both chemicals as essential to American agriculture, crop yields, and food security.
President Donald Trump has made clear that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will not be stepping down amid mounting criticism of controversial federal immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota, White House officials said. Trump, speaking to reporters Tuesday, confirmed that he still has
The U.S. Senate voted to advance a war powers resolution to prevent President Trump from taking further military action in Venezuela without congressional approval after a recent U.S. military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro. The measure
For now… President Trump said he is abandoning (or pausing) the deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, Oregon. The troops are being withdrawn, and those missions will not continue in their current form for now. Trump said
Christmas Day Airstrikes Target Islamic State Terrorists in Sokoto WASHINGTON/ABUJA — The United States carried out airstrikes against Islamic State (ISIS) militants in northwest Nigeria on Dec. 25, President Donald Trump announced, saying the operation was a response to what he described
The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing a third tanker in the southern Caribbean near Venezuela, identifying the vessel as the sanctioned crude oil tanker M/T Bella 1. Sanctioned in 2024 for transporting Iranian oil tied to terrorism financing, Bella 1 refused to
Adm. Frank Mitchell Bradley, the U.S. Special Operations commander at the center of a growing firestorm over lethal strikes on Venezuelan boats, is scheduled to brief members of Congress in a closed session on Thursday, according to multiple reports. Lawmakers on both
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee released tens of thousands of Epstein-related documents Wednesday afternoon, just hours after Democrats made public a handful of emails from deceased financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his partner, convicted child trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, that
Donald Trump and Lee Jae‑myung of South Korea announced a trade agreement during Trump’s Asia tour on Oct. 29, 2025, in which South Korea committed to $350 billion in U.S. investments in exchange for lower U.S. tariffs on certain Korean exports. Key terms: Why it matters: What’s
