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Airline executives blasted at Senate hearing over carrier fees

Lawmakers accuse airline executives of gouging travelers with "junk" fees. Carriers say they give people options.

Dec 5, 2024

Jill Biden Receives White House Christmas Tree

Biden participated in his final White House Christmas tree lighting of presidency

First lady Jill Biden unveiled the White House decorations earlier in the week, with the theme of "A Season of Peace and Light."

Dec 5, 2024

Rep. Madeleine Dean questions witnesses during the first hearing of the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump in the Longworth House Office Building on September 26, 2024 in Washington, DC.

House task force holds final hearing on Trump assassination attempts

Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe testified before the bipartisan House task force investigating the assassination attempts against President-elect Donald Trump.

Dec 5, 2024

Trump's Nominee For Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Meets With Lawmakers On Capitol Hill

Hegseth signed NDA, received six-figure severance after leaving veterans' group

Pete Hegseth received a six-figure sum amid allegations of financial mismanagement, intoxication and sexual impropriety, all of which he denies.

Dec 5, 2024

Trump taps billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as next NASA chief

Jared Isaacman is an entrepreneur and veteran private astronaut with strong ties to Elon Musk and his rocket company SpaceX.

Dec 4, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and his wife Jennifer Rauchet walk through the Russell Senate Office building on Capitol Hill on December 3, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Pete Hegseth's mother defends son, saying she wrote email "out of love"

Penelope Hegseth said she wrote the 2018 email "in haste" and with "deep emotions."

Dec 4, 2024

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments In Holocaust Survivors' Bid To Sue Hungary For Confiscated Property

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for kids

The Supreme Court weighed whether Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors experiencing gender dysphoria violates the Constitution.

Dec 4, 2024

Trump considering replacing Hegseth with DeSantis for defense secretary

President-elect Donald Trump is considering replacing former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, his embattled pick for defense secretary, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Dec 4, 2024

Hunter Biden's federal gun case dismissed after being pardoned by his father

Hunter Biden could have faced up to 25 years in prison, though as a first-time offender he likely would have gotten far less time or avoided prison entirely.

Dec 3, 2024

Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister talks to the media before the first day of school at Sessums Elementary School, Aug. 10, 2021, in Riverview, Florida.

Chad Chronister, Trump's pick to lead DEA, withdraws from consideration

Chad Chronister has been sheriff of Florida's Hillsborough County since 2017.

Dec 3, 2024

South Korea lifts martial law order, president urged to resign

South Korea's main opposition party on Wednesday urged South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign immediately or face impeachment.

Dec 4, 2024

Vice President-Elect JD Vance On Capitol Hill For Lawmaker Meetings With Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth

GOP insiders sought Hegseth's removal as leader of veterans' group in 2016

A Trump loyalist is at the center of new allegations facing Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary.

Dec 4, 2024

President Biden pardons son Hunter Biden

Hunter Biden was convicted of three separate felony charges related to his purchase of a gun and pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges in a separate case.

Dec 2, 2024

DACA recipients face renewed uncertainty in Trump's second term

Recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are bracing for potential challenges to their status in the country during President-elect Donald Trump's second term in the White House.