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Republican eyes rogue vote to expel Ilhan Omar from Congress

Woman in an orange knit sweater and matching headscarf stands looking at the camera, holding a phone, in a busy indoor setting with blurred people and officials in the background.
Updated Dec 18, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump's Venezuela blockade fuels new legal uncertainty

Two oil tankers can be seen in on Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela thorough a waterside barrier.

"It's a disgrace": Dems rage over "Trump-Kennedy Center" renaming

Two men in dark suits and ties walk down a hallway with wooden doors. A plaque on a stand nearby honors those who "defended democracy" on January 6, 2021.

Trump declares Christmas Eve, Dec. 26 as federal holidays this year

Illustration of Trump wearing a Santa hat. The pom pom is made out of a fuzzy percentage sign.

Trump green-lights these "no charge" marijuana products for Medicare enrollees

Donald Trump in the Oval Office

Trump will sign order to ease marijuana restrictions

President Trump — wearing a dark blue suit, a red tie, a white collared shirt and an American flag pin — speaks during a White House roundtable discussion while sitting in a light brown chair.
Updated Dec 18, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Latest Epstein photos include "Lolita" quotes written on a woman's body

Newly released undated image of Jeffrey Epstein. Photo: House Oversight Democrats
Dec 18, 2025 - World

Scoop: Witkoff to meet Qatari, Egyptian and Turkish officials in Miami on Gaza deal

Man with tie

Pope replaces Dolan with Spanish-speaking bishop in New York

Pope Leo waves while wearing white garments.

Why Oracle keeps sparking AI-bubble fears

Illustration of 3D binary inside of a bubble.

Republicans vow bitter recriminations after Johnson outflanked on ACA

This is MIke Johnson

Trump's Christmas message: Things are better than you think

Photo illustration of President Donald Trump dragging a giant dollar sign

America's data center growth hot spots, mapped

Dec 18, 2025 - Health

Ex-Harvard morgue manager who sold body parts sentenced to 8 years in prison

Harvard Medical School, Etched sign in curved wall and building exterior, Boston, Massachusetts,

Putin envoy to hold talks with Trump aides on U.S. peace plan in Miami this weekend

A balding, gray-haired fair-skinned Russian leader Vladimir Putin, wearing a black suit jacket, white shirt and mauve tie, and a balding, gray-haired fair-skinned and bespectacled Russian businessman Kirill Dmitriev, wearing a black suit jacket, white shirt and purple tie, speaking at a table

How Democrats orchestrated a GOP revolt against Mike Johnson

Two men in dark suits, one with glasses and a red tie, the other with a pink tie, both wearing yarmulkes, smile at each other in a room with wooden panels.

U.S. would be "lucky" if Trump serves "even longer," White House says

Trump wearing a dark blue jacket, white shirt and red tie
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