NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Matt Van Epps won Tennessee’s nationally watched special election for a U.S. House seat on Tuesday, maintaining his party’s control of the conservative district with the help of President Donald Trump. But the relatively slim margin of victory fueled Democrats’ hopes for next year’s midterms as the party figures out … Read more
At the start of a Cabinet meeting just after noon ET on Tuesday, President Donald Trump made his seemingly obligatory reference to “Sleepy Joe” Biden. He then assured that he was “sharper than I was 25 years ago” as he chided The New York Times for a long and detailed story last week describing how … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Tuesday’s White House Cabinet meeting ticked past two hours, President Donald Trump’s eyes fluttered and closed. His budget director busied himself scribbling a fluffy cloud. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was lucky enough to speak early, but the title on his plaque was misspelled. The sleepy and sometimes sloppy meeting ended with … Read more
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro repeated calls for peace and pledged “absolute loyalty” to his people at a rally attended by thousands in Caracas, as tensions rise over potential US military action. Monday’s rally came as US President Donald Trump met with his national security team at the White House to discuss “next steps” on Venezuela, … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The second strike on survivors of an initial attack on a suspected drug boat may have been murder, legal experts say. It doesn’t matter if the US is in “armed conflict” with drug cartels, as the Trump administration claims. Such a fatal attack would have violated peacetime laws and those governing armed … Read more
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba, who his administration maneuvered to keep as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, is disqualified from that role, an appeals court said Monday. A panel of judges from the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals, which sits in Philadelphia, joined a lower court … Read more
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — English expressions once bothered Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro so much that he asked his State of the Union audience to phase out words like skatepark and fashion. But as the White House now considers whether the US military should strike Venezuela, Maduro is embracing the English language, singing John Lennon’s Image, … Read more
Claim: One photo authentically shows future US first lady Melania Trump, then Melania Knauss, posing partially nude to model plane photos of the late Jeffrey Epstein. Rating: Rating: Wrong subtitle Throughout November 2025, a meme circulated online purportedly featuring a years-old photo of future US first lady Melania Trump, then Melania Knauss, posing partially n*de … Read more
Donald Trump used a late-Thanksgiving message to launch an offensive tirade against a political rival before announcing he wants to end migration from all “Third World Countries.” Trump began his rambling post with a happy Thanksgiving greeting, but quickly turned into a post of anti-immigration rage, blaming “American Citizens and Patriots who have been so … Read more
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump says he wants to “stop migration for good” from poorer countries and vows to try to deport millions of immigrants from the United States by revoking their legal status. He blames immigrants for problems from crime to the housing shortage as part of America’s “social dysfunction” … Read more