President Trump is not looking to put boots on the ground in Gaza or force taxpayers to pay for its rebuilding, the White House said Wednesday, one day after he shocked the world by saying the U.S. might take control of the war-torn strip of land between Egypt and Israel.

President Trump wants the U.S. to "own" Gaza, and House Speaker Mike Johnson appears to have his back.

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Eric Scott Turner to lead the Housing and Urban Development Department.

Attorney General Pam Bondi was sworn in at the White House Wednesday and vowed that cracking down on crime throughout the country will be her top priority.

New documents are revealing the extent of the Biden administration's "ecogrief" workshops, where employees at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service were encouraged to channel feelings of ecological anxiety into "lifesaving changes" for the planet.

President Trump's run without the threat of impeachment hanging over him has officially ended.

President Trump is scheduled to sign an executive order Wednesday barring male-born athletes from girls and women's sports, fulfilling a campaign promise on an increasingly high-profile issue pitting fairness and safety against against transgender inclusion.

The Environmental Protection Agency has leapt to comply with President Trump's renaming efforts, declaring Wednesday that its Gulf of Mexico program is now officially the Gulf of America division.

The Trump administration will not just embrace and uphold the core American value of religious freedom but will actively expand protections for people of all faiths, while rolling back federal censorship efforts "used to prevent Americans from speaking their conscience and speaking their mind," Vice President J.D. Vance said Wednesday.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers want to start whittling away at the nation's debt, and they say more transparency in federal spending is the way to do it.