The Executive’s Legal Limits on Tariffs and Foreign Policy

The White House is expected to ask Congress for an extra $50 billion in military spending to replenish stockpiles of weapons used in the Iran war and other recent Middle East conflicts, Reuters has reported. Sources told Reuters that Deputy Secretary of War Steve Feinberg has been leading the Pentagon effort to draft a supplemental […]

Fed Chair Pick Warsh Approved By Key Senate Committee Along Party Lines The drama over Kevin Warsh's nomination as Trump's pick for next Fed chair appears to be over. Moments ago, Warsh won the backing of the Senate Banking Committee Wednesday in a 13-11 party-line vote, putting him on track to be confirmed by the full Senate before Jerome Powell’s term ends May 15, Bloomberg reproted.  Warsh’s nomination had been held up by Republican Senator Thom Tillis until the Department of Justice agreed last week to drop (for now) a criminal probe...

Hungary Returns Ukrainian Bank Cash & Gold Seized During Election Campaign Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Hungary has returned money and valuables belonging to Ukrainian state-owned bank Oschadbank after authorities seized the shipment earlier this year while it was being transported from Austria to Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the return on Telegram on Wednesday, saying the assets had been seized by Hungarian special services in March, a move he claimed had been unjustified. “Today, the funds and valuables of Oschadbank, seized by Hungarian special services in March of this...