Nation/World

By Jack Phillips, Jacob Burg Contributing Writer  Former President Jimmy Carter, the longest-lived president in U.S. history, died at his home, his family and the Carter Center confirmed Sunday. He was

By Joseph Lord, Sam Dorman Contributing Writer  New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan rejected on Dec. 16 a long list of immunity-related arguments President-elect Donald Trump made in an attempt

By Chris Summers Contributing Writer  Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready for “compromises” over Ukraine in possible talks with President-elect Donald Trump but said Russian forces were in a

By Melanie Sun Contributing Writer  President Joe Biden on Christmas Day said he has directed the Pentagon to continue its “surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine,” following a wave of Russian

By Bill Pan Contributing Writer  Lara Trump, former co-chair of the Republican National Committee, announced Saturday she no longer seeks to fill Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-Fla.) soon-to-be-vacant seat.  “After an incredible

By John Haughey Contributing Writer  President Joe Biden, on his last Christmas Eve in the Oval Office, signed 50 bills into law, including measures that make the bald eagle the country’s

By Joseph Lord Contributing Writer  Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said that Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, pledged during an off-record meeting that he wouldn’t pursue prosecutions

By Melanie Sun Contributing Writer   President-elect Donald Trump has said he will take back control of the Panama Canal from the nation’s government if U.S. interests are not protected, in

By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer  Incoming border czar Tom Homan estimates that at least 100,000 beds for illegal immigrants in detention will be needed for the Trump administration to carry out

By Emel Akan Contributing Writer  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 prisoners on the federal government’s death row.  These individuals, all

By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer  A Georgia appeals court has disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from her election-related criminal case against President-elect Donald Trump, although the indictment still stands. 

By Jacob Burg Contributing Writer  The House Ethics Committee unveiled its report into the past conduct of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, on Monday after he filed a last-minute lawsuit in

By Joseph Lord, Jackson Richman and Arjun Singh Contributing Writers   WASHINGTON — An agreement backed by President-elect Donald Trump to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week has

By Joseph Lord and Arjun Singh Contributing Writers  WASHINGTON — Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Lousiana, said on Wednesday night the massive stopgap funding bill put forward by House Speaker Mike Johnson,

By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer   President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming border czar said that the forthcoming administration’s deportation efforts will lead to “collateral arrests.”  Tom Homan, former acting director of the U.S.