In an exclusive excerpt from “Blockers,” the inside story of the high-stakes D.C. standoff where security chief Colin O’Brien fought off DOGE operatives.

The president’s own agenda has helped undermine promises to fix the economy and get the deficit under control.

A former Citi banker now with the Treasury Department made a secretive trip, warning countries to end flights and cut off banks.

The president says “I’m rejecting their deal” as he reportedly vacillates between diplomatic, economic and military alternatives.

The rise of a U.S.-backed oil company in Venezuela has frustrated executives at America’s biggest oil companies.

The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials sai...

Trump wants to preserve relations with Xi, but Iranian customs data show Chinese entities have made thousands of shipments of components used in drones and missiles.

MOBILE, Ala.—A federal judge in Alabama ordered immigration officers to stop warrantless raids of construction sites, to stop detaining construction workers without a reason to […]

A legal opinion reviewed by Semafor shows how the Trump administration created the rationale for government stakes in more than a half-dozen companies.

A pandemic, wars and government deficits have reshaped the bond market since the start of the decade.

An army of social-media users has found a lucrative side hustle in creating promotional content from secondary accounts.

The U.S. administration is preparing sweeping sanctions that would cut the court off from much of the global financial system.

When incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall stepped to the microphone at last weekend’s Kansas State Fair debate, hundreds of those gathered booed, hissed and jeered.

The assault comes as the kingdom has been targeted by Yemen’s Houthi rebels and by drones from Iraq.

The Iran and Ukraine wars have exposed the world’s reliance on the Middle East and Russia for diesel.

Some lawmakers on both sides of the aisle said the House has unfinished business and they wanted to stick around.

The company is negotiating a potential return to the Latin American country 19 years after its exit.

Officials said the U.S. military has deployed weapons in space, acknowledging for the first time a closely held government secret.

The California grower’s expansion into China ignited local competition and widespread intellectual-property theft. Private investigators went undercover at nurseries.

The ruling comes after The Washington Sun sued the government for not responding to a Freedom of Information Act request.

The finding deepens U.S.-China tensions ahead of the Trump-Xi summit as officials examine possible Chinese help tracking American warships

Ship operators already faced severe risks in navigating the region, and now the danger is higher as Houthi militias assert control in the Red Sea.

Call it the “Horseshoe party.” The extremes in both parties are starting to sound alike in their disdain for capitalism and centrism.

Anthropic says it disrupted the plot, which was included in its report on adversaries using AI to develop weapons and track dissidents.

The East-West pipeline—which can carry up to 7 million barrels of oil a day—came under attack as Middle East violence continued to flare.

An attack discovered by A.I. researchers could have compromised hundreds of millions of devices within hours, experts said.

China’s economic competition with the United States makes Chinese companies a legitimate target, the agency’s deputy director, Michael Ellis, said at a conference.

A group of 18 countries that dominate global shipping warned of a structural shift raising costs.

Splattering figures like Bill Gates, Jean-Luc Godard and Bernard-Henri Lévy, he perfected the art of using whipped cream as a form of protest.

Exit polls show the Alternative for Germany well ahead of rivals. Now other parties must decide whether to let it govern.

New intelligence reports have assessed that Iran now has a far better understanding of its capabilities and the limits of U.S. power.

The Justice Department said that an official who sent a ‘Pause on Canada’ email had misunderstood a directive and that it continues to cooperate with the Canadian government amid a trade dispute.

Empowered by an international court order, Norway captured the vessel as part of a global effort to seize Russian assets. The Russians called it “piracy.”

The first-term senator, poised to be a possible swing vote, churns through staff as he alienates fellow Democrats and defends Israel.

A comment by Trump on recognition prompted the Argentine president to schedule a national address about the British-controlled island.

The president’s plan comes with uncertainties, and it’s unclear it would provide relief to Americans pinched by high prices at the pump.

Congress has already conveyed to the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital that it lacks the legal authority to seek equity stakes in private companies.

The move is part of an open-ended military strategy designed to give President Trump options in the Iran war.

“It’s a provocation for sure” as Japan faces its most severe security environment since World War II.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following statement during debate in the U.S....

Iranian attacks have upended the Navy’s supply chain in the Middle East, causing a strain on the aircraft carriers, destroyers and amphibious ships that are being kept in the region indefinitely.

He is the richest man on earth. An explosive new film from the Oscar-winning director suggests he also may be among the most dangerous.

The Maldives has become a pipeline for hundreds of millions of dollars in Western goods heading to Moscow.

Watch how Putin’s war pay is changing everyday life in remote Russian cities.

A year on from the purge, with thousands of jobs cut and billions in foreign aid lost, a former leader reflects on the sorry saga – and why it would never happen to Nasa

A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

Kyiv is struggling to adapt to continuous attacks using faster drones that are harder to intercept.

A growing number of former Israeli generals, intelligence officials and prime ministers are accusing settlers in the West Bank of committing ethnic cleansing with government support. “Once a society b...

The deal capped months of secretive negotiations to give the U.S. rights to the some of the world’s largest proven oil reserves.

Oil companies and governments are consuming their once vast stockpiles as Iran and the United States continue to struggle for control over the Strait of Hormuz.