U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance will lead an American delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy and attend the opening ceremony, the White House said Saturday.
President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace," which was initially seen as a mechanism focused on ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, is taking shape with ambitions to have a far broader mandate of other global crises, potentially rivaling the United Nations in what would be a major upheaval to the post-World War II international order.
President Trump’s power over the Federal Reserve will be front and center at the Supreme Court next week. The justices on Wednesday will hear arguments on whether Trump can fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook over accusations of mortgage fraud. Looming over it all is the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into Jerome Powell, the Fed’s chair,...
President Trump has invited the presidents of Egypt, Turkey and Argentina to join his newly created “Gaza Board of Peace.” The White House announced the board’s creation on Friday as part of the Trump administration's efforts to advance its 20-point peace plan for the region. Argentinian President Javier Milei announced that he’d accepted his position...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters on Monday that the United States is offering a 15-year security guarantee in the latest draft of the 20-point peace proposal to end Kyiv's war with Russia. Zelensky, answering reporters’ questions on WhatsApp, said he would prefer the Trump administration to commit to up to 50 years to deter...
The "Home for the Holidays" Human Trafficking Task Force Operation in San Diego County rescued 19 victims and arrested 4 adult men on charges of pimping, pandering, and violating a protective order.
Allies of President Trump have set their sights on Minnesota in the wake of a fraud scandal in the state. The scandal centers on hundreds of millions of dollars allegedly stolen via a federally funded nutrition program. The New York Times late last month put the story into national prominence, noting federal prosecutors’ statements that...
President Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday, as negotiations on ending Russia’s war in the eastern European nation continue. Upon greeting Zelensky at the entrance to the club, Trump projected optimism, telling reporters that the sides “have the makings of a deal” to end the war. After their meeting, Zelensky...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who has recently been feuding with President Trump, on Sunday slammed the president for two meetings with world leaders. “[Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky today. [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu tomorrow. Can we just do America?” Greene said in a post on the social platform X. Trump and Zelensky are meeting...
A handful of states are teeing up some of the most highly anticipated primaries of next year, offering clues about the direction for both parties as all eyes turn toward the midterms. Democrats are bracing for competitive Senate primaries in Texas, Michigan and Maine, some of which have become proxy battles between the party’s centrist and progressive factions. In Texas and Georgia, two separate three-way...
President Trump projected optimism going into his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, telling reporters he expects to make progress after weeks of intensified talks aimed at bringing an end to the nearly four-year war with Russia. Standing next to Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Sunday, Trump said he believes both the Ukrainian leader...
Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) called on Congress to pass her legislation to protect minors from the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), saying social media companies won’t act because they prioritize profit “over actual people.” In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Britt said parental controls that companies like OpenAI have said they’re rolling...
Much of the concern this flu season is coming from the spread of subclade K, a subtype of influenza A. Similar subtypes have historically caused more hospitalizations and deaths than other strains.
The Medicaid Primary Care Improvement Act would allow states to contract directly with direct primary care (DPC) practices, providing Medicaid enrollees with reliable, relationship-based primary care and reducing health care costs.
