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Ex-Justice Department special counsel Smith will testify publicly about his Trump investigations

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is set to testify publicly next week about his investigations into President Donald Trump that resulted in two indictments. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said in a ...
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US lawmakers plan Denmark visit as Trump threatens Greenland takeover

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers will visit Denmark this week as President Donald Trump threatens a takeover of Greenland, an autonomous part of the kingdom of Denmark that houses a U.S. airbase. The delegation will be led ...
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Trump will visit a Ford factory and promote manufacturing in Detroit

DETROIT (AP) - President Donald Trump will travel to Michigan on Tuesday to promote his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, trying to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are taking a toll on Americans' pocketbooks. The day trip will ...
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Explainer-Donald Trump versus the Federal Reserve – what you need to know

By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Jerome Powell, head of the U.S. Federal Reserve, said on Sunday the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation against him for allegedly misleading Congress about a building renovation project at the central bank's headquarters. The action marks ...
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DOJ probe into Powell sparks backlash from some Republicans, former Fed chairs

(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is sparking backlash from former Federal Reserve and Treasury officials as well as current members of Congress, including those in President Donald Trump's own party.A bipartisan group of top economic officials released ...
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Sen. Mark Kelly files lawsuit against Pete Hegseth over censure

(WASHINGTON) -- Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly on Monday filed a lawsuit against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arguing that Hegseth's censure of him last week over his inclusion in a social media video that told U.S. service members they have a right to refuse ...
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House Speaker Johnson says he’ll let Powell probe ‘play out’

Jan 12 (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday said he would not try to stop a Department of Justice probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that the Fed chief has called a pretext for the Trump administration to ...
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Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins joins 2026 governor Republican primary against Trump-backed candidate

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins announced Monday that he's running for governor in 2026, hoping to take over for term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis. The candidacy places Collins in a Republican primary race against U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, who has been ...
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Transgender athlete bans get Supreme Court review in landmark case

(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday will for the first time wade into the heated national debate over whether transgender girls should be allowed to participate in girls' and women's sports.The justices will hear arguments in a pair of cases from Idaho and ...
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US federal prosecutors open inquiry into US Fed chair Powell, NYT reports

Jan 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. attorney's office in the District of Columbia has opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell over the central bank's renovation of its Washington headquarters and whether Powell lied to Congress about the scope of the ...
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Fed’s Powell says Trump administration has threatened him with a criminal indictment

By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has threatened to indict Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over Congressional testimony he gave last summer about a Fed building project, an action Powell called a "pretext" to gain more influence ...
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Trump says he may veto extension of Obamacare subsidies

By Julie Steenhuysen Jan 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he might veto legislation to extend federal health insurance subsidies, injecting fresh uncertainty into a debate that has pitted congressional Republicans against Democrats and threatened to raise premiums for millions of ...
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