Trump picks William Owen Scharf as White House staff secretary
Donald Trump selected St. Louis-based attorney William Owen Scharf to be the assistant to the president and the White House ...
Abortion foes see hope if they can get GOP governors to spend political capital
Gaining even stronger support from Republicans is a top priority for anti-abortion advocates looking towards state-policy goals in 2026.
Social Security update: December direct payment worth $943 goes out in 12 days
The Supplemental Security Income payment for the month of December, worth up to $943, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in 12 days. The next SSI payments are scheduled to be distributed on ...
Trump selects Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright to be DOE secretary
President-elect Donald Trump picked Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright to be the secretary of the Department of Energy on ...
China’s Xi cautions Biden to ‘make the wise choice’ in final meeting in Peru
Xi acknowledged that the U.S.-China relationship has had its "ups and downs," but maintained that the relationship "has been kept stable on the whole." ...
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The Jerusalem Cross: Pete Hegseth’s tattoo and the hysteria about Christian history
President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominee to head the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, is facing a wave of accusations that ...
DOJ under pressure to release Hur tapes even as Biden term nears its end
The DOJ is under legal pressure to release audio recordings of the special counsel interview between Robert Hur and Joe Biden ...
Georgia Democratic Party chairwoman prepares to leave after internal pressure
Ossoff has reportedly led calls from Democrats telling Williams to step down, saying: “I don’t want you leading the party ...
Andy Kim says Senate needs to ‘run the process’ and fully vet Trump’s Cabinet picks
The New Jersey Democrat, who previously served in the House for three terms, had a prominent foreign policy career before ...
How Trump’s 2024 Cabinet decisions compare to his first presidency
The Cabinet realignment comes as the president-elect described his top picks to helm Washington back in 2016 as the “biggest ...
Three reasons swing states reported their election results faster than in 2020
In 2020, Biden won Pennsylvania by roughly 80,000 votes, but in 2024, Trump won the commonwealth by more than 126,000 votes.
Democrats try to flee ‘weird’ label that got turned back on them with next DNC leader
After voters delivered his party stinging losses last week, DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison has declined to seek a second term to keep his position next year.