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Democrats in the Senate criticized Republicans for allowing Elon Musk to take on such an influential role, acting as a "shadow speaker" or "co-president."

The U.S. military killed ISIS leader Abu Yusif and another member in an airstrike conducted in Syria on Thursday, U.S. Central Command said.

Several lawmakers are calling on Scranton to un-rename the President Biden Expressway, citing the damage done to children by now-pardoned Judge Michael Conahan.

Just five days before Christmas Day, President-elect Donald Trump announced he is appointing outspoken conservative and president of Catholic Vote Brian Burch to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.

The White House refused to discuss President Biden’s lack of public appearances amid the ongoing spending bill crisis as a government shutdown looms.

Congressional leaders are scrambling to avert a partial government shutdown by the end of Friday.

House Republicans on Friday began coalescing around a new plan to fund the government before the midnight deadline, preparing to vote on a temporary funding extension separate from other year-end priorities loaded into prior versions of the bill.