Trump gets Johnson across the finish line but dramatic speaker vote signals challenges ahead
With two Republican lawmakers standing between Mike Johnson and the speaker’s gavel, President-elect Donald Trump picked up ...
No love lost between Trump and Biden as inauguration looms
President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, his predecessor and successor, have never been friendly. The current commander in chief ...
Johnson wins dramatic vote to remain House speaker
Republican Rep. Mike Johnson was elected House speaker as the 119th Congress will began Friday after flipping two GOP ...
Johnson allies warn that a speakership battle could delay Trump’s victory certification
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s allies are leaning into a key argument in a bid to avoid a chaotic floor fight over the gavel on ...
NY judge says Trump will face no penalties in his criminal hush money case but upholds conviction
President-elect Donald Trump will face no legal penalties for his conviction in the hush money case, a New York judge ruled Friday.
What the visa feud says about the coming Trump administration
Donald Trump’s siding with Elon Musk over visas for high-tech workers is the most significant example yet of the ...
Democratic attorneys general gear up for return of Trump court battles
When the frequent court foes of Donald Trump’s first administration look back at the early days of his presidency, they ...
After a quarter-century in power, Putin faces a new test: The return of Trump
This New Year’s Eve, Vladimir Putin is marking a quarter-century as Russia’s first man. While his grip on power appears more ...
What you need to know about the House speaker election
The 119th Congress will begin on Friday, ushering in a new era of Republican control in Washington that will start with a ...
Biden spent four years building up US alliances in Asia. Will they survive Trump’s next term?
In Japan, pundits have lamented the perceived deficiencies of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba compared with the late Shinzo Abe ...
CNN panelist: Donald Trump 2.0 is ‘everything that we got four years ago but just turned up an extra degree’
CNN Senior Political Commentator Scott Jennings and CNN Political Commentators Bakari Sellers, Kristen Soltis Anderson, and ...
Biden blocks Japan’s Nippon from taking over US Steel
President Joe Biden said Friday he is blocking a $14.3 billion acquisition of US Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel, marking a significant use of executive authority in the closing days of his ...