The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) on Thursday approved the project to construct President Trump’s proposed 250-foot Triumphal Arch, to be located between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery, forward. The commission reviewed the Interior Department’s submitted plans to build an arch in Memorial Circle on Columbia Island, a human-made, National Park Service-ran…
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Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said during a recent podcast appearance that President Trump had an “unkind” response when she messaged him about receiving death threats against her and her family after she resigned from Congress. Greene told the “Piers Morgan Uncensored” host on Wednesday that she reached out to FBI Director Kash Patel…
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The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has caused a major supply shock in the global energy market, disproportionately affecting energy importers, and the IMF has the power to provide relief by issuing hundreds of billions of dollars worth of liquid reserve assets called Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to its member countries.
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Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine told reporters on Thursday morning that 13 ships have turned around at the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. As the war nears the seven-week mark and the ceasefire hits nine days, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Iran it was time to make a…
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Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought will testify before the Senate Budget Committee on Thursday morning on President Trump’s fiscal 2027 White House budget request. The request calls for $1.5 trillion in defense spending — roughly 42 percent higher than 2026 — and proposes cutting non-defense spending by $73 billion. The funding cuts, according to the memo, impact “woke,…
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