Democrats’ landslide victories in the 2026 midterm elections are triggering leadership changes in the House and Senate, marking a new era for the 120th Congress when it convenes in January 2027. More changes are expected in the House than in the Senate. But even in the upper chamber, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) faces […]
Headlines followed Susie Wiles all year, hinting that Donald Trump’s chief of staff and “ice maiden” was on borrowed time. She was irritated by some of his big appointments. He was said to increasingly resent being told what to do, cutting her out of several key decisions. Not all of the headlines were true, but […]
President Donald Trump is speaking at an aerospace summit at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. He’s set to begin speaking at 6 p.m. The gathering at the key spot on Florida’s Space Coast is VIP-only by invitation. The summit itself is based around the area’s 50,000-square-foot Reusable Launch Vehicle Hangar and has seen hundreds of investors, […]
Make America Healthy Again activists celebrated President Donald Trump’s decision to remove chief of staff Susie Wiles, who they saw as an impediment to some of their key policy objectives. Wiles’s departure comes after a sweeping victory for Democrats in both House and Senate races in Tuesday’s midterm elections, which health and wellness advocates blamed […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) swiftly condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to elevate Stephen Miller to White House chief of staff, calling the longtime immigration adviser a “dangerous xenophobe” and demanding his removal from the administration. “Stephen Miller is a dangerous xenophobe and reckless extremist who has American blood on his hands,” Jeffries wrote […]
The Ukrainian government is “optimistic” that U.S. first lady Melania Trump may be able to broker additional localized ceasefires to provide humanitarian aid to the most desperate communities suffering from the war. The short ceasefire allowed the evacuation of hundreds of Ukrainian civilians who had lived under Russian occupation for more than four years in […]
President Donald Trump tapped Stephen Miller to replace outgoing chief of staff Susie Wiles, marking his first major staff shake-up after Democrats flipped control of the House and Senate. Miller currently serves as the White House deputy chief of staff for policy, but he has worked with Trump since his first presidential campaign in 2016, […]
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) has been discharged from the hospital after suffering a stroke last week but will miss the first week of Senate votes when lawmakers return from recess next week following the 2026 midterm elections. Murphy, 53 and a possible 2028 presidential candidate, announced Friday that he would spend several weeks at a […]
The White House has canceled a meeting of President Donald Trump’s top technology advisers, which was scheduled to bring together some of the artificial intelligence industry’s most powerful executives. The Friday meeting of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology was expected to include Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. […]
President Donald Trump is sticking with Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters, despite the GOP’s crushing losses on Tuesday. “MAGA Warrior Joe Gruters, who has been with us from the very beginning, is running to continue as Chairman of the Republican National Committee,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday. “Joe Gruters should return as […]
