Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., encouraged President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency to audit the country’s gold reserve at Fort Knox. Elon Musk, whom Trump put in charge of DOGE, responded to an X user who said it “would be great if @elonmusk could take a look inside Fort Knox just to […]

Two of President Donald Trump’s most controversial Cabinet nominations, Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services Secretary, were both approved by the Senate this week, with New Jersey Senators Andy Kim and Cory Booker voting no. Gabbard and Kennedy, both former Democrats who became […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday removed a key legal hurdle stalling President Donald Trump ’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with a deferred resignation program. The Boston-based judge’s order in the challenge filed by a group of labor unions was a significant legal victory for the Republican president […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned his siblings and their spouses, saying his family had been “subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me — the worst kind of partisan politics.”  “Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will […]

WASHINGTON — During a speech Saturday night in front of hundreds of politicians and Washington media members, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer hinted (jokingly?) at a possible stop in Washington in the coming years. Whitmer was one of a handful of speakers at the annual Gridiron Club and Foundation dinner where she […]

WASHINGTON – Four votes after ousting Rep Kevin McCarthy (R) CA as House Speaker, the US Congress has finally elected a new Speaker. Rep Mike Johnson (R) LA received the majority of votes (220) to Rep Hakeem Jeffries (D) NY (209) to become the next House Speaker.

U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman fell well short of the votes needed to become speaker-designate as factions continue to paralyze the House Republican Conference. Among eight candidates in a Tuesday morning vote, Bergman (R-Watersmeet) was the second eliminated, never getting into double digits, several national news organizations reported. But the winner […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, a historic reckoning after years of investigations into his personal, political and business dealings and an abrupt jolt to his bid to retake the White House. The exact nature of the charges was unclear Friday because […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks and floor tensions that boiled over after a chaotic week that tested the new GOP majority’s ability to govern. “My father always told me, it’s not […]

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, who has represented Michigan in the U.S. Senate since 2001 and risen to become a member of Democratic leadership in the chamber, announced Thursday morning she would not seek another term in 2024. Stabenow, 72, who lives in Lansing, was the first woman to be elected […]