Obama gave us a pamphlet. Vance offers a believer’s confession

JD Vance is the face of the beleaguered Iran deal – is he its fall guy?

Vice-president, leading a foundering peace deal to end the kind of war he’s opposed in the past, is left holding the bagJD Vance has taken the greatest gamble of his vice-presidency by making himself the face of the Iran ceasefire deal – a shaky agreement that already seems to be unraveling at the seams.But after months spent in limbo due to the war, it may be the best chance for him to find his feet again. Continue reading...

Weaponization of litigation is undermining US mineral security

The United States is racing to secure a domestic supply of critical minerals essential to our national and economic security. For years, we have relied on foreign countries — i.e., China — that have weaponized this dependence to advance their own agenda. For the last several decades, China has been making strategic investments to build […]

On Iran Trump Is Neither Neocon or Obama--and It Is Working

Trump offers aid after ‘massive’ Venezuela earthquakes: ‘Early reports are not good’

President Trump late Wednesday offered assistance to Venezuela after two earthquakes hit the South American country. “The two major earthquakes that just hit the great people of Venezuela are both massive in scale and have left a devastating number of deaths,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “The U.S.A. stands ready, willing, and able to help!”…

'I don't think it was us': Trump gives update on investigation into Iran school strike

President Trump says he doesn't think that the U.S. was responsible for a deadly strike on a school in Iran at the beginning of the war. "I don't think it was us," Trump tells reporters during an Oval Office briefing alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. 

US Senate Votes Down Iran War Powers Resolution

The US Senate rejected a resolution to end the war with Iran as two Republicans flipped their votes hours after President Donald Trump confronted GOP senators for backing an earlier resolution to end the conflict. Kate Ackley of Bloomberg Government has more. (Source: Bloomberg)

 A Reading From the Book of J.D. Vance

Three interpretations of the vice president’s new memoir.

Trump to meet House speaker in attempt to break legislative gridlock – US politics live

Trump suddenly scrapped the signing of a pivotal bipartisan housing bill yesterday, demanding the Senate pass his voter ID bill Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog.A dramatic day is in store in Washington DC as Donald Trump heads for a crucial meeting with Mike Johnson, the House speaker, in an attempt to break a legislative gridlock as huge political fireworks have detonated on Capitol Hill far ahead of anything resembling a Fourth of July celebration.Maryland’s Democratic US Senator Chris Van Hollen is endorsing the progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Senate primary, a split with Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, the Associated Press reports as an exclusive.The US supreme court is expected to issue opinions at 10am ET and most of the big cases have not yet been ruled upon. We await immigration and finance-related opinions in particular.Huge focus on the Hill where the House speaker, Mike Johnson, meets with Trump at 2pm, with both hoping the House will be persuaded to take a vote and end a rebellion from within the right wing of the Republican caucus over the Save Act to tighten up on who can vote in US elections.Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana got into a shouting match with Trump at the Senate lunch on Wednesday after Trump admonished four senators, including him, for backing a resolution to rein in the war in the Middle East. Kennedy reportedly responded: “You have not told the American people what’s going on” with the war, adding afterwards to reporters: “It was supposed to last four weeks. It’s lasted four months,” according to Politico. Continue reading...