President-elect Donald Trump announced that his inauguration ceremony will be moved indoors at the Capitol on Monday due to the bitter cold temperatures expected in Washington.
President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday due to forecasts of intense cold weather, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Senators on Thursday cleared the final filibuster test for the Laken Riley Act, setting up a final vote on legislation that would push the administration to detain and try to deport even lower-level criminal migrants.
President Biden on Friday declared the Equal Rights Amendment to be officially ratified, saying it should be considered the 28th Amendment to the Constitution.
Israeli forces on Thursday launched a massive barrage of strikes on Houthi positions in Yemen in the latest exchange of attacks between Israel and the Iranian-backed rebel group. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on X that fighter jets struck military targets on the western coast of Yemen. The targets included military...
Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) is leaving Congress with the goal of opening doors for a younger generation in leadership. “I’m trying to set a better example,” Kuster told the Boston Globe in a report published Thursday about her decision to not seek reelection. “I think there are colleagues — and some of whom are still...
Unemployment insurance claims dropped to their lowest level in a month, showing signs of health in the U.S. labor market amid a broader slowdown in employment conditions. Initial claims fell by 1,000 to 219,000 for the week ending Dec. 21, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average of claims increased by 1,000 to 226,500....
Plans for the military to participate in the detention and deportation of 9 million immigrants will have negative consequences for current service members and future veterans, as well as damage the morale, reputation and readiness of the armed forces.
Americans feel like they should increasingly avoid political news content, according to a study published Thursday by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Chicago. Their research found 65 percent of adults have felt the need to limit their media consumption about the government and politics due to information overload, fatigue,...
President-elect Donald Trump is signaling to NATO member-states that they must spend 5 percent of their GDP annually on defense if they want U.S. support, in order to prepare for a potential war with Russia in the next decade.
While elections in Virginia, New Jersey and New York City will receive the most attention next year, 2025 will also see plenty of lower-profile — but no less interesting — races. From a judicial race in the battleground state of Pennsylvania to several notable mayoral races, political observers will be watching to see how these...
President-elect Trump’s fixation on former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is escalating as he suggests she should be prosecuted for her work on the now-disbanded House Jan. 6 committee. In the wake of a report by a House subcommittee that alleges Cheney improperly communicated with star witness Cassidy Hutchinson, Trump accused Cheney of committing crimes as she led...
