Politics

Contributor/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Trump met on Monday at the White House with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the White House said. The visit marked the first time a Syrian president has ever visited the White House and is viewed as a crucial first step in normalizing U.S.-Syria relations. The White House did not allow […]

Speaker Mike Johnson delivers remarks to reporters on November 10, 2025 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Tom Brenner/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The longest government shutdown in U.S. history appears to be nearing its end, after senators suddenly advanced a funding deal over the weekend after 40 days of little progress. The agreement still needs […]

(Grant Faint/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Monday denied a bid from former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis to appeal her $100,000 damages suit and get the justices to revisit the landmark 2015 decision in Obergefell v Hodges. The court did not explain its decision.   Davis gained international attention after she refused to issue a […]

Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate passed a key test vote Sunday night on a plan that would be a major step toward reopening the government. After 40 days of a standoff, the bill advanced by a vote of 60-40, just barely meeting the 60 votes needed to keep it moving forward. The vote […]

Alex Kent/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump issued a sweeping pardon to key figures allegedly involved in the plan to arrange an alternate slate of electors and “expose voting fraud”  during the 2020 election, according to U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin. Trump pardoned high-profile individuals allegedly involved in his attempt to overturn the election, […]

Spc. Trey Woodard/U.S. Southern Command (NEW YORK) — For the first time in more than two decades, the Pentagon has begun sending conventional ground forces to Panama to train in the jungle there, returning U.S. soldiers and Marines to a three-week course once called the “Green Hell” because of its similarities to Vietnam. The training […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed that a “dividend of at least $2000 a person” will be paid to all Americans except for “high-income people,” saying the country is now wealthy as a result of his tariff policies. “People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS! We are now the Richest, […]

Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that there is no formal proposal from the White House to defund the Affordable Care Act and instead send money directly to Americans, despite a social media post from President Donald Trump on Saturday promoting such a plan. “The president has also […]

Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) President Donald Trump welcomed Hungary’s autocratic leader Viktor Orban to the White House on Friday, praising him repeatedly as a “great leader” as met sat to discuss trade and Russia’s war in Ukraine. “I like and respect him,” Trump said as he and Orban sat for lunch with their […]

Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — With almost a year as vice president — and one year until the midterm elections, JD Vance’s supporters say he is settling into his role in the Trump administration, being used as the president’s “fixer” and “enforcer,” a source familiar with their relationship told ABC News. “Vance […]