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Zuckerberg met with Trump before ending fact-checking program: GOP senator
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with President-elect Trump a day ahead of announcing the social media network will eliminate its fact-checking program to ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
House Democrats call on ICC to rescind arrest warrants for Israeli leaders
A group of House Democrats is urging the International Criminal Court (ICC) to rescind arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defense minister as Congress is poised to potentially ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
GOP senator says Obama aimed to 'kiss the ring' of Trump at Carter funeral
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) characterized former President Obama’s interaction with President-elect Trump at the National Cathedral Thursday as an effort to “kiss the ring” of the incoming ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
House passes ICC sanctions bill; GOP Senate leader promises to bring it to floor
The House on Thursday passed legislation to sanction officials with the International Criminal Court (ICC), pushing back against the court's decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
Anti-Trump former Georgia official on getting kicked out of state GOP: 'What took them so long?'
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R), among the party's highest-profile critics of President-elect Trump, responded to getting kicked out of the Georgia Republican Party on Thursday by asking ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
Pressure on China and pure 'trolling': Why Trump is pushing an expansionist agenda
In the final weeks before Donald Trump returns to the White House, the focus of his public remarks has been on acquiring Canada, Greeland and the Panama Canal.NBC News - Jan. 9 -
Trump expected to tap GOP House Foreign Affairs Africa director for NSC post
President-elect Trump is expected to tap Joe Foltz, staff director for the Republican side of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Africa, to lead the Africa desk at the National Security ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
Morning Report — Trump, Senate GOP try to get on the same page
In today’s issue: Republicans’ 2025 legislative playbook is taking shape. President-elect Trump on Wednesday met with Senate Republicans in the Capitol, after he and Melania Trump paid their ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
Trump wants to change colleges nationwide. GOP-led states offer a preview
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, both conservative and liberal politicians say higher education changes in red parts of America could be a road map for the rest of the countryABC News - Jan. 9 -
Trump and Senate Republicans still divided on how to implement his agenda
President-elect Donald Trump is meeting with Senate Republicans to try to get lawmakers "on the same page" on how to advance some of his major policy initiatives.ABC News - Jan. 8 -
Trump, GOP senators wrestle over strategy for president-elect's agenda
President-elect Trump and Republican senators wrestled over the best strategy for moving Trump’s top agenda items, including border security and tax relief, during a two-hour meeting at the Capitol ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
Trump says it 'doesn’t matter' how GOP passes his agenda: 'The end result is the same’
President-elect Trump on Wednesday said “it doesn’t matter” whether Republicans on Capitol Hill tackle his top priorities on taxes, energy and the border in one package or two as the party tries to ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
Alito confirms call with Trump, says emergency order not discussed
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday confirmed a call with President-elect Trump, and he said they did not discuss an emergency application from Trump to block his upcoming sentencing in ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
What to know about Trump's latest legal cases and his meeting with GOP senators
The Justice Department is pushing for the release of special counsel Jack Smith's final report on the investigation into President-elect Donald Trump's alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 ...CBS News - Jan. 8 -
Justice Alito says there was no discussion of Trump's pending case when the two spoke
The call took place a day before Trump asked the Supreme Court to halt his sentencing, though Samuel Alito said they did not discuss the emergency application.NBC News - Jan. 9 -
Trump meets with GOP senators on Capitol Hill to push legislative agenda
President-elect Donald Trump met with Republican senators Wednesday night on Capitol Hill to discuss his "big beautiful bill" and all the pieces of his agenda it could hold. CBS News' Caitlin ...CBS News - Jan. 8 -
