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'DOGE' meets Congress: GOP lawmaker launches caucus to help Musk take on 'Crazytown’

'DOGE' meets Congress: GOP lawmaker launches caucus to help Musk take on 'Crazytown’

Rep. Aaron Bean of the Education Committee launched a new DOGE Caucus seeking members that will collectively work alongside Ramasw...

Trump Defies the #MeToo Movement With Cabinet Picks Facing Accusations

Trump Defies the #MeToo Movement With Cabinet Picks Facing Accusations

Donald J. Trump, who was found liable for sexual abuse last year, appears determined to force a fight over the role of such allega...

Hacker Is Said to Have Gained Access to File With Damaging Testimony About Gaetz

Hacker Is Said to Have Gained Access to File With Damaging Testimony About Gaetz

The computer file is said to contain testimony from the woman who said she had sex with Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s...

Hakeem Jeffries wins reelection as House Democratic leader despite party's losses

Hakeem Jeffries wins reelection as House Democratic leader despite party's losses

House Leader Hakeem Jeffries won reelection Tuesday as the Democratic leader

Wyoming judge strikes down state abortion laws, ruling them unconstitutional

Wyoming judge strikes down state abortion laws, ruling them unconstitutional

A state judge knocked down two laws restricting abortion in Wyoming on Monday, ruling that they violated protections in the state'...

Mace faces backlash over effort to ban new transgender member of Congress from women's bathrooms

Mace faces backlash over effort to ban new transgender member of Congress from women's bathrooms

South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace faced a wave of backlash after introducing a resolution to bar transgender women from the women's b...

Trump’s Nov. 26 Hush Money Sentencing Called Off, Court Says

Trump’s Nov. 26 Hush Money Sentencing Called Off, Court Says

Donald Trump’s Nov. 26 sentencing in his New York hush money case was adjourned by the court as the judge weighs how to handle the...

Musk Defends Gaetz as House Faces Pressure to Share Ethics Probe

Musk Defends Gaetz as House Faces Pressure to Share Ethics Probe

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk defended embattled former Representative Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for at...

Brazil Arrests Five in Alleged Plot to Kill Lula and Stage Coup

Brazil Arrests Five in Alleged Plot to Kill Lula and Stage Coup

Brazil’s federal police arrested five people for allegedly plotting to kill President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, his vice presiden...

US Won’t Adjust Posture After Russia Lowers Nuclear Threshold

US Won’t Adjust Posture After Russia Lowers Nuclear Threshold

The US sees no reason to adjust its nuclear posture in response to Russia’s decision to lower the threshold for using atomic weapo...

Rory McIlroy sees glass half-full with 4 wins. The US Open makes it feel half-empty: Analysis

Rory McIlroy sees glass half-full with 4 wins. The US Open makes it feel half-empty: Analysis

Rory McIlroy looks back on a great year with four wins and a sixth title as Europe's best

Majority Wants German Taurus Missiles for Ukraine, Lawmaker Says

Majority Wants German Taurus Missiles for Ukraine, Lawmaker Says

Most German lawmakers want the country to supply Ukraine with Taurus long-range missiles, according to former Deputy Finance Minis...

SPD Denies Report on Crisis Meeting to Discuss Scholz Prospects

SPD Denies Report on Crisis Meeting to Discuss Scholz Prospects

A spokesman for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats denied a report that the party will hold an emergency meeting Tue...

EU to Move on Ukraine, Moldova Accession, Polish Official Says

EU to Move on Ukraine, Moldova Accession, Polish Official Says

The European Union will move ahead “swiftly” with an initial phase of accession talks for Ukraine and Moldova during the first hal...

NYC’s Mayor Chooses Fight Night With Trump Over Fighting Talk

NYC’s Mayor Chooses Fight Night With Trump Over Fighting Talk

California Governor Gavin Newsom is vowing to pursue “Trump-proofing” and has said “the freedoms we hold dear in California are un...

Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene wants men banned from women's spaces in 'all taxpayer-funded facilities'

Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene wants men banned from women's spaces in 'all taxpayer-funded facilities'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says men should be banned from women's spaces in "all taxpayer-funded facilities."

Biden misses G-20 family photo, White House blames 'logistical' issues

Biden misses G-20 family photo, White House blames 'logistical' issues

President Biden missed the "family photo" of G-20 leaders at a summit in Rio de Janeiro because of logistical issues that led to h...

