George Clooney is brushing off President Donald Trump’s mockery over his new status as a French citizen.

Trump took to his own platform, Truth Social, to bash Clooney and his wife, Amal, upon learning they have secured citizenship overseas, labeling them the “worst political prognosticators of all time.” He told his followers their move ...Read more

President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. is ready to aid protesters in Iran if authorities crack down on the unrest, prompting a top Iranian official to threaten retaliation against U.S. forces in the region.

Trump’s comments in an early-morning Truth Social post — including a warning that the U.S. is “locked and loaded and ready to go�...Read more

President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. is ready to aid protesters in Iran if authorities crack down on the unrest, prompting a top Iranian official to threaten retaliation against U.S. forces in the region.

Trump’s comments in an early-morning Truth Social post — including a warning that the U.S. is “locked and loaded and ready to go�...Read more

President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. is ready to aid protesters in Iran if authorities crack down on the unrest, prompting a top Iranian official to threaten retaliation against U.S. forces in the region.

Trump’s comments in an early-morning Truth Social post — including a warning that the U.S. is “locked and loaded and ready to go�...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has spent months on a campaign to collect nonpublic voter data from nearly every state, facing pushback from states and concerns from privacy advocates.

President Donald Trump and Justice Department officials have cast the effort as a push to clamp down on alleged voting fraud, amid a broader Trump ...Read more

President Donald Trump pledged that the U.S. will come to the rescue of Iranian protesters if they are attacked by Islamic Republic authorities.

“If Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue,” Trump said in a Truth Social post early Friday. “We are ...Read more

The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., ended the first year of President Donald Trump's second term with a record of rulings that gave him much broader power to control the federal government.

In a series of fast-track decisions, the justices granted emergency appeals and set aside rulings from district judges who blocked ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Trever Nehls stood in a hallway outside the House chamber on an early December evening, shaking hands, chatting with staffers and getting warm greetings from a number of GOP members.

A passerby paused in front of him: “Are you the real one or …”

“As long as you don’t say ‘impostor,’” he replied.

Trever is the ...Read more

If she makes it on the ballot, Karen Dalton will be U.S. Rep. Scott Perry’s first primary opponent since 2012 – the year he first won the seat.

Dalton, a retired staff attorney for the Pennsylvania House Republicans, knows the odds are against her as she runs a solo campaign operation out of her living room. But she thinks she has a shot.

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Political allies of Donald Trump were willing to testify against him in cases brought by the U.S. Justice Department, according to former Special Counsel Jack Smith.

Smith said that fellow Republicans were willing to cooperate with the investigation into Trump’s attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in a 255-page transcript ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks hung up the effort.

Trump said in a social media post Wednesday that he’s removing the Guard troops for now. “We will come back, perhaps in a much ...Read more

The Trump administration backed off its effort to block a court order returning control of National Guard troops in Los Angeles to California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

In a brief filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Tuesday, Justice Department lawyers said they no longer oppose lifting a partial administrative stay and formally...Read more

The wife of former first lady Jill Biden’s ex-husband was found dead in the couple’s living room by police responding to a domestic dispute call, authorities in Delaware said Tuesday.

Police found Linda Stevenson, 64, “unresponsive in the living room” around 11:16 p.m. Sunday and “immediately administered life-saving measures,” the ...Read more

WASHINGTON – The president vetoed measures that were seen as largely noncontroversial, with both easily passing the Senate before the Christmas holiday break. But in one case, the president made clear that the veto was related to opposition to his agenda.

The bill in question pertains to land use rights for a Native American tribe in South ...Read more

In one of its most consequential rulings of the year, just before breaking for the holidays last week the Supreme Court held that President Donald Trump acted improperly in federalizing the National Guard in Illinois and in activating troops across the state. Although the case centered on the administration’s deployments in Chicago, the court�...Read more

For President Donald Trump’s supporters, 2025 has been a year of transformation. For his opponents, it’s been nothing short of a long nightmare. The holiday season is a perfect time to look back, reflect and remember the consequential moments of the past year.

As human beings, we generally fixate on the negative. Indeed, there are a ton of ...Read more

I know boats. Catamarans where water laps at your legs. Fishing boats with bright colors and splintered seats. Even though I grew up in the heart of Silicon Valley in San José, California, I come from a line of Venezuelans who were fed by the ocean. And, like all the fishermen before him, my father’s sunworn skin smelled of salt.

My father ...Read more

A candidate in the crowded Democratic primary to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky said Tuesday he plans to drop out of the race following a pressure campaign from AIPAC, an influential but controversial pro-Israel lobbying organization.

The development appears to be a boon to state Sen. Laura Fine, another Democratic candidate who ...Read more

Guinea’s military leader Mamadi Doumbouya won a widely expected victory in Dec. 28 elections from which several opposition figures were barred from running.

Doumbouya, who seized power in a 2021 coup, secured 86.7% of the vote, according to preliminary results from the General Directorate of Elections.

Standing under the banner of the ...Read more