WASHINGTON — Republicans began 2025 on a triumphant note, with full control of Congress and Donald Trump moving into the White House.

They’re closing the year with Trump’s job approval ratings sliding, a redistricting push that hasn’t delivered as expected and Democrats riding high from the off-year election results.

Both parties are ...Read more

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles said that President Donald Trump has “an alcoholic’s personality” and is obsessed with retaliating against critics even if it undermines his own policies, according to a bombshell magazine story published on Tuesday.

Wiles, considered a trusted and loyal Trump insider, also trashed Vice President JD ...Read more

Hours after Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found dead in their home in what is shaping up to be a heartbreaking family tragedy, our president blamed Reiner for his own death.

“A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away...Read more

President Donald Trump sued the BBC for at least $10 billion over a misleading edit in a documentary last year that gave the impression he’d made a direct call for violence in a speech leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.

The lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corp. was filed Monday in federal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Starting a new job is hard, no matter where you work. But when your workplace is the House of Representatives, the adjustment period can be a little rocky — especially lately.

For the freshman class of the 119th Congress, it’s been a year like no other.

Republicans began with the narrowest House majority in almost a century,...Read more

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is engaged to Right Side Broadcasting Network personality Brian Glenn.

The pair announced their impending nuptials on social media with a photo showing the two enjoying dinner at a restaurant where the right-wing lawmaker showed off her new ring.

“She said ‘yes,'” Glenn captioned the photo on X.

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President Trump signed an executive order Monday that classifies fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.

The order comes after several months of controversial strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats and “narco-terrorists” from Venezuela in the Caribbean, which some critics have said could be illegal.

“No bomb does what this is doing,”...Read more

President Donald Trump sued the BBC for $5 billion over a misleading edit in a documentary last year that gave the impression he’d made a direct call for violence in a speech leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.

The defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corp. was filed Monday in federal ...Read more

In late October, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., posted a video of himself on Facebook criticizing anonymous masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for swarming a woman in a Wal-Mart parking lot, peppering her with questions about where she was born.

“These masked bandits, and that’s what they are, they’re running around like ...Read more

​Whole milk is poised to return to the menu for schools participating in the National School Lunch Program for the first time in over a decade.

The House cleared a bill Monday for the president’s desk that would put whole milk back into K-12 schools. The chamber passed the measure by voice vote less than a month after the Senate passed it ...Read more

Michigan U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga said Monday he intends to run for another term in Congress, ending months of speculation about whether he'd join his colleagues headed for the exit next year.

The Michigan Republican made the announcement during a "Breakfast With Bill" event on the campus of Hope College in Holland on Monday, he said.

"There’...Read more

In a viral social media post, Rep. Thomas Massie criticized President Donald Trump’s response to the killing of famed director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, over the weekend.

Massie called Trump’s words, which, without evidence, suggested that the Reiners were killed in their Los Angeles home because of their opposition to the president...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump soon will cap an all-gas-no-brakes 2025, with assessments mixed about a first year back in the White House that has overhauled the presidency.

Trump 2.0 reentered office on Jan. 20 with one of the most aggressive domestic and foreign policy agendas in American history. That included an unprecedented ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s $100,000 price tag for new H-1B workers hired from outside the U.S. will have punishing effects for the IT outsourcing and staffing industries that have long been a target of both parties.

The fee is the biggest restriction the Trump administration has imposed so far on employment of skilled foreign workers.

A ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The last week of the congressional session before Christmas could feature a flurry of activity on unfinished business for both the House and Senate, from spending bills and health care costs to nominations.

House Republican leaders released draft legislation Friday afternoon consisting of a package of health proposals aimed at ...Read more

President Donald Trump promised Americans big tax refunds next year. Many filers — particularly those who could most use the financial boost — may soon be disappointed.

“Your sort of typical W-2 worker with no kids will see very little change year-over-year,” said Adam Michel, director of tax policy studies at the libertarian Cato ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Monday cryptically appeared to blame the murders of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner on the Hollywood icon’s famously liberal political stances.

The president derided Rob Reiner as “tortured and struggling” and claimed he was killed due to anger caused by his harsh criticism of Trump.

Without citing...Read more

EDITOR’S NOTE: Editorial Page editor Megan Schrader takes a side in the “real vs. fake” Christmas tree debate. Look for the counterpoint by Features coordinator Barbara Ellis, slugged HOME-TREES-DEBATE-FAKE:DP.

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If you’ve tried to buy a fresh Christmas tree since 2020, the sticker shock probably drove you to check out the plastic ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania's federal lawmakers bought and sold stocks or other securities collectively worth between $19.8 million and $58.8 million this year as Congress inches toward a potential vote on banning stock trading for its members and immediate family, a Post-Gazette analysis found.

The transactions — primarily by two wealthy ...Read more