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Roughly half of Americans say holiday gifts are harder to afford this season as shoppers wrestle with rising inflation and cost of living concerns, according to a new survey.  The Associated Press-NORC Reasearch Center poll, released Friday, found that 63 percent of U.S. adults say they are experiencing higher prices than usual for gifts. That…

Six factors distinguish the country from cases where regime change worsened conditions.

“It’s beginning to look a lot like f**k this,” the Trump-tweaking comedian sings in his new parody.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation argues Trump exceeded his constitutional authority by not seeking congressional approval for a project of this scale.

Democrats on Friday released 19 new photos from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, showing the disgraced financier alongside President Trump and former President Clinton. “These disturbing images raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world,” Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform…

The assessment also follows the release last week of a new Trump administration national security strategy that depicts European allies as weak.

President Trump will honor members of the 1980 Olympic U.S. men’s hockey team at the White House on Friday, awarding them with congressional medals. Trump will host members of the team, which triumphed over the Soviet Union in the famous “Miracle on Ice” game in February 1980, during an Oval Office event scheduled for 3…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters Friday morning after senators struck down Democrats’ effort to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of the year. The Senate took up dueling health care plans on Thursday, and both failed to garner the support needed to…

President Trump attacked The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, blasting the outlet over its reporting suggesting China is beating the U.S. in the AI and energy race. “The Wall Street Journal has another ridiculous story today that China is dominating us, and the World, on the production of Electricity having to do with AI,” Trump…

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith (R) on Thursday said the Trump administration threatened to withhold federal funding if state lawmakers rejected a new GOP-favored map. “The Trump admin was VERY clear about this,” Beckwith wrote in a now-deleted post on social platform X.  “They told many lawmakers, Cabinet members and [Gov. Mike Braun] and I…

The actress is doubling down on comments she made after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

As the 2026 midterms quickly approach, Republicans are feeling increasingly uneasy over recent election outcomes. The latest blow came Thursday, after Indiana Republicans bucked Trump’s demand that the state redraw its maps to get two more congressional districts into the fold. Trump and Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (R) both ripped into the group of GOP…

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (R ) on Thursday said he would help President Trump primary Republican state lawmakers who voted against a redistricting measure backed by the leader. “I am very disappointed that a small group of misguided State Senators have partnered with Democrats to reject this opportunity to protect Hoosiers with fair maps and…

The Grammy winner joins a growing list of music artists who aren’t pleased with their songs being used in political messaging.

The president took a weird detour about wives at the ball and it got laughs.

President Trump suggested Thursday that he would be willing to work with Democrats on the issue of health care, as concerns over rising insurance premiums grow. “What a nice group of Democrats,” Trump said, speaking to the crowd at the White House Congressional Ball. “We have a lot of Democrats and we welcome you. Honestly,…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday praised Indiana Senate Republicans for striking down redistricting efforts in the state. “Well, across the board, it was a good night for the American people and a bad day for Donald Trump,” Jeffries said during an appearance on MS Now’s “The Briefing.” “And in Indiana, his effort…

President Trump on Thursday pardoned former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, who was convicted of election interference in state court in August 2024. “Tina is sitting in a Colorado prison for the ‘crime’ of demanding Honest Elections,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “Today I am granting Tina a full Pardon for her attempts…

The president included GOP Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer in his bit as someone yelled, “Send them home!”

Republicans are feeling spooked by recent special elections losses and underperformances in party strongholds, as the White House ramps up President Trump’s presence on the campaign trail ahead of next year’s midterm elections. On Tuesday, Democrats flipped Miami’s mayoral office for the first time in nearly 30 years and won a conservative-leaning state House district…
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An unusually large pileup of Second Amendment challenges has landed at the Supreme Court, which will consider taking up the cases behind closed doors Friday. It would add to what is already a major term for gun rights. The justices previously agreed to hear two cases early next year that involve whether unlawful drug users…

Further ship seizures could be aimed at tightening the financial screws on Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

The Department of Justice used the beloved children’s book character in another twisted meme.

The late-night host roasted the president over one thing he “loves” to do.

The “Late Night” host pointed out a hypocrisy with the president’s not-so-festive comments ahead of the holidays.