One of the first orders of business in 2025 for Congress and the incoming administration will be the extension of President Donald Trump’s signature 2017 tax law, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), most of whose individual provisions are set to expire late next year. There’s one problem: America’s debt trajectory is unsustainable.

Even if ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A bumper crop of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are attempting to secure open slots on the House and Senate Appropriations committees, coveted perches that will be in the center of the legislative action in the 119th Congress as part two of the Trump era begins.

If House Republicans retain the same margins from this ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump will go up against a familiar adversary as he prepares to fulfill campaign promises of a swift rollback of Biden-era policies and an aggressive execution of his own agenda: The grind of the U.S. legal system.

The stubborn realities of litigation stymied Trump’s ability to carry out quick changes ...Read more

“No profanity.”

This is the one rule spelled out on a sign in Lance Walker’s barbershop in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, where political discussion between clients can get heated.

Three weeks before the election, on Oct. 14, 2024, I watched as Walker interviewed Michele Jansen, a conservative local talk show host, and Don ...Read more

Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah entered a 60-day ceasefire on Nov. 26, 2024, a move aimed at reducing tensions in the region more than a year into a multifront conflict.

Under the terms of the deal, Israel would gradually withdraw its forces from Lebanon, and Hezbollah would fully withdraw north of the Litani River. ...Read more

Donald Trump had dinner with Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Wednesday.

Zuckerberg met with Trump and members of his team, according to a Meta representative, who added that the session took place at a crucial time for U.S. innovation. The representative didn...Read more

President Joe Biden has flown north to the Nantucket home of Orioles owner David Rubenstein for the Thanksgiving holiday.

The president arrived at the island off Massachusetts on Tuesday night in front of a small crowd eager to get a view of the motorcade.

A source confirmed to The Baltimore Sun that Biden was staying at Rubenstein’s ...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has interviewed Paul Atkins, a veteran financial regulator and eminence grise of conservative financial circles, as a candidate to lead the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to people familiar with the matter.

Atkins is a top contender for the job to replace outgoing SEC Chair ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s 13th Congressional District seat is the last uncalled national race in the country, and it’s tight. As counting winds down, Rep. John Duarte and Adam Gray are in an even closer contest than in their previous matchup.

The California Secretary of State’s election results update posted Wednesday shows Gray...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump this week signed onto an agreement that will help create a smooth transition of power between administrations.

The agreement — known as a memorandum of understanding — was announced by Susie Wiles, Trump’s incoming chief of staff, in a Tuesday statement.

“After completing the selection process of his ...Read more

Several members of President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Cabinet were hit with swatting calls, bomb threats and other harassing calls late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, according to the FBI.

The agency issued a statement on Wednesday, saying the bureau was “aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California wound up with more money challenging the first Trump administration than it spent, the state Department of Justice said.

With state leaders bracing for a new round of legal fights with the president-elect’s administration, the attorney general’s office said it spent nearly $42 million on litigation ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In a major victory for Democrats, first-time candidate Derek Tran defeated Republican Rep. Michelle Steel in a hotly contested Orange County congressional race that became one of the most expensive in the country.

Tran will be the first Vietnamese American to represent a district that is home to Little Saigon and the largest ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump nominated retired Gen. Keith Kellogg as his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, choosing a longtime adviser who’s supported the president-elect’s aims to end the war swiftly, including by potentially cutting off military aid to Kyiv.

Trump, a longtime skeptic of continued U.S. assistance to Ukraine, has vowed ...Read more

The Somerville City Council has reaffirmed its commitment as a sanctuary city, while elected officials across Massachusetts continue to worry President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan will harm illegal immigrants who are not violent criminals.

Somerville is the latest Bay State sanctuary city to extend its support of that status, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In a major victory for Democrats, first-time candidate Derek Tran defeated Republican Rep. Michelle Steel in a hotly contested Orange County congressional race that became one of the most expensive in the country.

Tran will be the first Vietnamese American to represent a district that is home to Little Saigon and the largest ...Read more

Shoppers waiting for the right deal to upgrade their laptop or smartphone will not want to wait past the holidays: New tariffs on products from China and other countries would mean higher prices at retailers like Best Buy next year.

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday vowed to raise tariffs on China another 10% and add 25% tariffs to goods ...Read more

BOSTON – Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said she never intended to pick a fight with federal officials in the incoming Trump administration while firmly reiterating the city’s intent to resist mass deportation plans.

“When you talk about 10 to 20 million people that is not just those with a criminal warrant; that is uprooting families from ...Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia had the 10th highest rate of abortions performed in the country in 2022, according to federal data released Wednesday.

Abortions were performed in Georgia at a rate of 17.2 per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44, according to data shared by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC ...Read more