The new US sanctions are no slap on the wrist – they’re a punch to the gut of Moscow’s war economy. Oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil are the twin engines pumping money through Russia’s military veins. Washington framed the bold move as a bid to “degrade the Kremlin’s ability to raise revenue for its war

A federal judge said Monday that she’ll likely block the Trump administration’s efforts to withhold billions of dollars in federal funding for sexual health education grants. The revelation came as the judge reportedly reprimanded the administration and gave it a basic sex ed lesson from the bench. I’ve written previously on the administration’s bigoted rationale

I thought there was little President Donald Trump could do to surprise me. I was wrong. The New York Times reported Tuesday that “President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him.” The two claims were filed in 2023 and 2024 under the

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