ATLANTA — As Georgia lawmakers gathered in Athens for a legislative training session five years ago, there was a hubbub inside the Classic Center conference room that served as then-House Speaker David Ralston’s headquarters.

It was Dec. 7, 2020, and President Donald Trump was on the warpath — furious at Gov. Brian Kemp, Secretary of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump broke with past presidents with Wednesday night’s end-of-year address to the nation in which he raised his voice repeatedly and cast wide blame for a stubborn economy that has frustrated many Americans.

Former officials and analysts called the speech an unprecedented attempt to upend the State of the Union ...Read more

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday fast-tracking a push to ease some restrictions on marijuana in one of the most significant shifts in federal drug policy in decades.

The move aims to reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous drug within a few months and opens new avenues for medical research, inching closer to the moves ...Read more

The Republican Congress headed home for the holidays Thursday without doing anything about health insurance costs set to skyrocket for more than 20 million Americans when Affordable Care Act tax credits expire on Jan. 1.

Despite an eleventh-hour squabble over dueling proposals and with President Donald Trump mostly silent, GOP House Speaker ...Read more

MIAMI — A judge on Thursday cleared the way for Miami Dade College to give up prime downtown land to be used for Donald Trump’s presidential library, tossing a case that alleged the college broke state law when trustees first voted to give away the Biscayne Boulevard parking lot to the state.

The decision clears the way for Trump’s ...Read more

Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., the company behind Truth Social, is getting into nuclear fusion.

The company said Thursday it will merge with TAE Technologies Inc., a closely held fusion developer founded in 1998, in a transaction valued at more than $6 billion. Shareholders of each company will own about 50% of the combined business ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer launched a 2026 congressional bid Thursday, hoping to flip the swing-seat district currently held by Democrat Jared Moskowitz to the Republican column.

“We need leaders in Congress who will work to build on the success President Trump has had to secure our borders, defend our nation, ...Read more

CBS News is moving forward with a series of town hall and debate telecasts with a major advertiser backing them, the first major initiative under editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.

The news division announced Thursday it will have a series of one hour single issue programs under the title "Things That Matter" done in collaboration with the digital ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Over a year ago, Missouri voters approved enshrining abortion rights into the state constitution. Lawyers won court cases, blocking clinic restrictions. Providers promised that Missourians could access abortions close to home.

But today, appointments are hard to come by at the three Planned Parenthood clinics — in Kansas City, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Under his suit and tie, Rep. Jared Golden rocks tattoo sleeves. Since coming to Congress, the Maine Democrat’s collection of body art has expanded — a 2018 campaign ad showed just a handful of pieces on one arm, but now both are covered in tats. He has “too many to count” at this point, he said, but more ink is on the ...Read more

It’s understandable that members of Congress try to remain in office for as long as they can: if they worked in the private sector, they’d be fired by now.

As the Hill reported, senators in both parties are bracing for another government shutdown next year after Republicans blocked a proposal to extend expiring health insurance subsidies. ...Read more

President Donald Trump looked to reassure Americans concerned about the rising cost of living by announcing plans to award a special holiday payment to military service members and roll out new housing reforms in the new year.

Trump announced the plans Wednesday during a prime-time address from the White House, which he used to extol his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The dark-money arm of Donald Trump’s sprawling political operation entered 2025 with $84 million in the bank, highlighting the president’s fundraising prowess and offering insight into his war chest ahead of crucial midterm elections.

Securing American Greatness, a 501(c)4 organization, raised $275 million in 2024, according ...Read more

WASHINGTON — With less than a year to go, the 2026 midterm elections are at a crossroads.

Emboldened by the 2024 election results that resulted in full GOP control of Washington, Republicans began the year on a political high, but it’s been rough going since then. President Donald Trump’s job ratings have slipped back into mediocrity, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former special counsel John L. “Jack” Smith sat for a closed-door deposition Wednesday with the House Judiciary Committee, defending his conclusion that President Donald Trump engaged in a criminal effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to portions of his opening statement obtained by CQ Roll Call.

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Jack Smith told a congressional committee Wednesday that he found proof “beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Donald Trump committed crimes as the former special counsel was expected to face harsh grilling by Republicans behind closed doors about his historic investigations.

The deposition was held in private after GOP House Judiciary ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is poised to head into the new year facing several political and economic headwinds that could hamstring Republicans in the coming midterm elections.

As his poll numbers sag and a stubborn economy continues to frustrate voters, Trump is expected to depart Washington on Friday to spend Christmas and New Year...Read more

WASHINGTON — More than 80 members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina sat Wednesday in the Senate gallery watching lawmakers take a vote that was 137 years in the making.

Senators agreed to recognize the tribe and provide full federal benefits in a 77-20 vote. It’s likely that President Donald Trump will sign the bill they passed into ...Read more