Live updates: Trump, senators talk agenda
President-elect Trump arrived late Wednesday afternoon at the Capitol, along with former first lady Melania Trump. Both stopped in the Rotunda to pay their respects to former President Carter, who ...The Hill - Jan. 8 -
Canada Suddenly Has No Leader, and No Plan, for a Trump Trade Fight
The united front that Canada presented in President-elect Donald Trump’s first term is fractured and distracted after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 8 -
Delays fuel GOP blame game over Trump nominees
Trump wanted a flurry of confirmations on Day One. It’s not likely to happen.Politico - Jan. 8 -
Gingrich urges Trump, GOP to pass tax cuts in 'one big, beautiful bill'
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) encouraged President-elect Trump and Republicans to pass tax cuts as part of a single wide-ranging reconciliation bill, arguing that the GOP’s narrow House ...The Hill - Jan. 8 -
House Republican: Gulf of Mexico name less important than Trump's actions
Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.) said President-elect Trump’s musing about changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America is less important than his actions in the region, particularly ...The Hill - Jan. 8 -
EU leaders warn Trump not to meddle with Europe’s borders
Comments from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French foreign minister follow US president-elect’s Greenland threatsFinancial Times - Jan. 8 -
Germany leader: All countries must respect existing borders, in rebuttal of Trump
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says the principle of inviolability of borders applies to every country, however powerfulABC News - Jan. 8 -
Trump’s push for SALT tax reform threatened by hardline GOP budget hawks
The path of least resistance could be $5 trillion in new government debt.MarketWatch - Jan. 8 -
Watch: Smoke billows over LA as houses engulfed in fire
The blaze has been fuelled by fierce winds that are expected to reach up to 100mph (160km/h).BBC News - Jan. 8 -
Democrats hold Virginia state House seat in closely watched special election
Democrat JJ Singh has defeated Republican Ram Venkatachalam in the special election for the Virginia state House's 26th District, according to Decision Desk HQ. The seat was formerly held by Del. ...The Hill - Jan. 8 -
Freedom Caucus holds its fire on Johnson’s strategy for passing Trump agenda
Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are holding their fire despite Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) bucking their preferred strategy for passing President-elect Trump’s agenda, arguing ...The Hill - Jan. 7 -
House passes Laken Riley Act as 1st bill of new GOP-controlled Congress
Unauthorized immigrants charged with nonviolent crimes could be be deported.ABC News - Jan. 7 -
Jimmy Carter lies in state at U.S. Capitol after eulogies by Kamala Harris and GOP leaders
Former President Jimmy Carter arrived at the U.S. Capitol to lie in state after a memorial service attended by his family, Vice President Kamala Harris, members of Congress and other officials.NBC News - Jan. 7 -
Canada's Conservative leader slams Trump's '51st state' idea
Pierre Poilievre, leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, shot back at President-elect Trump’s idea of making his country America’s 51st state. “Canada will never be the 51st state. Period. We are a ...The Hill - Jan. 7 -
GOP senator: Biden's eleventh-hour actions 'slap in the face' to Trump voters
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) says that President Biden’s moves in the final days of his presidency to ban offshore drilling, grant clemency to hundreds of Americans convicted of crimes, and ...The Hill - Jan. 7 -
Johnson says no cuts to Social Security and Medicare to fund Trump's agenda
House Speaker Mike Johnson said cuts to Social Security and Medicare won't be part of the legislative plan being worked out to fund President-elect Donald Trump's agenda.ABC News - Jan. 7 -
Speaker Johnson: ‘Intention’ is to increase debt limit in massive Trump agenda bill
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that congressional Republicans plan to increase the nation’s borrowing limit as a part of a massive party-line bill that they are crafting that will encapsulate ...The Hill - Jan. 7 -
Watch live: Trump delivers first remarks as certified election winner
President-elect Trump is set to give remarks Tuesday morning focused on his economic agenda from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. The speech marks his first public comments since Congress ...The Hill - Jan. 7 -
Watch live: House GOP holds first presser of 119th Congress amid reconciliation debate
House Republican leaders are holding a news conference Tuesday morning as GOP lawmakers grapple with President-elect Trump's public back-and-forth over whether Congress should pass his agenda in ...The Hill - Jan. 7