President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he is nominating Jay Clayton to become the next permanent director of national intelligence. Read more Trump administration appeals ruling blocking $100,000 H-1B fee Clayton is currently the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and is the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. […]

The appeal follows a ruling that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority by imposing a $100,000 H-1B visa application fee without approval from Congress.

The Pentagon is the world’s second-largest office building and is the workplace for thousands of military and civilian employees of the Defense Department.

The U.S. House rejected a short-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The surveillance authority expires Friday.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Rep. Ro Khanna, both Democrats, raised concerns with President Donald Trump’s courting of foreign investment.

Iran will consider all of Elon Musk’s companies in the Middle East as military targets as it retaliates against the U.S., Iranian state media reported.

Trump said the forthcoming operations to take over Iran’s oil infrastructure, and its oil and gas markets, would be similar to U.S. actions in Venezuela.

The president said Wednesday he is happy with inflation at 4.2%. That will be welcome news for new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh.

The U.S. agriculture secretary is downplaying the threat posed by the spreading screwworm now compared with her more dire remarks last year.

Analysts still assume that, despite the continued conflict, a deal will eventually be reached that ends the war and reopens the Strait of Hormuz.