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The House and Senate return to Washington for the last week before the long holiday recess, and the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies will take center stage once again. The House is expected to vote on the Republicans’ health care proposal, as well as an ObamaCare subsidies extension amendment. The Senate will take up the…

The California governor even tweaked “Jingle Bells” to stay in the holiday spirit. Sort of.

Trump is sending a dangerous message to Beijing: trade with China comes before anything else, including America’s security commitments to its allies. 

Trump figures to close the year with a steady erosion in his poll numbers, many of which are now at the lowest point in either of his terms.  

It is time — actually, well past time — for members of Congress to hitch up their Big Boy and Girl pants, red as well as blue, to do something about this. 

“MAGA Christianity is a cult,” one former church member said. “I know because I was in it.”

It’s “significant, certainly, if that’s something you start seeing across the board,” said the NBC News chief data analyst.

Florida will be hit harder than any other state if ObamaCare subsidies expire at the end of the year, which is looking increasingly likely as Republicans in Congress struggle to unite behind a plan to extend the tax credits. More than 1.5 million Floridians could lose healthcare as monthly payments skyrocket. Average premium costs could…

A growing number of Muslim candidates are seeking office following Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s stunning success in New York City last month. Last week, an Arab and Muslim American co-founder of the “Uncommitted” movement, which urged Democrats to cast 2024 protest votes over the Israel-Hamas war, launched a bid for state office in Michigan. And this…

The president also fawned over a woman who looked just like his daughter, Ivanka, during a decidedly not-so-merry speech at a White House Christmas reception.

The president’s remark was slammed as “embarrassing.”

Director Rob Reiner and his spouse on Sunday were discovered to be deceased at their home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood, according to local outlet KTLA. KTLA reported that Sunday afternoon local time, Los Angeles Fire Department medical personnel got a call and made their way to the 200 block of South Chadbourne…

A person of interest has been identified following a shooting Saturday at Brown University that least two dead and nine others wounded, according to officials. The shooting has drawn sympathies from prominent figures, including President Trump, Vice President Vance and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). The person of interest was detained overnight, Providence, R.I.,…

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), the former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that the Trump administration has not communicated its goals regarding Venezuela to Congress. “The president has not been clear, and he has not certainly been communicating with Congress,” Turner told host Martha Raddatz on ABC News’s “This Week.” Turner added that…

President Trump’s approval rating has dropped slightly, according to a poll released Sunday. In the NBC News Decision Desk poll, 42 percent said they either “strongly approve” or “somewhat approve” when it comes to “the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president,” down 2 points from a poll that began in mid-August and…

Trump made the eyebrow-raising claim during his Christmas reception.

Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., called for ironclad security guarantees for her country as part of a deal to end its war against Russia. “It should be legally binding in every form, which would not allow its reversal in anytime of the history. And I’m sure that [the] United States leadership [will] make…

An Ambien and Adderall cocktail had the already-unfiltered president in top form during this weekend’s cold open.

Viewers couldn’t help but notice that something was atypical about the president’s toss.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright expressed optimism that electricity prices will eventually come down. “Very soon, you’ll see a stop of the rise of electricity prices. And with the continuation of [the Trump administration’s] policies of energy addition, you will see declines in electricity prices later this term,” Wright told host Jacqui Heinrich on “Fox News…

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, who’s on the shortlist to chair the Federal Reserve, said President Trump would not get a say in interest rate decisions at the Fed if he were selected to lead the independent agency. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” the president’s top economic adviser…

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday that nationwide redistricting might result in “more violence in this country” amid a redistricting battle that has roiled multiple states. “Do you support Republicans trying to redraw maps mid-decade?” NBC News’s Kristen Welker asked Paul on “Meet the Press.” “You know, it’s this escalation on both sides. You know,…

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) is unsure about what President Trump’s endgame is in Venezuela, but he certainly does not want troops on the ground.  “I do not know what this president’s goal vis-a-vis Venezuela is,” Warner told host Martha Raddatz on ABC News’s “This Week.” Warner, a member of the Gang of Eight — comprising…

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) predicted in a recent interview that the United States will have its first female president “within this next generation.” “Democrats have nominated two women for president, and they both lost to Donald Trump. What’s the lesson of that experience? And do you think a woman will be elected president…

The president offered his condolences while also adding his typical Trump-ness.