MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Win Gatchalian said he was "deeply alarmed and outraged" by the shooting incident at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, killing three learners and wounding five others.
Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, listens as reporters ask questions during his meeting with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
WASHINGTON, June 22 (Yonhap) -- Iran has committed to allow "free and open" transit in the crucial Strait of Hormuz and the return of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors to the country, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday, following negotiations between Washington and Tehran over the w…
The Senate on Monday is expected to vote on passage of a bipartisan affordable housing bill that would limit the number of single-family homes major investors can purchase, after months of debate spanning both chambers of Congress.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is to travel to the UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain this week to discuss Washington's initial deal with Iran and other regional issues, the State Department announced on Monday.
FOR the past three weeks, or to be exact, since the June 3 session that resulted in the ouster of Sen. Allan Peter Cayetano as Senate president and the election of Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian as Senate pro tempore, I have been constantly discussing the provisions of the Constitution with some of my lawyer friends to det…
El presidente de la Reserva Federal, Kevin Warsh, habla durante una conferencia de prensa tras la reunión de la Comisión Federal de Mercado Abierto, el miércoles 17 de junio de 2025, en Washington. (Foto AP/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel, Tuesday through Thursday, to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Bahrain, on a trip that will give the Trump administration a chance to sell its preliminary Iran accord directly to Gulf Arab allies.
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC has turned green with algae just weeks after it underwent a major multimillion-dollar renovation to make it shine an “American flag blue” colour.
The US has issued a temporary sanctions waiver for Iran’s oil sector, allowing limited production and sales of crude oil and petrochemicals, the Treasury Department has said. The announcement comes as negotiations between Washington and Tehran continue following the first round of talks in Switzerland over the weekend.
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh speaks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, June 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Iran has denied a claim by Vice-President JD Vance that it will allow nuclear inspectors back into the country, after the first round of talks between Washington and Tehran to reach a final deal to end the war.
1917 — In baseball’s greatest relief effort, Ernie Shore of the Boston Red Sox came in for Babe Ruth with nobody out and a man on first. The base runner was cut down stealing and Shore retired all 26 batters he faced to gain a 4-0 victory over Washington. Ruth walked Eddie Foster to open the game and was ejected aft…
1917 — In baseball’s greatest relief effort, Ernie Shore of the Boston Red Sox retires 26 batters for a 4-0 victory over Washington. Shore relieves Babe Ruth with nobody out and a man on first, who was cut down stealing.
The US Treasury Department authorized the production, delivery, and sale of Iranian oil on Monday, a move promised under an agreement reached by Washington and Tehran last week.
The U.S. on Monday authorized Iranian oil sales through August after "productive talks" between Tehran and Washington in Switzerland over the weekend, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
China said on Monday that it will add 10 American firms to its export control list, including two rare earth firms MP Materials and USA Rare Earth, while also restricting 46 US firms from government procurement, signalling it would respond to Washington’s recent expansion of a military blacklist, even amid a broader…
China has added 10 United States-based companies to its export control list and barred government procurement from nearly 50 US companies two weeks after the Pentagon blacklisted some of China’s best-known companies for their alleged ties to the Chinese military.
Alan Greenspan, quien dirigió la Reserva Federal estadounidense entre 1987 y el 2006, en su oficina en Washington el 18 de octubre del 2013. (AP foto/J. Scott Applewhite)
If Iranian funds are ever unfrozen under a deal to end the Middle East war, Washington can ensure that the money does not finance "terrorism", US Vice President JD Vance insisted Monday.
Futures are modestly lower coming off the US holiday weekend, after equities finished higher last week with both Dow and Russell clocking new ATHs and SPX finishing in the green for the 11th time in the last 12 weeks. As of 8:00am ET, S&P 500 futures edged down 0.1% while Nasdaq 100 contracts are higher by 0.1% with…
Economist Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006, is seen in his office in Washington, Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
Alan Greenspan, who in nearly two decades as chairman of the Federal Reserve nurtured a long run of prosperity, navigated crises and was a powerful and polarizing force in shaping market-friendly policies, died on Monday at his home in Washington. He was 100.
Thousands protested in Albania's capital over the weekend for one of the largest rallies yet against a proposed luxury development project linked to U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette arrives to speak at an election night watch party after advancing to a GOP primary runoff in the governor’s race on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a Get Out The Vote rally ahead of New York’s primary election, Thursday, June 18, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says 67 ships went through the Strait of Hormuz in the last 24 hours, similar to traffic before the war began in terms of oil and oil products.
Ukraine has stepped up its strikes on Crimea as part of a strategy to isolate the occupied peninsula from mainland Russia and raise the cost of the occupation.
The Keir Starmer experiment is officially over, as was growing increasingly clear over the weekend, especially with an interestingly-timed Trump Truth Social statement. Just under two years after capturing the keys to Number 10, the British Prime Minister has thrown in the towel after succumbing to an internal party…
Pedro Sánchez has met with Benjamin León Jr. for the first time, despite heightened tensions between the Spanish and US administrations and recent comments by the new American ambassador criticising the Spanish government.