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President-elect Donald Trump attends Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, Dec. 22, 2024. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday the 2023 debt ceiling extension agreed by then House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden will “go down as one …

President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas, Nov. 19, 2024. WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) — President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday sided with key supporter and billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk in a pub…

President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., Nov. 13, 2024. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The outgoing and incoming U.S. presidents had different messages for the Christmas holiday on Wednesday, with Democrat Joe Biden urging Americ…

A man wanted for questioning by the New York Police Department, in connection with the death of a woman who was set on fire while she was sleeping on a stationary subway train, is seen in a combination of still images from surveillance video in New York City, Dec. 22, 2024. NEW YORK (Reuters) — The…

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-FL, runs up the East Capitol stairs as the deadline to avert a partial government shutdown approaches on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Sept. 30, 2023. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars to women for drugs and se…

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk sits as President-elect Donald Trump meets with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Nov. 13, 2024.  WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The top Democrat on the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee said on Friday that Republicans in Congress were pr…

The inaugural platform is seen under construction in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 31, 2024. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Congress early on Saturday passed a measure to boost Social Security retirement payments to some retirees who draw public pensions — such as former po…

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-LA, speaks to the media, following a meeting with fellow Republicans on the day where a potential government shutdown looms during the holidays, after a spending bill backed by President-elect Donald Trump failed in the U.S. House of Representatives, on Capitol Hill in…

President-elect Donald Trump attends the America First Policy Institute gala at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Nov. 14, 2024. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Congress has two days to avert a partial government shutdown after Republican President-elect Donald Trump rejected a bipartisan deal lat…

Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-WY, speaks in Brookfield, Wisconsin, Oct. 21, 2024. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday backed a call for the FBI to investigate fellow Republican former Congresswoman Liz Cheney over her role in leading Congress’s probe of the Jan. …