Lawmakers Divided After Admiral’s Briefings on Drug Boat Strikes

Adm. Frank M. Bradley testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to examine his nomination to be admiral and commander of the United States Special Operation Command, at the Capitol in Washington on July 22, 2025. Mariam Zuhaib/AP Photo Congress on Dec. 4 hosted classified briefings on a deadly U.S. strike of an alleged

Senate Democrats Seek 3-Year Extension of Affordable Care Act Premium Tax Credits

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speak to the media during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC, on Dec. 3, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Senate Democrats will bring a bill to a vote next week to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act premium

Trump Presides Over Peace Signing Between Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda 

President Donald Trump participates in the signing ceremony of a peace deal with the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame (C) and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi (R) at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on Dec. 4, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump

Trump Presides Over Peace Signing Between Congo and Rwanda

(L–R) U.S. President Donald Trump participates in the signing ceremony for a peace deal with Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington on Dec. 4, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump oversaw the signing of a peace agreement between

US Embassy Renews Venezuela ‘Do Not Travel’ Advisory for Americans

A U.S. flag at a U.S. Embassy building in a file photo. Adek Berry/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. government renewed an advisory warning Americans not to travel to Venezuela in the midst of heightened tensions between the Trump administration and President Nicolás Maduro’s regime. In a bulletin on Wednesday, the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela

Trump Orders Flags Flown at Half-Staff in Memory of Slain National Guard Member

Community members prepare a portrait of West Virginia National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom for a vigil in her honor at the town hall in Webster Springs, W. Va., on Nov. 28, 2025. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump ordered flags to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Dec. 4 in memory of National Guardsman