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President Trump is putting his endorsement strength to the test ahead next year’s midterms as he wades into a number of Republican House primaries. Last week, the president rolled out his first endorsements in non-incumbent races, backing candidates supported by the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC).  While Trump’s backing will likely hold sway in any…

The Comedy Central show zinged the president for the holidays.

President Trump said Wednesday he wants to make sure “a bad Santa” is not “infiltrating” the United States, as he fielded calls from children who were calling North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to track Santa Claus’s movements on Christmas Eve. Trump helped kick off the NORAD Santa-tracking tradition, now in its 70th year, from…

Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are urging President Trump to reverse the “unprecedented” decision to recall nearly 30 top career diplomats, leaving more than half of all U.S. ambassador posts vacant. In a letter to the president on Wednesday, the senators warned that recalling the chiefs of mission in at least 29 countries…

The White House will present plans for its ballroom construction at the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) meeting next month. The “East Wing Modernization Project” was added to the agenda of the Jan. 8 NCPC meeting, during which administration officials will give an “information presentation” on its controversial project. The presentation is often seen as…

The Kennedy Center’s annual Christmas Eve jazz concert was canceled on Wednesday after its longtime host declined to perform in protest of the recent changes to the performing arts center’s name. Chuck Redd, who’s hosted the holiday “Jazz Jams” since 2006, said he made the decision after seeing President Trump’s name added to the building,…

Morton said once news broke he bought the domain names, he’s received “overwhelmingly positive” responses.

“That choice isn’t holiday symbolism; it’s political theater,” one expert said.

“I chose to cancel our concert,” musician Chuck Redd said of the scrapped Christmas Eve jazz show at the center.

As President Trump’s first year back in office comes to a close, two officials in particular are under intense scrutiny, raising questions about how long they will remain in their jobs: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and FBI Director Kash Patel. Trump has publicly expressed support for both officials, but Noem and Patel have each…

The president spewed a stockingful of bitterness at his perceived enemies in a Yuletide post.

Honduras on Wednesday declared President Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura the winner of the presidential election, ending a weeks-long vote count that sparked international concern. The conservative National Party candidate won the Nov. 30 election with 40.27 percent of the vote, beating out conservative Liberal Party candidate Salvador Nasralla, who received 39.53 percent of the vote,…

The president said it’s important to track St. Nick’s journey because “we want to make sure that he’s not infiltrated, that we’re not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa.”

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to block New York’s so-called Green Light Law, which allows the state to issue driver’s licenses to people without requiring proof that they’re in the country legally. U.S. District Judge Anne Nardacci in Albany ruled that the Trump administration failed to support its claims that…

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump on Wednesday got into the Christmas spirit as they fielded calls from children across the country in anticipation of the arrival of Santa Claus. The president and first lady joined the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Santa Tracker hotline from his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla.,…

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Tuesday she predicts the government will shut down in January and that lawmakers will not pass any appropriations bills to keep the government funded before the funding deadline. “I see the government shutting down,” Crockett said in her livestream “Crockett’s Quarterly Update” on Facebook. “One of the reasons that I…

The election is continuing Latin America’s swing to the right, coming just a week after Chile chose the far-right politician José Antonio Kast as its next president.

Venezuela’s ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday accused the United States of committing the “greatest extortion known in our history” at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council called over Washington’s seizures of Venezuelan oil tankers. “One of the countries sitting at this table has publicly stated that it wants to annex our…

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled the Trump administration’s stripping of an attorney’s security clearance for representing a whistleblower pivotal to President Trump’s first impeachment was a form of retribution and unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Amir Ali granted a preliminary injunction to go into effect starting Jan. 13 and requested the administration to “immediately and…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday presented a new 20-point peace plan that offers concessions to Russia in an effort to end the conflict in Ukraine. The proposal slims down the 28-point peace plan proposed by the Trump administration and allots for the creation of a “fortress belt” composed of cities in the Donetsk region…

Former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn on Tuesday urged President Trump and other top administration officials to ratchet up their response to the case surrounding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Flynn, who briefly served as Trump’s national security adviser in 2017, called for more accountability in response to the latest release of documents…

Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi cautioned against drawing premature conclusions about the strength of the economy, warning the recently announced 4.3 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth is “fragile” because of a lack of job growth. In an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” Zandi celebrated last week’s lower-than-expected jobless claims numbers, which…

Libertarian-leaning Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Christmas Eve took aim at the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files by posting a blacked-out criticism as part of his annual Festivus rant airing his “grievances” with Washington. Paul began his Festivus screed, a tradition he borrowed from “Seinfeld” character irascible Frank Costanza, by offering President…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) mocked a reporter Wednesday for asking a question on social platform X about a purportedly fake postcard from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to former women’s doctor Larry Nassar. Independent reporter Jamie Dupree asked the DOJ why the department released the letter despite claiming it’s fake. “Because the law requires…

A federal magistrate judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from withholding disaster preparation grants to states if they don’t recalculate their population figures to reflect recent deportations. U.S. Magistrate Judge Amy Potter also found the administration unlawfully shortened the period to spend the funds from it and another terrorism prevention grant program from three…
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