President Trump ripped into Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for saying Ukraine will not accept a deal that has Russia keeping Crimea. Mr. Trump said Mr. Zelenskyy’s comments are “very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia in that Crimea was lost years ago under the auspices of President Barack Hussein Obama and is not even a point of discussion”…
The Small Business Administration forgave $4.6 billion in pandemic loans to people on its naughty list, the agency’s inspector general said Wednesday while scolding the government for an overly relaxed approach to recouping taxpayer money. The loans were from the Paycheck Protection Program…
Fairfax County’s local government recently announced that it would begin addressing grass complaints. If a neighbor’s grass is taller than 12 inches in height, we’re now encouraged to call Big Brother, who will then “investigate” these law-breakers and then fine them for lawn services. The impetus of such a ridiculous regulation, generally under the domain of a nosy, intrusive neighborhood homeowners’ association, is unclear…
Wall Street rallied Wednesday after President Trump softened his rhetoric on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and China. The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened nearly 800 points in positive territory after Mr. Trump said late Tuesday he had “no intention” of firing Mr. Powell, even though he thinks the central bank needs to cut interest rates…
A federal judge on Tuesday issued an injunction ordering the Trump administration to revive Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, immediately rehire their employees and allow them back on the air. Judge Royce C. Lamberth delivered a withering criticism of the Trump team’s efforts, saying they took a “hasty, indiscriminate approach” to cutting the U.S. Agency for Global Media…
Federal authorities announced charges Monday against more than two dozen people they say were associated with Tren de Aragua in a list of mayhem ranging from robbery and sex trafficking to murder of women who tried to escape. Prosecutors charged two different groups — one involving six people alleged to be current TdA members and another against 21 people authorities said are with Anti-Tren, a group that split off from TdA…
The International Monetary Fund slashed its 2025 growth forecast for the U.S. economy to 1.8%, a 0.9-point decrease from January, spurred by President Trump’s trade actions and policy uncertainty. The IMF’s World Economic Outlook report focused heavily on Mr. Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement on April 2 that imposed a blanket 10% tariff on imports and threatened higher tariffs on dozens of trading partners…
Pope Francis, the first Jesuit leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Roman Catholics and the first to come from the Southern Hemisphere, died Monday at age 88, the Vatican announced. Francis entered Gemelli hospital on Feb. 14, 2025, for a respiratory crisis that developed into double pneumonia and, at 38 days, became the longest hospitalization of his papacy…
Ukraine and Russia each accused the other Sunday of breaking a truce, with dozens of reported attacks across Ukraine amid dwindling hopes that the nations can ever agree to a lasting ceasefire. Reports from Ukrainian military commanders along the front lines, if true, cast doubt on whether Russian President Vladimir Putin was serious in his call for the ceasefire — though the Kremlin accused Ukraine of breaking the truce…
President Trump said a mineral deal with Ukraine will be signed next Thursday, a deal the president has been chasing for months. Seated beside Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office on Thursday, Mr. Trump said, “I assume they’re going to live up to the deal.” Earlier in the day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it’s possible to sign a “memorandum of intent” as soon as Thursday…
Maryland’s steep tax increases follow the lead of other liberal-leaning states that love to spend and are now desperate to raise revenue to dig out of growing deficits and fund new spending. Under the state’s $67 billion budget that the General Assembly passed this month, Marylanders will pay $1.6 billion for a dizzying array of new taxes and fee increases beginning in July…
The Trump administration is referring New York Attorney General Letitia James for potential criminal charges related to mortgage fraud. Ironically, the allegations relate to falsifying financial forms — the same crime for which she prosecuted President Trump during the 2024 campaign. William Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department…
The Washington Commanders are nearing a return to the District after playing more than 25 seasons in Maryland. The franchise is reportedly close to an agreement with D.C. officials to build a new football stadium on the site of the old RFK Stadium, NBC4 reported on Wednesday. One source familiar with the negotiations told The Washington Times that a deal had not been finalized…
A federal judge reinforced her demand Tuesday that the U.S. keep working to bring back an MS-13 gang suspect wrongly deported to El Salvador, dismissing statements by that country’s president against releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Judge Paula Xinis said she would order a two-week sprint to get to the bottom of U.S. efforts to return Mr. Abrego Garcia, including demanding testimony from top Trump officials. She will then decide whether to hold the government in contempt…
President Trump is aiming to lower drug prices with an executive order he signed Tuesday. Mr. Trump directed Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr to take steps to reduce prices, potentially save millions of dollars for Americans, and expand a program to help patients get deals on sickle-cell medication. The order will lower drug prices for Medicare by improving the Medicare Drug Pricing Negotiation Program…
