Experts are worried about how President-elect Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy as Health and Human Services secretary will affect vaccination rates for school children, which have been on the decline. Schools have seen a drop in childhood vaccinations since the COVID-19 pandemic, when critics of the COVID-19 vaccines increased anti-vaccine sentiments in general. Public...
The future of congressional investigations could be defined by Republican eagerness to probe private industry and less willingness to defer to the Justice Department, experts say. House Republicans promised an avalanche of investigations when they took over the House after the 2022 midterms, which included an impeachment inquiry into President Biden based in large part...
Momentum is building around legislation that could mean higher Social Security benefits for some Americans as Senate leadership tees up a vote for next week. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) caught some senators by surprise this week when he took the first step to set up consideration of the Social Security Fairness Act, announcing...
President-elect Trump is facing calls from House Republicans to settle a disagreement between the chambers on how the GOP should start tackling its agenda. As some top House Republicans dig in on starting with a reconciliation bill focused on taxes, members of the conference are looking to Trump to set the course. “Ultimately and pretty...
Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis, the Trump-backed House candidate running to replace former Rep. Matt Gaetz, wants gold and silver to be legal tender in Florida.
President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will attend the annual Army-Navy game in Landover, Maryland, on Saturday, and they are bringing some guests who are sure to stir debate.
A top pollster to Vice President Kamala Harris says the Democrats need a new playbook to politically confront Donald Trump as he returns to the White House, and that they should focus on high prices.
Franklin D. Roosevelt had many Christmas traditions that he and his family would partake in year after year. For a time, Roosevelt even grew Christmas trees on his land in New York.
President-elect Trump won't be on the ballot in the 2026 midterms, but RNC chair Michael Whatley says that Trump will play a "significant" role in supporting GOP candidates