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President Donald Trump speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Judge denies BBC bid to dismiss Trump defamation lawsuit

David Zimmermann · November 10, 2026 8:23 pm

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, greets House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., after his election as House Republican leader, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Jim Jordan’s ascent to minority leader represents new chapter for Republicans

Demonstrators raise a protest structure near Memorial Circle, the proposed site for a Triumphal Arch, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Kennedys sue to block Trump arch, saying it will overshadow JFK and RFK graves

Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., speaks before Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine attend a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Ted Budd to run for second Senate term in swing state North Carolina

Tom Homan.

Homan at the top of Democrats’ oversight target list, top House Democrat says

D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George.

DC risks Trump’s heavy hand with election of socialist mayor

Naomi Lim June 18, 2026 3:46 pm

Members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces carry portraits of former President Raul Castro during a rally in his support in front of the U.S. Embassy in Havana.

Cuba expands private business permits in emergency economic plan

Rena Rowe June 18, 2026 3:14 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA).

Grassley says Democratic obstruction fueling Trump’s DNI and FISA standoff

Kaelan Deese June 18, 2026 3:03 pm

Prison gates.

Judge halts Trump prison policy that ended transgender inmate hormone treatments

Kaelan Deese June 18, 2026 2:58 pm

Collage of canned sauerkraut and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Trump officials are eating all the sauerkraut they can get

Max Grinstein June 18, 2026 2:26 pm

Vice President JD Vance

Vance blasts Israeli officials over Iran: ‘You can’t just kill your way out’

Emily Hallas June 18, 2026 1:51 pm

Vice President JD Vance speaks to reporters in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Washington.

Hoarse JD Vance is deployed to make sure nothing is lost in translation with Iran deal

Rob Crilly June 18, 2026 1:36 pm

Vice President JD Vance.

Vance ‘confident’ Trump can lift Iran oil sanctions without approval from Congress

Mabinty Quarshie June 18, 2026 1:31 pm

Vice President JD Vance implored critics of the Iran deal to just “have a little faith” that President Donald Trump wouldn’t screw this up. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

‘Have a little faith’: Vance tells Republican critics of Iran deal to trust the process

Christian Datoc, Mabinty Quarshie June 18, 2026 1:27 pm

Vance addresses Senate's FISA, SAVE America roadblock: 'Why don't we try?' (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Vance pushes Senate to force SAVE America Act showdown over FISA: ‘Why don’t we try?’

Christian Datoc June 18, 2026 1:04 pm

This image released by ABC shows Vice President JD Vance, third from left, with co-hosts, from left, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin during an appearance on "The View" in New York on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

JD Vance says he and Joy Behar are ‘best friends now’

Britta Miller June 18, 2026 12:34 pm

FILE - Panels that were part of an exhibit on slavery at the President's House Site in Philadelphia are put back Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti, File)

Trump administration details ‘inappropriate’ materials a court ordered it restore to historic sites

Jack Birle June 18, 2026 12:33 pm