When President Donald Trump imposed a travel ban from several Muslim-majority countries in 2017, Democratic advocates and lawmakers raced to airports across the country to protest. They held news conferences and visited detention centers the following year when Trump began separating migrant children from their parents.

Trump has prompted a redistricting race as he tries to maintain Republican control of the House in the 2026 elections. Democrats have fewer options to counter, as the battle heads into next year.

Musk and Trump officials exploded over the massive fine, putting a strained U.S.-E.U. relationship under even more pressure.

Trump had gathered the honorees in the Oval Office to present them with medallions ahead of Sunday’s recorded Kennedy Center Honors celebration. Honorees included Gloria Gaynor, KISS and MAGA-supporting actor Sylvester Stallone, whose name Trump flubbed twice.

Donald Trump hosts Kennedy Center Honors with Hollywood stars including Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, and Kelsey Grammer at the prestigious Washington D.C. event.

The court’s conservative majority has generally let President Trump remove leaders of independent agencies like the Federal Trade Commission, at least temporarily.

Vance hosted the Christmas party on Friday at his residence in Washington, D.C. in honor of Rocky star Stallone. Stallone, a Trump supporter, is also being honored at the 48th Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday.

Cuellar, who along with his wife was charged in 2024 with accepting $600,000 in bribes from foreign entities, filed to run for reelection as a Democrat in his battleground South Texas district on Wednesday — the same day he received a pardon from Trump — quelling speculation that the moderate lawmaker intended to switch parties.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reveals he personally authorized Trump administration's first strike on suspected drug vessel off Venezuela and watched the operation live.