President Trump walks on the South Lawn after landing at the White House on Jan. 4, 2026. Trump returned to Washington from his winter break at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., one day after U.S. forces captured former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in a raid on his compound in the […]
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Republicans largely back Trump on Venezuela action, Democrats decry it as unjustified
Top congressional leaders — comprising the “Gang of 8” — did not receive a briefing from the administration before the U.S. strike in Venezuela began, multiple sources told ABC News Saturday morning. Per one source, the Department of Defense notified congressional staff after the operation started. Weeks ago, President Donald Trump indicated he wouldn’t brief […]
Trump and Republicans head to 2026 with a redistricting edge : NPR
After the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled in favor of Texas lawmakers last week, Republicans head into the 2026 election year with an edge in the redistricting fight kicked off by President Trump. The court Thursday allowed Republicans’ new congressional map to move ahead — despite a lower court finding that the Texas legislature had […]
Top Armed Services Dem says Sept. 2 strike video would show Republicans’ description ‘completely false’
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee said Sunday that surveillance video of U.S. military strikes targeting an alleged drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean Sea on Sept. 2 would contradict how Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other Republicans have described it. “When they [the survivors] were finally taken out, they weren’t […]