Today's Top US Stories House Republicans table Hegseth impeachment. By a narrow 211-204 procedural vote on Tuesday, House Republicans referred the impeachment articles against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to committee, effectively burying them....
US News Roundup – November 10, 2026 A week after the midterms, both parties are reshuffling their leadership while Congress returns for a busy lame-duck session. Here are today's major national stories. House Republicans Pick Jim Jordan to ...
Top US Stories – November 8, 2026 Trump orders a DOJ look at Democrats. On Saturday, President Trump posted on Truth Social that Democrats are "EXTORTIONISTS" and said he was ordering the Justice Department to look into what he called a crimina...
Today's Top US Stories Mississippi and Alaska Senate races still undecided four days after the election. Democrats now hold 54 Senate seats to the GOP's 44, with two contests uncalled. In Mississippi, Democrat Scott Colom leads Republican Sen...
Top US Stories – November 6, 2026 Stephen Miller to replace Susie Wiles as chief of staff. President Trump said Friday that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is being replaced by Stephen Miller, the deputy chief of staff and architect of m...
Reflections on South Korea's Approach to Exchange Rate Challenges
Reflections on South Korea's Approach to Exchange Rate Challenges In recent weeks, the notable decline in the Korean won's value against the US dollar has sparked widespread discussion about the government's strategy. Many are questioning...
About the Current Political Direction of the Republic of Korea
1. Concerns About the Current Political Direction of the Republic of Korea Many of us have long admired the Republic of Korea as a vibrant liberal democracy that achieved remarkable economic growth and earned a reputation as a free, open, and hopeful...
South Korea met two criteria and was re-added to the Monitoring List
The South Korean government's foreign exchange intervention (primarily selling USD to defend the won's value) is a sensitive issue that can raise concerns about designation as a currency manipulator by the United States. However, as of Novembe...
The Precarious Bubble: South Korea's Artificial Stock Market Surge and Impending Crash Risk
The Precarious Bubble: Unraveling South Korea's Artificial Stock Market Surge and Impending Crash Risk In the heart of East Asia's economic powerhouse, South Korea's stock market has embarked on a meteoric rise that defies fundamental logi...
South Korea’s Credit Rating: One Notch Down Explained
South Korea’s Credit Rating: One Notch Down Explained Below is a summary of South Korea’s current sovereign credit ratings (as of November 2025) and what “one notch lower” would look like for each major rating agency. (“O...
Orange County News – November 11, 2026 Santa Ana elects a first-time mayor. Attorney Dan Shimell, a first-time candidate who moved to Santa Ana six years ago, is on the brink of becoming the city's next mayor after erasing a 13-point Electi...
Orange County News – November 8, 2026 Fishermen rescue an overboard cruise ship worker off Newport Beach. Three fishermen pulled a Royal Caribbean crew member from the ocean Friday after he went overboard from a ship that had left San Pedro bou...
Orange County News – November 7, 2026 Santa Ana's mayoral lead flips to a first-time candidate. In Saturday evening's ballot update, progressive-backed attorney Dan Shimell overtook police union-backed incumbent Mayor Valerie Amezcua, w...
Orange County Local News Roundup Santa Ana's mayor clings to a razor-thin lead. Mayor Valerie Amezcua, who won reelection in 2024 with nearly 60% of the vote, is now in one of Orange County's tightest races. After Friday evening's Registr...
Orange County Election Results: Early Counts After Nov. 3 Orange County spent Wednesday counting ballots from the Nov. 3 general election. The figures below are early, unofficial returns from the OC Registrar of Voters and may shift as remaining ball...
Trump Says He’ll ‘Fight Even Harder’ After Sussmann Acquittal
Former President Donald Trump pledged to “fight even harder” in the political arena after a former Clinton campaign lawyer charged with making false statements to the FBI was found not guilty. “If anything, it makes me want to fight ...
Durham Investigation Verdict Revives Trump-Era Claims of Politicization at DOJ
Special counsel John Durham, the prosecutor appointed to investigate potential government wrongdoing in the early days of the Trump-Russia probe, leaves federal court in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP The acquittal of ...
Special Counsel John Durham Wins Key Motion in Case Against Former Clinton Lawyer
A federal judge on May 4 granted a motion from special counsel John Durham to review documents that Hillary Clinton’s campaign and other parties had claimed were protected by privilege, which means the documents may ultimately be made available ...
John Durham Issues Trial Subpoenas to Members of Clinton Campaign, DNC
Connecticut's U.S. Attorney John Durham in 2018. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP) Special counsel John Durham has issued trial subpoenas for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Fusion GPS, and Perkin...
Former Clinton Campaign Lawyer Made False Statements to Second Government Agency: Durham
Former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussman, who is accused of lying to the FBI when he claimed he was not handing over information about then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016, made false statements to CIA officers in a meeting after Trump wa...