Massive groups of illegal immigrants nabbed at border amid fears of pre-Trump border surge

Massive groups of illegal immigrants nabbed at border amid fears of pre-Trump border surge

Authorities have encountered a number of large groups at the southern border in recent days, amid ongoing concerns about a pre-Tru...

Tim Scott says Biden regulators should quit it, give Trump a 'fresh slate'

Tim Scott says Biden regulators should quit it, give Trump a 'fresh slate'

Sen. Tim Scott said President Biden's regulators should stop rulemaking and nominations to allow President-elect Trump a "fresh sl...

Companies With Immigrant Workforces Are Preparing for Raids

Companies With Immigrant Workforces Are Preparing for Raids

“It’s a lot of just trying to mitigate harm.”

Tensions Surge in Russia-Ukraine War as G-20 Meets

Tensions Surge in Russia-Ukraine War as G-20 Meets

Ukraine Strike and Putin Threat Stoke Tensions

Ukraine Strike and Putin Threat Stoke Tensions

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Trump Is Selling the Wrong Idea of Freedom, Says Author of On Tyranny

Trump Is Selling the Wrong Idea of Freedom, Says Author of On Tyranny

We have handed power to those who want us more alone, more deceived and more divided.

The Future of Abortion Rights Could Be Decided by Accident

The Future of Abortion Rights Could Be Decided by Accident

Dueling ballot measures in Nebraska left voters confused.

Russia’s Crude Exports Slump to the Lowest Since September

Russia’s Crude Exports Slump to the Lowest Since September

Western ports, which mostly serve India and Turkey, bear the brunt of the drop

Five Ways R.F.K. Jr. Could Undermine Lifesaving Childhood Vaccines

Five Ways R.F.K. Jr. Could Undermine Lifesaving Childhood Vaccines

If he is confirmed as H.H.S. secretary, the longtime vaccine critic would be in a position to change the government’s immunization...

Ken Martin, a Minnesotan With Deep Democratic Ties, Joins the D.N.C. Race

Ken Martin, a Minnesotan With Deep Democratic Ties, Joins the D.N.C. Race

The chairman of Minnesota Democrats, he has longstanding connections to many of the Democratic National Committee members who will...

Dan Osborn Wants to Help the Working Class Run for Office

Dan Osborn Wants to Help the Working Class Run for Office

Mr. Osborn, the industrial mechanic who turned a long-shot Senate bid in red Nebraska into an unexpectedly tight race, is starting...

For Minority Working-Class Voters, Dismay in Democrats Led to Distrust

For Minority Working-Class Voters, Dismay in Democrats Led to Distrust

In scores of interviews throughout 2024, Latino, Black and Asian American voters, many of whom voted for Donald Trump, said they n...

US Pushes for Israel-Hezbollah Truce With Envoy Visit to Beirut

US Pushes for Israel-Hezbollah Truce With Envoy Visit to Beirut

One of Joe Biden’s main Middle East envoys landed in Beirut on Tuesday morning, as the US steps up efforts to clinch a cease-fire ...

House Republicans eye FEMA fund overhaul ahead of high-stakes hearing on Helene recovery

House Republicans eye FEMA fund overhaul ahead of high-stakes hearing on Helene recovery

Rep. Gary Palmer is leading new legislation to replenish FEMA disaster relief funding using unspent funds the agency has elsewhere...

Trump naming cabinet officials at 'warp speed,' far head of first term pace

Trump naming cabinet officials at 'warp speed,' far head of first term pace

President-elect Trump is far ahead of his pace from eight years ago when it comes to staffing his second administration, and he's ...

Why US Will Let Ukraine Strike Inside Russia With American Missiles

Why US Will Let Ukraine Strike Inside Russia With American Missiles

Ukraine has been pleading with the US for months to let it use American-made weapons to hit military targets inside Russia beyond ...

Georgian Police Break Up Opposition Protest Camp in Tbilisi

Georgian Police Break Up Opposition Protest Camp in Tbilisi

Police broke up an opposition camp in the center of Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, and began detaining protesters demanding new parli...

Why Trump is sticking with Gaetz, Hegseth despite new accusations – and his 'Morning Joe' meeting

Why Trump is sticking with Gaetz, Hegseth despite new accusations – and his 'Morning Joe' meeting

President-elect Trump is standing by all of his Executive Branch nominations – even the ones stirring up the most controversy. Tak...

Police in Georgia's capital break up a tent camp set up by protesters demanding a new election

Police in Georgia's capital break up a tent camp set up by protesters demanding a new election

Police in Georgia’s capital have moved in to break up a tent camp that demonstrators set up on a central thoroughfare to protest t...

