President-elect Donald Trump is being forced to relive the congressional infighting of 2017 as a narrow House majority threatens to derail the start of his second term. Trump won’t be sworn in until Monday, but he is already playing referee to an intraparty dispute over how to renew his signature tax cuts alongside priorities like […]
President-elect Donald Trump will become the oldest person ever sworn in as president on Monday, but concerns about his age haven’t dogged him the same way they sunk President Joe Biden. Biden was 78 years old during his inauguration in 2021. The president-elect will also be 78 when sworn in for his second term, but […]
As President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House on Monday, Democrats are still in the throes of deciding who will lead the Democratic National Committee after a bruising 2024 cycle. Democrats are rebranding their national perception in response to voters who not only returned Trump to office but handed the GOP […]
February’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $967, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in 12 days. The next SSI payments are scheduled to be distributed on Jan. 31. SSI payments are given to people living with debilitating disabilities that affect their income, according to the Social Security Administration. The amount received depends on several factors, including the number of people filing. Applicants […]
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats used some of their time designated for questioning attorney general nominee Pam Bondi at a hearing this week to instead disavow Kash Patel, whom President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to lead the FBI. At least half the committee Democrats made clear they planned to make Patel’s confirmation process as difficult as […]
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is seeking to trim the fat on State Department expenditures under the incoming administration, targeting programs that push a “radical agenda” abroad. Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) told reporters Thursday that he is leading a thorough examination of State Department financial allocations and grants under the exiting administration. Mast said closed-door […]
While the United States’s most important election in years concluded last year, 2025 will see several country-defining elections take place around the world. With President-elect Donald Trump taking office, the elections will decide each country’s stance toward the United States, and their political trajectories in general. Several are close U.S. allies. Here are the four […]
President-elect Donald Trump and his family landed in the Washington, D.C., area on Saturday night as celebratory events surrounding his inauguration on Monday are already underway. Video posted to X showed Trump, incoming first lady Melania Trump, and their son, Barron, boarding an Air Force plane in Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday afternoon, with the […]
Former Vice President Mike Pence is reportedly planning on attending President-elect Donald Trump‘s inauguration, which is just two days away. According to NBC News, Pence was set to attend before the event was moved indoors due to the frigid temperatures expected in Washington, D.C., on Monday. That decision is unchanged, the outlet said, citing a […]
The Department of Justice accused Walgreens of filing millions of prescriptions without a legitimate purpose, including those for opioids. The 300-page lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleged that Walgreens and its subsidiaries “dispensed millions of unlawful prescriptions in violation of the Controlled Substances Act,” and that the […]
