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(5) --- # Merit Street Media [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/iStock-1870722733.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/exclusive-white-house-taps-mining-expert-to-head-national-security-office-sources-say) #### [Exclusive: White House taps mining expert to head national security office, sources say](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/exclusive-white-house-taps-mining-expert-to-head-national-security-office-sources-say) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Jul 24, 2025 WASHINGTON - The White House has tapped a former mining executive to head an office at the National Security Council focused on strengthening supply... [Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/exclusive-white-house-taps-mining-expert-to-head-national-security-office-sources-say) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/iStock-1169026424-1.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/justice-department-to-assess-claims-of-alleged-weaponization-of-us-intelligence-community) #### [Justice Department to assess claims of 'alleged weaponization' of US intelligence community](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/justice-department-to-assess-claims-of-alleged-weaponization-of-us-intelligence-community) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Jul 24, 2025 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday it was forming a strike force to assess recent claims made by Director of National... [Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/justice-department-to-assess-claims-of-alleged-weaponization-of-us-intelligence-community) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/2025-07-16T100009Z_141359811_RC21PDAEBUPE_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-MIGRATION-ABREGO-GARCIA.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/wrongly-deported-migrant-abrego-scores-legal-wins-but-remains-behind-bars) #### [Wrongly deported migrant Abrego scores legal wins, but remains behind bars](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/wrongly-deported-migrant-abrego-scores-legal-wins-but-remains-behind-bars) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Jul 24, 2025 WASHINGTON - Kilmar Abrego, the migrant whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador made him a symbol of President Donald Trump's aggressive... [Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/wrongly-deported-migrant-abrego-scores-legal-wins-but-remains-behind-bars) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/iStock-606014386.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-to-visit-fed-on-thursday-ramping-up-pressure-on-powell) #### [Trump to visit Fed on Thursday, ramping up pressure on Powell](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-to-visit-fed-on-thursday-ramping-up-pressure-on-powell) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Jul 24, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump, a robust critic of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, will visit the central bank on Thursday, the White House said, a... [Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-to-visit-fed-on-thursday-ramping-up-pressure-on-powell) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/iStock-1988841525%281%29.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/columbia-university-to-pay-over-200-million-to-resolve-trump-probes) #### [Columbia University to pay over $200 million to resolve Trump probes](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/columbia-university-to-pay-over-200-million-to-resolve-trump-probes) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Jul 24, 2025 WASHINGTON - Columbia University said on Wednesday it will pay over $200 million to the U.S. government in a settlement with President Donald Trump's... [Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/columbia-university-to-pay-over-200-million-to-resolve-trump-probes) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/2025-07-23T162526Z_1629492368_RC2GSFAWD9TF_RTRMADP_3_IDAHO-STUDENTS-SENTENCING.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/idaho-students-killer-gets-life-without-parole-for-2022-murders-but-motive-remains-a-mystery) #### [Idaho students' killer gets life without parole for 2022 murders, but motive remains a mystery](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/idaho-students-killer-gets-life-without-parole-for-2022-murders-but-motive-remains-a-mystery) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Jul 24, 2025 BOISE, Idaho - The former criminal-justice doctoral student convicted in the 2022 stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students was sentenced... [Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/idaho-students-killer-gets-life-without-parole-for-2022-murders-but-motive-remains-a-mystery) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/2025-02-02T142530Z_797860089_RC2AMCA8SNPM_RTRMADP_3_USA-CRASH-WASHINGTONDC.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/us-safety-board-plans-hearing-on-army-helicopter-crash-with-american-air-jet) #### [US safety board plans hearing on Army helicopter crash with American Air jet](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/us-safety-board-plans-hearing-on-army-helicopter-crash-with-american-air-jet) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Jul 23, 2025 WASHINGTON - The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a three-day investigative hearing starting July 30 over the fatal collision in... [Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/us-safety-board-plans-hearing-on-army-helicopter-crash-with-american-air-jet) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/2025-07-22T173418Z_238665589_RC2TRFAF6HZN_RTRMADP_3_USA-FED-BANKS.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-says-feds-powell-will-be-out-in-8-months-calls-him-a-numbskull) #### [Trump says Fed's Powell will be out in 8 months, calls him a 'numbskull'](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-says-feds-powell-will-be-out-in-8-months-calls-him-a-numbskull) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Jul 23, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is a "numbskull" who has kept interest rates too high, but he will be out in eight months,... [Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-says-feds-powell-will-be-out-in-8-months-calls-him-a-numbskull) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/2025-03-28T172048Z_1824618917_RC2HMDAQX36A_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-JUSTICE-NEW-JERSEY-1.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/judges-reject-trump-pick-for-top-new-jersey-federal-prosecutor-doj-removes-successor) #### [Judges reject Trump pick for top New Jersey federal prosecutor, DOJ removes successor](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/judges-reject-trump-pick-for-top-new-jersey-federal-prosecutor-doj-removes-successor) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Jul 23, 2025 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Justice Department accused a panel of New Jersey federal court judges of political motives for declining to permanently appoint... 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