Lawmakers' reaction to President Trump tearing into Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy largely fell along party lines, with Republicans saying the tongue-lashing was a long time coming, while Democrats decried the unprecedented Oval Office spat as an embarrassment.

A senior Senate Democrat says President Trump should be the one thanking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for standing up to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — Central Pennsylvania state Sen. Greg Rothman, the newly elected state Republican Party chairman, will face his first big challenge this year with the control of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on the ballot. Rothman, who won the party chairmanship with overwhelming support in a 248-120 vote last month, will look to fill three […]

The FBI is returning the property seized during the 2022 raid of Mar-a-Lago to President Trump, according to the White House.  “The FBI is giving the President his property back that was taken during the unlawful and illegal raids. We are taking possession of the boxes today and loading them onto Air Force One,” White...

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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) told Secretary of State Marco Rubio to “grow a pair” after the former senator defended President Trump after his heated meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington.  After Friday's public spat between Zelensky, Trump and Vice President Vance, Rubio thanked the commander-in-chief for “standing up for America in a way...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wouldn’t apologize for the meeting with President Trump, which erupted into a remarkable and tense spat, arguing that the situation was bad for both countries. Fox News’s Bret Baier asked the Ukrainian president Friday evening if he would apologize for the meeting, which was expected to result in signing a minerals deal...

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Media pundit Geraldo Rivera weighed in on the heated meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying during an interview that Kyiv’s leader walked into an Oval Office “ambush.”  “I just could not believe what I was seeing. It's President Trump at his worst. President Trump as an ill-mannered bully insulting a war...

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) has called for President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to quickly resolve their disagreements after the explosive White House meeting, which he believes was detrimental to Ukraine's interests.