NYC's mayor warms to Trump and doesn't rule out becoming a Republican
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams appears open to switching parties to become a Republican, as he declined to rule out a future change in political allegiances during a pair of interviews...
View ArticleTrump offers a public show of support for Hegseth and says he believes he can...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday offered a public show of support for Pete Hegseth, his embattled choice to lead the Defense Department, whose confirmation by the Senate is in...
View ArticleTrump allies chafe at Senate GOP resistance to nominees
Some allies of President-elect Trump are lashing out at Senate Republicans as a second Cabinet nominee appears imperiled, raising questions about the extent of Trump’s mandate and how much leeway he...
View ArticleDemocrats say they'll avoid election challenges on Jan. 6
House Democrats say that they’ll skip the election protests they’ve staged on Jan. 6 in past presidential cycles, four years after supporters of President-elect Trump stormed the Capitol in an attempt...
View ArticleSen. Joni Ernst wants to hear from Hegseth on sex assault in the military and...
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Republican Sen. Joni Ernst made her most expansive comments yet on Pete Hegseth, telling a largely GOP audience at a California security conference Saturday that she needs...
View ArticleHouse GOP to choose chairs for influential committees: Who’s in the running
House Republican leaders will choose new chairs for a number of influential committees this week, people who will have the power to help deliver on President-elect Trump’s priorities in the GOP...
View ArticleLara Trump steps down as RNC co-chair and addresses speculation about Florida...
Lara Trump will step down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee as she considers a number of potential options with her father-in-law, President-elect Donald Trump, set to return to the...
View ArticleAdam Schiff to be sworn into the Senate, where he wants to be more than a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Adam Schiff stood on the Senate floor almost five years ago as a House impeachment manager and made a passionate case that Donald Trump should be removed from office for...
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Republicans pick Mast to lead House Foreign Affairs panel
House Republicans selected Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) to chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee in the 119th Congress, sources told The Hill, as the conference works to organize its panels for the...
View ArticleTrump’s vow to end birthright citizenship could face legal challenges, GOP...
President-elect Trump has doubled down on his vow to end birthright citizenship, a task that would likely face legal challenges as well as skepticism from within his own party. For starters, the 14th...
View ArticleGabbard kicks off Capitol Hill meetings amid questions over Syria
Tulsi Gabbard is facing a key week on Capitol Hill as she makes the rounds with senators in an attempt to smooth over their concerns and win confirmation to lead the U.S.’s national intelligence...
View ArticleElon Musk warns Republicans against standing in Trump's way — or his
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A week after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, Elon Musk said his political action committee would “play a significant role in primaries.” The following week, the...
View ArticlePatel FBI plans spark concern over agency independence, retribution
(The Hill) -- Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, has promised to deliver a massive reform of a bureau he sees as among the agencies that have “weaponized the...
View Article10 notable books of 2024, from Sarah J. Maas to Melania Trump
NEW YORK (AP) — Even through a year of nonstop news about elections, climate change, protests and the price of eggs, there was still time to read books. U.S. sales held steady according to Circana,...
View ArticleCongress races toward fast-approaching government shutdown deadline
Congress has just 10 days until government funding is set to run out, and lawmakers don’t have a deal to keep the lights on during the holidays. Members on both sides of the aisle expect the...
View ArticleDavid Valadao elected chair of Republican Governance Group
Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.) was elected chair of the Republican Governance Group, a House GOP caucus that trends to the center ideologically, after current chair, Rep. Dave Joyce (R-Ohio), opted to...
View ArticleBiden issues veto threat on bill expanding federal judiciary as partisan...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans teed up a vote this week on bipartisan legislation to gradually expand by 66 the number of federal judgeships across the country. Democrats, though, are having...
View ArticleFor now, 'Dreamers' will be shut out of the health care marketplace in 19 states
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Young adult immigrants known as “Dreamers” in 19 U.S. states will be temporarily blocked from getting health insurance through the Affordable Care Act's public marketplace, a...
View ArticleDonald Trump is returning to the world stage. So is his trolling
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s recent dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in...
View ArticleHegseth makes play to win hard-to-get GOP centrists
Pete Hegseth is looking to win over a pair of key Republican moderates as he tries to keep his hopes of leading the Defense Department from being derailed. The former Fox News host huddled with Sen....
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