Clothes in the closets and favorite foods in the fridge: Moving day comes to the White House
Most presidents get to move into the White House once. President-elect Donald Trump is doing it twice, and his wife, Melania, ...
Mother of slain Plainfield boy Wadee Alfayoumi meets Biden for ‘human-to-human connection’
We are connected by God. We both lost children,” Hanan Shaheen tells president after discussing the dehumanization of ...
Biden is expected to issue more pardons before leaving office on Monday
The timing of the clemency actions, should Biden decide to grant them, is likely to be during his final hours in office and ...
Democrats' crisis of the future: the biggest states that back them are shrinking
No GOP strongholds are projected to lose seats. Florida and Texas are projected to pick up four seats each. Arizona, Idaho, ...
Illinois Congressional Democrats plot ways to blunt policies after Trump takes office
Democrats in Congress representing the Chicago area looking for ways to limit the scope of President-elect’s Donald Trump’s ...
Rebuffed by Biden, former Sen. Bob Menendez seeks a pardon from Trump
The New Jersey Democrat is facing potentially years in prison after he was convicted on federal corruption charges in July.
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After major 2024 defeats, the Democratic Party searches for a new direction
The Democratic Party begins 2025 with several looming questions. Among them: who will lead its national party apparatus, and ...
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Biden leaves behind complicated legacy as time in White House runs out
President Joe Biden delivered his farewell to the U.S. earlier this week as he prepares to leave office after one term placed ...
Trump-allied group’s warnings may signal legal blueprint to attack ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions
The ominous letters went to hundreds of state and local officials across the U.S. two days before Christmas. It was a ...