Rubio, Bondi among 6 nominees with confirmation hearings Wednesday
The Senate’s fight to confirm President-elect Trump’s Cabinet accelerates Wednesday, as more than half a dozen nominees head into their…
Top DC prosecutor: Trump pardons couldn’t erase impact of Capitol riot convictions
Pardoning rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol four years ago can’t erase the truth about what happened that day, the…
Trump inauguration puts security officials on high alert in Washington
With 30 miles (48 km) of tall black temporary fencing, 25,000 law enforcement officers and security checkpoints set up to…
US SEC sues Elon Musk over late disclosure of Twitter stake
Elon Musk was sued on Tuesday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused the world’s richest person of…
Some LGBTQ people race to claim rights, fearing rollbacks under Trump
In the week after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, Isla Lima submitted paperwork to change her gender from…
Texas governor orders state’s flags raised to full-staff for Trump’s inauguration
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday ordered the state’s flags be raised to full-staff on Inauguration Day, as President-elect…
Biden announces student debt relief for 150,000 borrowers, bringing total helped to more than 5M
The Biden administration announced Monday it was forgiving student loans for more than 150,000 borrowers, bringing the total number of…
California Democrats put on the backfoot as wildfires – and criticism – rage
For California Governor Gavin Newsom and other Democratic leaders in the left-leaning state, the still-raging wildfires could have been a…
US judge allows DOJ to release report on Trump’s election subversion case
A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for the U.S. Justice Department to publicly release a portion of former…
