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Mandatory spending will make it hard for DOGE to cut the government’s budget

Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune warned the U.S. could impose sanctions on the ICC if it issues arrest warrants against Israel.

Thune vows sanctions if ICC targets Netanyahu, Israeli officials

.Tensions are rising in Pennsylvania's Senate race, where some Democratic election officials are defying recent court rulings

WaPo calls Pa. Democrats’ push to count invalid ballots undemocratic

Ann Selzer, the pollster behind The Des Moines Register’s election poll that showed Trump trailing Harris in Iowa, announced her retirement.

Iowa pollster Ann Selzer retires after major miss, Trump wants investigation

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr expressed concern about an erosion of public trust in the media, highlighting issues of misinformation.

Trump taps longtime critic of Big Tech, Brendan Carr, to chair the FCC

President-elect Donald Trump returned to Madison Square Garden to see the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s pay-per-view event.

Trump attends UFC event in NYC as he makes more presidential picks

President-elect Donald Trump’s former national security advisor John Bolton called for an FBI investigation into two of Trump’s controversial cabinet picks – Tulsi Gabbard and Matt Gaetz.

Bolton says Gaetz, Gabbard should be investigated by FBI before confirmation

Tiger King’s Joe Exotic asked President-elect Donald Trump for a pardon and for a role in his new cabinet.

‘Tiger King’s’ Joe Exotic pens letter to Trump asking for pardon, role in cabinet

President-elect Donald Trump announced that he is appointing Steven Cheung to head the White House communications for his second term.

Trump appoints aide Steven Cheung to head White House communications

When Rep. Troy Nehls arrives at the Capitol he always has Trump gear and a cigar. Here are the Democrats he said he'd smoke a cigar with.

These are the Democrats Troy Nehls would smoke a cigar with

A group of Republican-led states is suing the SEC and Chair Gary Gensler for violating states' rights with crypto overreach.

18 GOP-led states take legal action against SEC’s crypto crackdown

Ben & Jerry’s says parent company is silencing its pro-Palestinian views

A federal appeals court ruled this week that Indiana's law banning gender-affirming care for minors can remain in effect.

Indiana law banning gender-affirming care for minors to remain in effect

Biden has prioritized safety, transparency, and regulation, while Trump plans to take a more deregulated, innovation-driven approach.

Trump to overhaul Biden’s proposed AI policy, promote private sector

A new presidential commission will scrutinize the childhood vaccine schedule as a potential cause of the country’s chronic disease epidemic.

RFK Jr. pick: Democratic governor ‘excited,’ conservative outlet opposed

President-elect Donald Trump met with Argentine President Javier Milei ahead of a gala Thursday. Here's what they said about each other.

Argentina’s Milei becomes first world leader to meet Trump since election

The newly-elected Los Angeles County District Attorney plans to get rid of what he calls a “pro-criminal” blanket stance by the current DA.

New LA County DA takes on crime, weighs in on Menendez brothers case

China has been targeting commercial telecommunications infrastructure in broad and significant cyber espionage campaign according to the FBI.

FBI reveals Chinese cyber espionage campaign ahead of Biden, Xi meeting

President-elect Donald Trump plans to reassign ICE officers currently working desk jobs back into the field, according to a report.

President-elect Trump plans to reassign ICE officers back into the field: Report

Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race has sparked a legal showdown over whether to count mail-in ballots missing handwritten dates.

Recount to start in PA Senate race as legal disputes over ballots intensify

Reuters is reporting that Trump's transition team wants to get rid of the $7,500 tax credit for people who buy electric vehicles.

Trump team seeks to eliminate tax credit for buying electric vehicles

House Ethics Committee cancels meeting on Matt Gaetz investigation after his resignation, amid calls to release findings publicly anyway.

House Ethics Committee cancels meeting on Matt Gaetz investigation

President Trump has named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his Health and Human Services Secretary.

Trump calls RFK Jr. a ‘great mind’ after health secretary nomination

Rand Paul's 2024 Festivus report highlights over $1 trillion in government waste while most Americans are struggling with the cost of living.

Paul to head Homeland Security Cmte, says he’ll use it to uncover COVID origins