House Speaker Mike Johnson offered a baffling defense Wednesday for Donald Trump’s blatant corruption schemes, seeming to forget entirely about so-called congressional oversight.

While Democrats have largely ridiculed President Donald Trump's decision to accept a $400 million jet from the Qatari royal family, Republicans have raised national security concerns.

The poll finds that about half of Republicans, 55%, are very or somewhat optimistic about their party’s future, up from 47% last summer. Still, only about 3 in 10 Republicans are optimistic about the state of U.S. politics, up from about 1 in 10 last summer.

The president is being slammed after reports surfaced Sunday that he planned to accept a $400 million “flying palace” from the Qatari royal family. If the plane, which is a Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet, is in fact given to Trump, it would be one of the largest gifts from a foreign government to a U.S. government in history.

How what Trump has called his “big, beautiful bill” could change the federal government and the U.S. economy.

The U.S. House Republicans are debating President Trump's tax cut and budget legislation, aiming to extend existing tax cuts and increase defense spending, potentially adding trillions to national debt.

A proposed budget amendment pushed by New York State Democrats would set up a legal defense fund for AG Letitia James that could be used for her mortgage fraud case.

The dynamics are shifting in the Middle East under a U.S. president who sees the world through a financial lens.

George W. Bush, the governor of Texas, barely defeated the sitting vice president, Al Gore, in what remains the narrowest victory in presidential history: fewer than 1,000

Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego defended Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman Saturday, saying there needs to be a place for him in the party.