Kevin Hassett said the White House could deploy alternative tariff authorities if the Supreme Court rules against President Donald Trump.

A video showing a man playing bagpipes during a Muslim call to prayer was widely shared on social media this week, after being boosted by accounts critical of Islam.  The short clip was posted on X numerous times, with accounts stating it showed a call to prayer in Scotland.  “The

Historian Greg Grandin, Maureen Tkacik, and Jessica Washington discuss U.S. attacks on Venezuela and Trump’s rehabilitation of the Monroe Doctrine.

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A Catholic legal group contends the state law violates parents’ religious rights.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani says a plan unveiled Thursday to take the first steps toward universal childcare for kids under five shows New Yorkers that "democracy can actually deliver for them."

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US oil company executives are expected to meet with Trump to discuss investments in Venezuela's oil sector.

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John A. Sarcone III is the fifth Trump-appointed interim U.S. attorney who has been disqualified from serving in such a role.

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Donald Trump is the only US president to be impeached twice. Some lawmakers tried again in 2025, but Trump is worried about 2026 midterms elections.

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The Trump administration used to military to snatch Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last week.

The 45-year congressional veteran said he feared a country marked by “smallness, pettiness, divisiveness, loneliness and disdainfulness.” In an emotional nine-minute-long speech, Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer said goodbye to the institution where he has spent over four decades — and expressed fears for its future. The 86-year-old Democratic former majority leader walked through his career and a path to Congress that started in the late 1950s as a University of Maryland undergrad before announcing his 23rd term would be his last. He then delivered a warning, telling colleagues gathered on the House floor that he was “deeply concerned that this House is not living up to the founders’ goals.” “I fear that America is heading not toward greatness, but toward smallness, pettiness, divisiveness, loneliness and disdainfulness,” he said. “We must respect and love one another. We must remember that we are not great or unique because we say we are great, but because we are just generous and fair.” Lawmakers from both parties lined up after Hoyer spoke to embrace the former Democratic No. 2, who stepped down from his leadership position after the 2022 midterms but remained a senior member of the Appropriations Committee. POLITICO first reported his decision to retire Wednesday. As political polarization increased in Congress, he remained a rare leader well-regarded by the opposite side of the aisle — one who paid tribute to the institution where he has served since 1981 as one “the framers designed to reflect the will of the American people and to serve as the guardian of their liberty and their democracy.” Speaking after Hoyer, Rep. G.T. Thompson (R-Pa.), praised him as a “statesman.” And former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a onetime rival in Democratic leadership, hailed Hoyer as a “leader to us” and a “mentor to many. “You have been a really an example of leadership and perhaps can be viewed as one of the most substantial, respected members of Congress in the history of this body,” she said. Lead Art: Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) emerges from an elevator shortly after delivering a retirement speech at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 8, 2026. | Francis Chung/POLITICO

The White House will make its case on Thursday for a new $400 million ballroom before a commission that oversees federal building construction in Washington and is led by one of President Donald Trump's aides.