WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said he would lobby House Republicans to help elect Mike Johnson as speaker if needed, acknowledging that some lawmakers in the party had reservations about allowing him to retain the gavel.

Asked if he would press Republicans to back Johnson, whom he endorsed on Monday for the post, Trump said he ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Two special elections that will decide control of the Minnesota Legislature began to take shape on Tuesday, as more than a dozen candidates filed to run for vacant seats in the state House and Senate.

Democrats Doron Clark, Peter Wagenius, Iris Altamirano, Mohamed Jama, Monica Meyer and Joshua Preston filed to run for the safely...Read more

BALTIMORE — President Joe Biden has commuted the sentence of a Maryland woman once dubbed “the Black Widow” by federal prosecutors, who convicted her in a 2002 jury trial of mail and wire fraud for “intentionally” causing the deaths of a boyfriend and at least one husband in order to collect around $160,000 in combined life insurance ...Read more

Donald Trump has made clear his intent to supercharge his “America First” approach to foreign policy in his second term – and Mexico looks set to be at the tip of the spear.

While many of Trump’s predecessors have also followed a “realist” strategy – that is, one where relative power is at the forefront of international ...Read more

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his deputy, Robert Habeck, used their New Year addresses to castigate Elon Musk over his backing for a far-right party in February’s snap election.

Musk, a key adviser and major donor to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, has repeatedly praised the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany in recent weeks on his...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Mary Pat Santulli recalls receiving the worst phone call any parent can fathom in the wee hours of the night three years ago.

Her 19-year-old son, Danny, an Eden Prairie High School graduate, was in the hospital following an alcohol-induced hazing incident at a University of Missouri fraternity. “They said my son was in the ...Read more

Bob Kroll, the outspoken and incendiary former Minneapolis police union leader, is seeking President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination to be Minnesota’s next U.S. marshal, according to documents obtained by the Star Tribune.

Kroll is banned from serving as a law enforcement officer in three of the state’s most populous counties for 10 years...Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr pressed the state’s top court Monday to disregard an appeal that could breathe new life into Fulton County’s election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump and his allies.

Carr, a Republican candidate for governor, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the state Court of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday endorsed Speaker Mike Johnson to continue leading the House, just days before the Louisiana Republican could face a close election to remain in the role.

The 119th Congress is set to convene Friday, and one of the first orders of business for House lawmakers is to elect a speaker. But even ...Read more

ATLANTA — From the winding blackwaters of the Suwannee River to the ice-cold streams that flow through the Appalachian foothills, Georgia is home to more than 70,000 miles of waterways. Some stretches are beloved by anglers and rafters, while others simply offer regular Georgians a chance to convene with nature.

Outdoor enthusiasts and ...Read more

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court has upheld a $5 million verdict against Donald Trump for sexually abusing and defaming magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll.

A three-judge panel at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled Monday that Judge Lewis Kaplan didn’t get it wrong when he allowed two other women accusing Trump of ...Read more

NEW YORK — An appeals court has upheld a $5 million verdict against Donald Trump for sexually abusing and defaming magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll.

A three-judge panel at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled Monday that Judge Lewis Kaplan didn’t get it wrong when he allowed two other women accusing Trump of sexual ...Read more

The timing of President Jimmy Carter’s death on Sunday means U.S. flags will be at half-staff on Trump’s inauguration day next month.

Flags are to be flown at half-staff for 30 days from the day of a current or former president’s death “on all buildings, grounds, and naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia ...Read more

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court has upheld a $5 million verdict against Donald Trump for sexually abusing and defaming magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll.

A three-judge panel at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled Monday that Judge Lewis Kaplan didn’t get it wrong when he allowed two other women accusing Trump of ...Read more

Many Americans fear what Donald Trump will do after assuming the presidency in January — and understandably so. Trump's pathological self-absorption has no place in American government, let alone at its very top.

But the specific type of threat Trump poses is often misunderstood. Like all presidents, his domestic powers are limited. He will ...Read more

Mehmet Oz stood in front of a camera in July and filmed a TikTok about “how to conquer your constipation.”

“Here’s the scoop on the poop brain loop,” Oz said confidently, delving into an enthusiastic pitch for probiotic supplements to keep you regular.

In the two years since losing his 2022 Senate bid to Democrat John Fetterman — a...Read more

President Joe Biden paused his vacation in the Virgin Islands to address the nation just hours after the passing of a political mentor whom he had grown close to over the decades, former President Jimmy Carter.

“America and the world, in my view, lost a remarkable leader,” Biden said. “He was a statesman and humanitarian, and Jill and I ...Read more

Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29, 2024, at age 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia, was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national recognition when he beat Republican incumbent Gerald Ford in 1976.

The introspective former peanut farmer pledged a new era of honesty and forthrightness at home ...Read more

Orioles owner David Rubenstein sees the intersection of political trials and public perception as a dicey one.

Rubenstein, a Baltimore native and lawyer who advised the late President Jimmy Carter, appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday to promote his new book, “The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency.” The...Read more