Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Since launching in 2021, America First Policy Institute has been known colloquially around Washington, D.C., as Donald Trump’s “cabinet in waiting” should the former president return to office. And now, as Trump’s second administration takes shape, AFPI seems poised to live up to its reputation.Read More →

Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 27 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across the Los Angeles area. Thousands of firefighters are battling wildfires across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles County. About 82,000 people remain underRead More →

Jared Kofsky/ABC News (SHILOH, Ala.) — At a recent church service in Cleveland, a group of visitors from a rural Alabama community nearly 900 miles away, including pastor and business owner Timothy Williams, joined congregants in singing the spiritual “I Don’t Mind Waiting.” Williams has grown used to waiting. AfterRead More →

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A former CIA analyst arrested in November and charged with leaking highly classified records showing Israeli plans to launch a retaliatory strike on Iran pleaded guilty Friday in a federal court in Virginia. Asif Rahman, 34, pleaded guilty to two counts of transmission of nationalRead More →

John Moore/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, who for four years has been a target for Republican criticism, said that national tragedies should not be used for “political disagreements.” “There are people that lobby vitriol in public, and have relationships in private, that are quiteRead More →

Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday announced his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, will replace Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate. Husted, 57, will serve until a special election in November 2026, the winner of which will complete the remainder of Vance’sRead More →

Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law set to ban social media platform TikTok in less than 48 hours. “There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression, means of engagement, and sourceRead More →

Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday said the Equal Right Amendment should be considered ratified, but is stopping short of taking any action on the matter in his final days in office. “I have supported the Equal Rights Amendment for more than 50 years, and IRead More →

(WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump said his inauguration will move indoors Monday and he’ll be sworn in inside the Capitol Rotunda due to the freezing weather expected in Washington, D.C. “The various Dignitaries and Guests will be brought into the Capitol,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “This will be a very beautifulRead More →

Peter G. Forest/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona signed off Friday as the nation’s top education official — calling it his “dream job.” “To the students, families, educators, and education leaders I’ve served these last 4 years, I want to make it clear that while I will no longer beRead More →