- Republicans Split on Whether to Cut Earmarks Ahead of DOGE Meeting With Musk, Ramaswamy

By Arjun Singh
WASHINGTON–Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, leaders of the incoming Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative, will meet with Republicans in ...
- Trump Nominates Michael Faulkender as Deputy Treasury Secretary

By Austin Alonzo
President-elect Donald Trump is nominating an ally and member of his first administration as his deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of ...
- UnitedHealthcare CEO Killed in Manhattan by Masked Gunman, Reports Say

By Jack Phillips
The CEO of insurance company UnitedHealthcare’s insurance unit, Brian Thompson, was shot and killed by a masked gunman in what appears to ...
- House Republicans Will Have 3-Seat Majority After Final Race Called in 2024 Election

By Arjun Singh
WASHINGTON—Republicans will have 220 seats in the House of Representatives in the 119th Congress, completing their majority caucus, after the last election ...
- Cucumbers, Salads, Mustard Greens Recalled Across Country

By Naveen Athrappully
A wide range of food products are being pulled from markets nationwide because of concerns about bacterial contamination.
Arizona-based SunFed Produce, Baloian Farms ...
- Schumer Reelected Senate Democrat Leader, Durbin as Whip

By Jackson Richman
Senate Democrats reelected Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Dec. 3 as their leader and whip, respectively.
Sens. Amy Klobuchar ...
- Court Orders District Attorney Fani Willis to Produce Communications and Records in Trump Case

By Jack Phillips
The district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, was ordered by a judge to turn over communications she may have had with federal ...
- Democrats Ask Biden to Try to Limit Trump’s Proposed Use of Military on US Soil

By Bill Pan
Two Democratic senators are urging the Biden administration to try to limit President-elect Donald Trump’s ability to deploy military forces inside the ...
- With Growing Bipartisan Support, It’s Full Steam Ahead for Geothermal Energy

By John Haughey
Advances in deep directional drilling fostered by hydraulic fracturing—or fracking—for natural gas are increasingly being deployed to tap into and develop geothermal ...
- Special Counsel: Hunter Biden Was Not Selectively Prosecuted

By Zachary Stieber
President Joe Biden’s claims about his son being selectively prosecuted were unfounded, special counsel David Weiss’s office said in new filings on ...
- Wisconsin Democratic Party Chief Enters Race to Become Next DNC Chair

By Aldgra Fredly
Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Ben Wikler announced on Sunday his intention to run for chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in ...
- President Biden Pardons His Son Hunter Biden

By Melanie Sun
President Joe Biden said on Dec. 1 that he has signed “a full and unconditional pardon” for his son Hunter Biden.
Hunter Biden ...