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Biden final approval rating as he leaves office matches lowest of presidency: Poll

President Biden’s approval rating as he leaves office matches the lowest of his presidency in a recent poll from CNN. In the CNN poll released on Wednesday, 36 percent said they are supportive "of the way Joe Biden is handling his job as president,” matching an approval rating the president received in June of last...

Trump’s inauguration weekend: Who’s performing?

The musical lineup for President-elect Trump’s inauguration weekend is full of country music stars and other big names, from Carrie Underwood to the Village People. Underwood will sing “America the Beautiful” at the swearing-in on Monday, American tenor Christopher Macchio will sing the National Anthem and Lee Greenwood, who is a longtime Trump supporter, will...

Supreme Court wrestles with explosion of online porn

The Supreme Court weighed whether an explosion in online pornography requires repudiating the court's precedents concerning sexual content as the justices Wednesday heard arguments in a challenge to Texas’s age-verification law for porn websites. A majority of the justices suggested the concept of an age-verification requirement could survive First Amendment scrutiny even as the court seemed inclined to...

Vought distances himself from past statements about government shutdowns

Russell Vought, President-elect Trump’s pick to head the White House budget office, downplayed his past comments about the usefulness of shutting down the federal government to achieve conservative policy aims. Vought, under pointed questioning from Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), said he would seek to avoid future government shutdowns as director of the Office of Management...

Watch: Biden gives remarks after Israel, Hamas ceasefire reached

President Biden briefed the press Wednesday afternoon on the recent deal reached between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas for a ceasefire in Gaza and hostage release plan. An Israeli official confirmed Wednesday that a deal has been reached and predicted it would quickly move through a formal approval process. The agreement would open the door...

Every Senate Democrat should vote against confirming RFK Jr.

If Democratic senators think leaving the door ajar for RFK Jr. will get them points for bipartisanship, I recommend they find those opportunities elsewhere.

Trump energy nominee heckled by climate protesters, derided by Dem senator as ‘enthusiast for fossil fuels’

Energy secretary nominee Chris Wright was questioned by members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday as climate protesters interrupted proceedings.

New polls show Biden leaving office with approval ratings still buried deep in negative territory

President Biden's approval ratings remain well underwater as he is just days from leaving office. And the surveys suggest that many Americans see his time in the White House as a failure.

Government agencies concerned Trump inauguration ‘potential target’ for extremists: report

Agencies are concerned that violent extremists may be drawn to President-elect Trump's inauguration, particularly those with "election-related grievances," according to a new report.

Confirmation delays stack up for Trump nominees as paperwork lags in federal offices

Paperwork delays have forced some Trump confirmation hearings to be postponed, with Republicans blaming bureacracy.

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