WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders unveiled a health care package Friday and set a floor vote for next week after centrists and bipartisan lawmakers pressured leadership to allow amendments extending expiring Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidies. Nearly a dozen Republicans filed discharge petitions to force separate votes as subsidies face...
Washington Preservation group National Trust for Historic Preservation sued President Donald Trump on Friday, asking a federal court to stop construction of his planned White House ballroom until officials complete required design reviews, hold public comment periods and obtain congressional approval. The complaint filed in U.S. District Court says the...
WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released 19 photographs from Jeffrey Epstein's estate on Dec. 12, drawn from a trove of roughly 95,000 images, officially obtained under subpoena. The uncategorized images include President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates and others; some female faces were redacted....
Indianapolis, Indiana's Republican-led Senate rejected a mid-decade congressional redistricting map Thursday, voting 31-19 after 21 GOP senators joined all 10 Democrats to defeat a White House-backed plan that would have favored Republicans in 2026. The vote followed weeks of pressure from President Donald Trump, state statements, ad campaigns, and warnings...
Washington, President Donald Trump announced on December 11 that he granted a pardon to former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who was sentenced in August 2024 to a nine-year term on state charges for facilitating unauthorized access to election systems. State officials, including Colorado Governor Jared Polis and AG Phil...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Multiple North Carolina businesses removed Sycamore Brewing products this week after authorities arrested co-owner Justin Tawse Brigham, 44, on Dec. 10 following a 911 call reporting an adult inside a 13‑year‑old girl's bedroom in Stanfield. Deputies found Brigham near the home, unclothed in a vehicle; court records...
Washington, the United States recently launched Pax Silica, a coalition of allied nations to secure silicon supply chains critical to artificial intelligence and semiconductors. The State Department said leaders signed a declaration at the inaugural summit on Friday to reduce coercive dependencies, protect critical minerals and align economic-security approaches. Partners...
Washington — Lawmakers disputed characterization of the Nov. 26 killing of National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called the shooting a terrorist attack, while Rep. Bennie Thompson described it as an "unfortunate accident" and later said he misspoke. Testimony...
Chicago — A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily blocked the release of hundreds of immigrants detained during a recent Chicago-area immigration enforcement operation, and allowed extension of a 2022 consent decree limiting warrantless arrests. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court issued a 2–1 decision pausing a district judge’s blanket release...
Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, will meet Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in Berlin this weekend to discuss peace negotiations aimed at ending Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Germany will host a leaders' meeting next Monday after Zelensky attends a German‑Ukrainian business forum, officials said in...
