The president took to Truth Social hours after the Kennedy family announced their tragic loss to share posts from MAGA supporters mocking the political dynasty read more
Donald Trump welcomed 2026 with a glitzy bash at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach where he auctioned off a freshly painted portrait of Jesus Christ for $2.75m and said his new year's resolution was a wish for "peace on Earth". read more
Anyone hoping to get their hands on a Trump-branded, gold-colored smartphone will have to wait. read more
Zohran Mamdani (34) was sworn in as the 112th Mayor of NYC by US Senator Bernie Sanders ... read more
"It hasn't started yet. It starts sometime in the next two months. It'll be great. Everyone loves it," Trump told POLITICO when reached by phone from Mar-a-Lago. "They love the ballroom too. But they love the Triumphal Arch." The proposed structure -- modeled loosely on European victory monuments -- is one of several high-profile projects Trump has personally championed as part of the semiquincentennial celebrations, a sprawling effort expected to include national and local events across the country. read more
An unvaccinated, out-of-state traveler who tested positive for measles visited the Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky on Dec. 29 and also stayed at the Holiday Inn & Suites in Dry Ridge from Dec. 28 to 30, according to the Kentucky Department of Public Health. read more
The Red Planet might be a lot more like Mad Max than we'd realized. read more
The Kremlin has made a formal diplomatic request that the US stop its pursuit of an oil tanker that had been sailing for Venezuela and is now fleeing the USCG in the Atlantic Ocean. read more
As institutions fracture and loyalty replaces legitimacy, conservatism has entered a sorting phase--revealing those who still believe in limits on power, and those who perhaps never did. read more
It's been a tough year for farmers ... The enhanced subsidies that many Americans, including farmers, rely on to purchase health insurance are set to expire at the end of this month. read more
The U.S. has significantly reduced proposed tariffs on 13 Italian pasta exporters, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. read more
The move follows a series of others made by the Trump administration against the recommendation of vaccines. read more
Forty-four people were evaluated and two were hospitalized with respiratory issues after one million gallons of sulfuric acid leaked at a facility near the Houston Ship Channel which is now being monitored for environmental damage, threats to aquatic life, and water quality. read more
As health insurance premiums are ready to go up, so is the cost of medicines, according to reporting read more
Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern: Why did the conservative supermajority align with the president, and what consequences might it face for its choices? read more
The top global risks of 2026 show an ever more unstable world. Every year since 2017, we have given our predictions for the greatest threats facing the world. read more
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