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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday imposed a $7.5 million civil penalty on Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch unit for failing to properly investigate and file required Suspicious Activity Reports over more than four years.…
Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said she will attach the SAVE Act to the National Defense Authorization Act, bypassing a standalone vote and defying calls from President Donald Trump to avoid delays on other legislation. Luna told reporters…
A new poll shows incumbent Sen. Susan Collins narrowing the gap against Democratic challenger Graham Platner in Maine’s Senate race, with nearly half of likely voters describing the Democrat as “too extreme.” The New York Times/Portland…
Two sisters smiled for the camera as police led them away in handcuffs after the daytime stabbing death of a Texas 32-year-old mother of five in this small border city. Kitty Mia Diaz, 21, and Amaya Cookie Diaz, 19, were arrested along…
Sen. Bernie Sanders called for raising the federal minimum wage to at least $20 per hour, describing current pay levels as “starvation wages” during a keynote address at the Texas Democratic Party State Convention on June 27, 2026. Sanders…
Former President Joe Biden sharply criticized President Donald Trump on Saturday night, using a speech at the Maryland Democratic Party’s gala to mock Trump’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and label the president a…
President Donald Trump sharply escalated his warning to Iran on Saturday, June 27, saying the country “will no longer exist” if it continues violating the ceasefire agreement after U.S. forces carried out another round of strikes on…
U.S. Central Command forces struck multiple targets inside Iran on Saturday, June 27, after Iranian forces launched a drone that hit a Panama-flagged tanker carrying more than two million barrels of crude oil near the Strait of Hormuz. The…
Sen. Jon Ossoff drew loud cheers from a Savanna crowd during his reelection campaign on Saturday, June 27, as he laid out details of Jared Kushner’s business push in Albania and signaled that those involved could face questions under oath…
Eyes are on President Donald Trump after Iran claimed fresh attacks on U.S. military positions and a tanker was struck in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, June 27, risking unraveling the fragile peace deal between Washington and Tehran.…
Federal agents captured a key figure in one of Minnesota’s biggest fraud cases this week, snatching him from Mogadishu, Somalia, after he fled the country to avoid trial. Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh, 42, of Burnsville, was taken into custody…
U.S. forces struck targets inside Iran on Friday, June 26, after Iranian drones attacked a commercial cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, officials said. U.S. Central Command said American aircraft hit Iranian missile and drone storage…
House Speaker Mike Johnson told a closed-door gathering of Republicans on Friday, June 26, that Democrats would launch sweeping investigations into President Donald Trump’s family, cabinet, donors, and allies if they flip control of the…
John Bolton, a prominent critic of President Trump who once served as his national security adviser, pleaded guilty on Friday, June 26, to improperly retaining sensitive materials in “diary-like” entries after leaving the White House.…
Chris Evert, the 71-year-old tennis legend and three-time Wimbledon champion, announced that her ovarian cancer has returned for a third time. She will miss this year’s tournament and step back from her broadcasting work to focus on…
President Donald Trump blamed vandals on Thursday, June 25, for the problems plaguing the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, citing cuts in its liner and fertilizer dumped into the water as the causes of a peeling blue…
The Trump administration has drawn up a list of more than 500 unaccompanied migrant children in federal custody for possible fast-track deportation in the coming days, Sen. Ron Wyden warned Thursday, June 25. The Oregon Democrat sent a…
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., hit back on Thursday, June 25, after Rep. Tom Emmer, the House Majority Whip and a fellow Minnesotan, said Somalis who do not assimilate should “go the hell back to where they came from.” Omar, who arrived in the…
Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie and Alejandro Zendejas were left stranded on the Pacific Coast Highway during a Father’s Day pizza run and had to be rescued by the owner of a golf cart dealership. The incident happened after the United…
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., dropped his support for a Democrat-led war powers resolution restricting President Trump’s actions in Iran after a White House briefing secured in the aftermath of a heated confrontation with the president.…
A federal judge blocked key parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail voting on Thursday, June 25, ruling that the president overstepped his authority by trying to use federal agencies to control how states run elections.…
The White House on Wednesday, June 24, sent Congress an $87.6 billion supplemental funding request that allocates the bulk of the money to cover the costs of the four-month war in Iran, even as the Trump administration negotiates a…
A Barack Obama-appointed federal judge on Wednesday, June 24, made permanent her earlier block on key parts of President Donald Trump’s first executive order on elections, preventing the administration from requiring documentary proof of…
U.S. health care spending is projected to surpass $6 trillion in 2026, driven by higher utilization of medical services and rapid growth in prescriptions for GLP-1 receptor agonists used for diabetes and obesity. Government data released…
