The U.S. Senate will get down to the business of confirming President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks this week, when several nominees will face an uphill battle as they work to convince a majority of lawmakers that they are fit to serve in the position to which they’ve been nominated.

Here is the hearing schedule thus far, as published ...Read more

A top aide in President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration signaled that Ukraine will be asked to lower the conscription age to strengthen its battlefield position ahead of any settlement with Russia.

Michael Waltz, a former Army Green Beret and combat veteran of Afghanistan whom Trump tapped as his White House national security ...Read more

The clock could be ticking for thousands of asylum seekers who have been waiting months for an appointment to show up at a U.S. port of entry, as President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration approaches.

At the Juventud 2000 migrant shelter in Tijuana, some people have already given up.

The uncertainty comes as Trump has signaled that he will ...Read more

Croatian President Zoran Milanovic won a second term as voters in the Balkan nation delivered a resounding election victory to a populist leader who has denounced NATO expansion and military aid to Ukraine.

The former Social Democratic leader took 74.5% of the second-round vote on Sunday with 98% of ballots counted, the most dominant result in ...Read more

The motorcade weaved through Baltimore streets, red and blue lights flashing. President Joe Biden had just delivered an October speech touting port improvements, but now, arriving at a family-owned Canton ice cream shop painted in pastel colors, his expression softened.

“Hey man!” he shouted to a customer. “Nice to see you guys.”

Biden...Read more

The ongoing horrors unfolding in Israel and Gaza have deep-rooted origins that stem from a complex and contested question: Who has rights to the same territory?

I am a scholar of international affairs, as well as territory and nationalism. Territory has been a central cause of conflict throughout history.

Today, Israelis and ...Read more

Senate confirmation hearings are slated to begin on Jan. 14, 2025, for Pete Hegseth, whom President-elect Donald Trump has chosen to serve as the next secretary of defense. It’s a massive job, broadly affecting Americans’ security at home and abroad and overseeing huge numbers of people and immense amounts of money.

The ...Read more

House Republicans from New York, California and New Jersey unhappy with a cap on state and local tax deductions cast talks on the issue with Donald Trump Saturday night as “positive” but described no firm commitments from the president-elect.

“He really communicated that he feels for how unaffordable the taxes are for our constituents,”...Read more

LOS ANGELES — President-elect Donald Trump has not responded to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s invitation to tour California’s fire damage, Newsom said Saturday afternoon.

Newsom sent a letter on Friday inviting the incoming president to California to meet with fire victims, survey the devastation in Los Angeles County and join him in thanking first...Read more

Jack Smith has resigned as the special counsel overseeing federal criminal investigations into President-elect Donald Trump and has “separated” from the U.S. Justice Department, according to a Saturday court filing from the government.

The confirmation of Smith’s departure as of Friday came as the department is fighting an effort by two ...Read more

President Joe Biden awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom to Pope Francis, a personal marker of his Roman Catholic faith after devastating fires in California prompted the president to cancel a Vatican visit during his final days in office.

The White House said Biden spoke with the pontiff on Saturday and named him a medal recipient with ...Read more

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz amped up on criticism of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over the integrity of borders during an animated speech meant to motivate Social Democrats ahead of a federal election next month.

Scholz’s main competitors to lead Germany, Friedrich Merz and Alice Weidel, also spoke on Saturday at meetings of their ...Read more

Several prominent tech leaders are planning to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration this month, the latest sign that the industry is trying to bolster its relationship with the president-elect ahead of his return to the White House.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman plans to go to the swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 20, a company ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a letter to President-elect Donald Trump on Friday inviting the incoming leader to California to meet with fire victims, survey the devastation in Los Angeles County and join him in thanking first responders.

The invitation, which the governor's office said was emailed to Trump's team, marks a change in ...Read more

NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday for falsifying business records in a years-old scheme to defraud voters, closing out the historic case that involved a hush money payment to a porn star and formalizing Trump as a convicted felon 10 days before his return to the White House.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court during oral arguments Friday appeared ready to allow a law that would ban social media giant TikTok unless it divests from its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. by Jan. 19.

The justices occasionally questioned how the law would impact the free speech rights of the platform and its users. But they generally ...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in relation to his Manhattan hush money case, cementing his legacy as America’s first convicted felon to assume the presidency.

The case involves Trump’s falsification of business records to pay porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about an alleged one-night stand between them in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices sounded highly skeptical Friday of TikTok's free-speech defense, signaling they are not likely to strike down the law that could shut down the popular video site the day before President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office.

The justices, both conservative and liberal, said Congress was concerned...Read more

WASHINGTON — The new GOP Congress is getting closer to passing a law that would allow Kentucky’s attorney general to sue the Department of Homeland Security if it fails to enforce federal immigration statutes.

The Laken Riley Act — supported by every Republican member of the commonwealth’s congressional delegation — is intended to ...Read more