Brazil said Tuesday that the European Union has moved to block its animal product exports from September, just days after a mega deal between the South American trade bloc Mercosur and the EU on a trans-Atlantic market estimated at $22 trillion went into effect, at least provisionally.

12 May 2026 22:04 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Trump's plan to put weapons in space -- pitched as a "Golden Dome for America" missile defense program -- is estimated to cost $1.2 trillion over a 20-year period, according to a new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office, a far heftier sum than the initial $175 billion price tag he gave last year.

12 May 2026 21:41 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Soaring inflation, rising gasoline prices and crushing housing costs have pressured Republicans in Congress to make an emergency pivot to affordability measures as they face an increasingly dissatisfied electorate that could boot them out of the majority after November.

12 May 2026 21:35 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday unveiled a $124.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2027 that closes a projected $5.4 billion gap without raising property taxes on most property owners, walking back a threat he had used for months to pressure Albany for more funding.

12 May 2026 21:32 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Gas station chain Buc-ee's, based in Texas with locations in 11 other states, is opening its first stores in Arizona and Arkansas this year, and four more states next year.

12 May 2026 20:57 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The operator of the massive cargo ship that struck Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge is now facing criminal charges for actions leading up to and after the crash that killed six people more than two years ago.

12 May 2026 20:38 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES