Passengers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint while traveling at Los Angeles International Airport in November 2025. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick T.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attends a meeting in the Oval Office on Nov. 17, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images President Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and said Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma would replace her.
Donald Trump appears to have a new favorite European leader. In the Oval Office in Washington this week, Chancellor Friedrich Merz sat beside the unpredictable US president and found himself being praised in the highest terms. Merz is a "very successful man" and an excellent leader, the president gushed.
At the beginning of the current war with Iran, US President Donald Trump was clear about the goals: Tehran should no longer pose a nuclear or conventional military threat, and the weakened mullah regime should be removed from power.
Nida Allam in 2022; Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-NC) in 2025. Jonathan Drake/Reuters; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jonathan Drake/Reuters; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Incumbent Rep. Valerie Foushee holds a narrow lead over challenger Nida Allam in the Democratic primary for North Carolina's 4th Congressional district as ballots continue to be counted.
President Trump listens as Michael Whatley, former Republican National Committee chairman, speaks during a visit to the Fort Bragg U.S. Army base on Feb. 13 in Fort Bragg, N.C. Nathan Howard/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Nathan Howard/Getty Images North America The matchup in one of the most competitive U.S.
Texas Senate candidate James Talarico addresses supporters on election night in Austin, Texas. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption John Moore/Getty Images The outlines of the race for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas have come into clearer view, after James Talarico, a seminarian and state lawmaker, defeated Rep.
Former US President Bill Clinton testified that he had no knowledge of the sex crimes of the late sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, according to a video released by a US congressional committee on Monday. The recording of the depositions, made under oath, to the House of Representatives Oversight Committee spanned over two days last week.
The Supreme Court Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images The Supreme Court on Monday intervened in New York's redistricting process, blocking a lower court decision that would likely have flipped a Republican congressional district into a Democratic district.
The U.S. Supreme Court Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images Guns, drugs, and the Second Amendment right to bear arms all merged at the Supreme Court on Monday in a case that could dramatically undermine the Gun Control Act of 1968.
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrive ahead of the 60th inaugural ceremony on January 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol.
President Trump defended the U.S. military operation in Iran in public remarks Monday, before awarding the Medal of Honor to three soldiers.