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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that relatively high gas prices will not last long but that any change is contingent on when the United States and Iran cease hostilities. “I think the conflict will end, I think gasoline…

The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces holds a hearing on Revitalizing Shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base at 3:30 p.m. ET on April 22.   Witnesses: Jason Potter, performing the duties of assistant secretary of the…

Senate Democrats said Wednesday they will push a series of amendments on gas, grocery, housing, and health care costs when the chamber takes up a Republican bill to fund immigration enforcement—a bill that would end the longest government shutdown in…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other Senate Democrats hold a press conference previewing their strategy for the “vote-a-rama” at 11:30 a.m. ET on April 22. ...

The Supreme Court has revived an injured veteran’s lawsuit attempting to hold a defense contractor liable for a 2016 terrorist attack in Afghanistan. The contractor, known as Fluor Corp., argued that a federal law granting the government immunity should apply…

The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions holds a hearing on pharmacy benefit managers titled “Profits Over Patients: The PBM Business Model Under Scrutiny” at 10:15 a.m. ET on April 22. Witnesses to speak will…

The Senate holds a hearing to examine China’s ongoing theft of U.S. innovation at 10:15 a.m. ET on April 22. Witnesses: Mark Cohen, senior technology fellow at Asia Society of Northern California and the Asia Society Policy Institute, and senior…

The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government holds hearings at 10 a.m. ET on April 22 to examine the Department of the Treasury’s fiscal year 2027 budget request and justification with testimony from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.…

Nearly everyone who receives health care in the United States benefits from a government subsidy. Federal, state, and local governments assist in paying for the health coverage of nearly every American through a variety of subsidies, tax deductions, and tax…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 18 to expand access to psychedelic drugs as treatments for Americans with mental health disorders. The order directed federal agencies to accelerate the process of research and approval for psychedelics, including…

Attorneys general from a dozen states on April 20 asked to intervene in two lawsuits that oppose President Donald Trump’s executive order on citizenship verification and other election integrity efforts in elections. The coalition of attorneys general filed motions in…

Senate Republicans on Tuesday agreed to move forward on a blueprint for a party-line budget resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration enforcement functions. In a 52–46 vote, the Senate approved moving forward the measure put forward by…

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Virginia voters approved a constitutional amendment on April 21 that would redraw the commonwealth’s congressional map, giving Democrats an advantage. The Associated Press called the special election for the “Yes” vote at around 8:50 p.m. ET. The vote, as…

Under an agreement reached with the federal government on Tuesday, Nebraska will stop providing in-state tuition and scholarship programs for illegal immigrants. The state and the Justice Department (DOJ) filed a proposed consent decree in district court, asking a judge…

President Donald Trump has long questioned the post-Cold War purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, criticizing the alliance as a “paper tiger” dependent on American money, munitions, and muscle, and calling for a “very serious examining” of its value…

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump read passages from the Bible on April 21 from the Oval Office at the White House as part of the “America Reads the Bible” celebration. Trump read 2 Chronicles 7:11–22, long considered a call to national prayer.…

The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted on federal fraud charges that accused it of illegally raising millions of dollars to pay informants in white supremacist and other extremist groups, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said. An Alabama grand jury…

The U.S. Treasury Department on April 21 announced that it is imposing sanctions on 14 targets “for their involvement in helping the Iranian regime obtain weapons,” in contravention of international sanctions. “As the regime attempts to reconstitute its production capacity,…

President Donald Trump participates in “America Reads the Bible” on April 21.

U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel hold a press conference at the U.S. Department of Justice at 5:30 p.m. ET on April 21. ...