President-elect Trump criticized special counsel Jack Smith as a "disgrace" to himself and the country following Smith's resignation from the Justice Department.
Top Foreign Affairs Republican Sen. Jim Risch predicted the U.S. would not abandon NATO under the Trump administration, and promised to work with the new president to strengthen it instead.
As China continues its cyber assault on the U.S. federal government and its allies, and as the scope of attacks on critical infrastructure expands, the incoming Trump administration must drop President Joe Biden’s tolerance and make clear to China that the United States will hit back in the event of any such future hostilities. It […]
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) said he believes Congress should withhold disaster relief funds from California in the wake of Los Angeles wildfires until environmental policy changes are made by the state government. During a Friday Fox News appearance, he said, “If they want the money, then there should be consequences where they have to change...
Kim Jong Un vowed to launch a tough anti-U.S. strategy in the coming few years, as President-elect Trump prepares to enter his second term in office. During a five-day Workers’ Party meeting this past week, Kim said North Korea would launch “the toughest anti-U.S. counteraction” in the coming years “for its long-term national interests and...
Limiting departmental statements without infringing on the academic freedom that underpins university teaching and research presents daunting challenges as administrators try to decide what is and is not permitted.
2024 saw a number of successful moon landings by Japan, Intuitive Machines, and SpaceX, while the Boeing Starliner stranded two American astronauts in space, the Polaris Dawn mission featured the first commercial spacewalk, and the Europa Clipper launched for Jupiter's ice-shrouded moon.
The death toll in the South Korean plane crash rose to 179, killing all but two people aboard, The New York Times reported, citing fire officials at the Muan International Airport. All passengers and crew members were accounted for as of Sunday evening local time, the Times reported, after two survivors were recovered from the...
The mass deportation of illegal immigrants is not solving the migration crisis, as criminals like the Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang will continue to arrive in the country if the root causes of migration are not being addressed.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) praised House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for the way he's handled his role as top Republican in the House, which just narrowly averted a government shutdown following a days-long rollercoaster. "Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, is doing an extraordinary job. I tell everybody, I was a pretty effective...
President Biden has used his final weeks in office in part to remind voters of some of his more significant accomplishments during his four years in the White House. While Biden’s presidency has been somewhat overshadowed by the way he dropped out of the 2024 race and President-elect Trump’s subsequent Election Day victory, there were...
Democrats are taunting President-elect Trump with claims that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is calling the shots instead of the incoming president. And with Musk set to play a major role in Trump's second term — both as co-chair of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and a close presidential ally — it remains to be...
President-elect Trump on the campaign trail made grandiose promises to voters to bring down costs quickly, to end the war in Ukraine before he even took office and to use tariffs to bolster the U.S. economy and manufacturing. Since winning November’s election, Trump has indicated delivering on those promises may not be as simple as...
Emergency officials said at least 62 passengers are dead after a plane caught on fire after swerving off a runway at an airport in South Korea, the Associated Press reported. There were 181 passengers on the flight when it caught on fire as it veered off the runway after landing and hitting a fence at...
Kari Lake, a GOP Senate candidate in Arizona who lost her campaign against Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) this past election cycle, said she will not seek political office again. "We know the movement that we have in Arizona, and I will never take that for granted. But there is a corrupt machine here that is...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) took aim at Democrats for choosing Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to be the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee in the upcoming Congress. "While I think both are absolutely qualified, I do think that within the Democratic Caucus, we are really stuck in...
A Colorado man allegedly attacked a television news reporter after asking if he was a citizen and saying, "This is Trump's American now," court documents show, as reported by the Associated Press. AP reported that the man, Patrick Thomas Egan, could be facing bias-motivated charges after being arrested on Dec. 18 in Grand Junction, Colo....