Breakaway Somalia Region Elects Opposition Leader as President

Breakaway Somalia Region Elects Opposition Leader as President

An opposition leader won elections in the semi-autonomous region of Somaliland, beating incumbent President Muse Bihi Abdi.

China Seeks to Resume Direct Flights With India as Tensions Ease

China Seeks to Resume Direct Flights With India as Tensions Ease

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the country wants to restore direct flights with India, as tensions between the two Asian ne...

Ukraine’s Allies Are Inviting Their Own ‘Strategic Defeat’

Ukraine’s Allies Are Inviting Their Own ‘Strategic Defeat’

Germany’s Scholz showed the way with feckless outreach to Putin.

China Says SUV Plowed Into Crowd of People Outside a School

China Says SUV Plowed Into Crowd of People Outside a School

China said an SUV rammed into a crowd at a primary school, leaving multiple people injured — an incident that comes with the natio...

Pennsylvania Dem Gov. Josh Shapiro sides with state supreme court ruling not to count certain mail-in ballots

Pennsylvania Dem Gov. Josh Shapiro sides with state supreme court ruling not to count certain mail-in ballots

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro came out Monday and sided with the state's supreme court over a ruling about the counting of mail-i...

Numerous Children Injured by a Vehicle at School Gate in China

Numerous Children Injured by a Vehicle at School Gate in China

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Numerous children were injured by a vehicle at the gate of an elementary school in central China’s Hunan pro...

Lawyer Says His Client Testified That She Saw Gaetz Having Sex With Underage Girl

Lawyer Says His Client Testified That She Saw Gaetz Having Sex With Underage Girl

The lawyer told multiple news outlets about the testimony, before the House Ethics Committee, in which the client described witnes...

Senate GOP initiates Thune-engineered slow down as Schumer looks to stack judicial votes

Senate GOP initiates Thune-engineered slow down as Schumer looks to stack judicial votes

Republicans sought to delay Democrats' cloture filings on Monday as they try to quickly confirm Biden judges in the lame duck sess...

Lebanon, Hezbollah Agree to US Cease-Fire Plan, Reuters Says

Lebanon, Hezbollah Agree to US Cease-Fire Plan, Reuters Says

Lebanon and the Hezbollah militia have reached agreement on a US plan for a cease-fire with Israel, Reuters reported on Monday.

Trump Picks Sean Duffy, Fox Stalwart, to Lead Transportation Dept.

Trump Picks Sean Duffy, Fox Stalwart, to Lead Transportation Dept.

President-elect Donald J. Trump nominated the former representative from Wisconsin, who is married to a Fox News host, to oversee ...

China, Australia Relations Have Seen ‘Twists and Turns,’ Xi Says

China, Australia Relations Have Seen ‘Twists and Turns,’ Xi Says

Improved relations between China and Australia must be maintained with “great care” after a decade of “twists and turns,” Chinese ...

Gaetz May Not Be Confirmed, Trump Admits. He’s Pushing Him and Others Anyway.

Gaetz May Not Be Confirmed, Trump Admits. He’s Pushing Him and Others Anyway.

The president-elect is taking a flood-the-zone approach to his cabinet nominations, betting that the Senate won’t dare to turn the...

Biden Asks Congress for Nearly $100 Billion in Disaster Aid

Biden Asks Congress for Nearly $100 Billion in Disaster Aid

The president said the aid was “urgently needed” as emergency programs face funding shortfalls amid the devastation after Hurrican...

Speaker Johnson's 'epic' weekend with Trump shows strengths and limits of his power

Speaker Johnson's 'epic' weekend with Trump shows strengths and limits of his power

There was House Speaker Mike Johnson walking behind President-elect Donald Trump’s entourage into Saturday night’s UFC fight at Ma...

Pentagon sending a ‘few thousand’ personnel to Middle East d...

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Pentagon sending a ‘few thousand’ personnel to Middle East day after Biden said he wouldn’t add combat troops

Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

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Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on sta...

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Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on state's abortion law, death of Amber Thurman

After Shaq, Jay-Z, Beyonce And Others, Tesla Cybertruck Join...

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After Shaq, Jay-Z, Beyonce And Others, Tesla Cybertruck Joins Joins Irvine Police Department's Fleet, Will Be Used For Community Outreach Efforts

Scandals, failed assassinations and political rhetoric: Both...

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Scandals, failed assassinations and political rhetoric: Both sides go high and low

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