Jerome Powell called the action a "pretext" aimed at putting further pressure on the central bank to lower interest rates.

President Donald Trump signaled he’s leaning toward excluding Exxon Mobil Corp. from his push for US oil majors to spend at least $100 billion to rebuild Venezuela’s petroleum industry, saying he was displeased with the company’s response to his initiative.

Since Trump’s return to the White House, the Justice Department (DOJ) has asked all 50 states to hand over their voter rolls to the administration, giving it access to lists containing information such as dates of birth, driver’s license number and partial Social Security numbers.

Reza Pahlavi, once the crown prince of Iran, says protesters there have been emboldened by President Trump suggesting that he could take military action.

The dollar fell and U.S. equity futures slid after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the Trump administration threatened him with a criminal indictment, stoking investor worries about the central bank's independence.

President Donald Trump continued his threats towards Greenland on Friday, as he insisted that if the United States did not act Russia or China would occupy it in the future.

Trump’s team is working overtime to spin the Washington National Opera’s exit from the Kennedy Center as a positive.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he plans to speak with billionaire Elon Musk about restoring internet in Iran, where authorities have blacked out services for four days amid ongoing anti-government protests.