Category: Politics
June 18, 2025
Politics
Nippon Steel’s $15B purchase of US Steel closes — with big role for Trump
The measures agreed to represent an unusual level of control conceded by the companies to the government to save the deal, after a rocky path to approval spurred by...
June 18, 2025
Politics
Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on transgender treatment for minors
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on transgender surgeries for minors in a 6–3 decision, concluding that such policies are best decided by the states. The Supreme...
June 18, 2025
Politics
Trump says it’s ‘really late’ for Iran to begin talks after ‘getting the hell beaten out of them’
President Trump said Wednesday that Iranian officials are pleading for a White House peace summit now that they're "getting the hell beaten out of them." — but that he...
June 18, 2025
Politics
New Senate bill fixes flaws in fed’s system to block Chinese land purchases near military bases
Three years ago, the Chinese took advantage of a defect in US protocols to block land purchases near its domestic bases and almost acquired terrain near Grand Forks Air...
June 18, 2025
Politics
Treasury secretary tells ‘Pod Force One’ that Ukraine minerals deal could launch post-Cold War levels of economic growth
“If the Ukrainian economy could grow at that rate,” Bessent said, “I think the Russians might be afraid of them at that point.” “If the Ukrainian economy could grow...
June 18, 2025
Politics
Treasury secretary tells ‘Pod Force One’ China’s 30% share of global manufacturing is ‘too high — and it can’t go higher’
"President Trump wants the US to manufacture more and become a manufacturing powerhouse for precision manufacturing again," Bessent told Post columnist Miranda Devine in the latest episode of "Pod...
June 18, 2025
Politics
Senate Majority Leader John Thune dismisses calls for Iran war powers resolution: ‘Getting the cart ahead of the horse’
“I think we're getting the cart ahead of the horse here,” Thune told reporters on Capitol Hill, when asked if he would allow a war powers resolution to come...
June 18, 2025
Politics
Trump has zero plans to call Gov. Tim Walz after Minnesota shootings: ‘Why waste time?’
President Trump on Tuesday said he has zero plans to call Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after the targeted shooting of two state lawmakers -- insisting it would just "waste...
June 17, 2025
Politics
Inside the White House ‘battle lines’ over immigration raids – and which illegal migrants ICE should target
A tense tug-of-war has erupted in the White House over illegal immigration enforcement as the Trump administration whipsaws between targeting exclusively hardened criminals and going after low-hanging fruit like...
June 17, 2025
Politics
Netanyahu calls Khamenei ‘modern Hitler,’ vows to ‘free the Persians’ — as Iran’s exiled crown prince pushes for ‘uprising’
Pahlavi — the eldest son of the former Shah of Iran, the last leader before the Islamic Revolution in 1979 saw him swept from power — issued his call...