Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans Wednesday to try to get lawmakers “on the same page” on how to advance some of his major policy initiatives after he takes office on Jan. 20. Trump will meet with Senate leadership and theRead More →

Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump paid his respects to former President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday at the Capitol Rotunda. Trump is set to meet with Senate Republicans later Wednesday to discuss how to move forward on advancing his agenda once he returns to the WhiteRead More →

Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least two people are dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically dry and windy conditions. Tens of thousands were evacuated as more than 5,000 acres burned in the Palisades Fire inRead More →

Getty/James C. Cooper (NEW YORK) — John Henry Ramirez was executed in Texas in 2022 after being convicted of murder in the 2004 death of 46-year-old Pablo Castro. In her documentary “I am Ready, Warden,” director Smriti Mundhra tells the story of Ramirez’s attempt to reach out to the victim’s son, AaronRead More →

Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images (TEXAS) — As Texas prepares for severe winter weather, Gov. Greg Abbott expressed confidence Wednesday in the state’s power grid. Frigid temperatures — along with snow, sleet and freezing rain — are expected to make their way into Texas starting Wednesday, especially in the northern partRead More →

Apu Gomes/Getty Images (CALIFORNIA) — A perfect storm of weather and climate conditions led to the severity of the wildfires devastating Southern California. At least two people are dead and several others injured as the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst and Woodley fires burned through thousands of acres and prompted sweeping evacuations aroundRead More →

Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden believes he could have won the 2024 election if he had decided to stay in the race, he told USA Today in a wide-ranging interview. “It’s presumptuous to say that, but I think yes,” he told the newspaper during a nearly hourlong interview onRead More →

Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least two people are dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically dry and windy conditions. Tens of thousands were evacuated as more than 5,000 acres burned in the Palisades Fire inRead More →

Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Wildfires are tearing through thousands of acres in Los Angeles County in California, as strong Santa Ana winds stoke the blazes. The Palisades Fire has impacted more than 2,920 acres, the Eaton Fire has impacted more than 2,200 acres, and the Hurst Fire hasRead More →

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland intends to publicly release the portion of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report related to his federal election interference case against Donald Trump, according to a court filing Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who dismissed Trump’s classifiedRead More →