Daniel Brooks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he asked President Donald Trump for a winter military package that includes Patriot air-defense systems as Russian attacks on energy infrastructure continue. Trump has paired that discussion with demands that allies provide more in return, including repayment from Europe for past U.S. aid.

A new federal financial disclosure shows President Donald Trump’s accounts made 1,156 securities trades in July alone. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said the volume underscores her argument that presidents should be barred from trading individual stocks.

Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids is set to host North Korean defector Yeonmi Park at an October forum focused on communism, freedom and faith. The event places a national ideological debate onto a West Michigan campus with a lineup that includes survivors of authoritarian regimes and conservative speakers.

A planned overhaul of East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, D.C., with an estimated cost of up to $49 million, is facing renewed scrutiny online as legal and political opposition intensifies. Public records, court filings and recent reporting show the project has become a flashpoint over public land, park access and federal spending.

President Donald Trump said this week that the United States and Venezuela together hold more than 60% of the world’s oil. Public reserve data from OPEC and the U.S. Energy Information Administration put the combined share much lower, at about 22%.

President Donald Trump has expanded his use of national security as the rationale for major construction projects in and around Washington, including a planned triumphal arch and a roughly $400 million White House ballroom. The argument is now central to legal, funding and oversight fights tied to both projects.