Kennedy Center Board votes for new name to be Trump-Kennedy Center, White House says

Washington — The Kennedy Center’s Board of Trustees voted to rename the performing arts institution the Trump-Kennedy Center, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday. “I have just been informed that the highly respected Board of the Kennedy Center, some of the most successful people from all parts of the world, have just voted

Trump administration unveils proposals to cut off transgender care for minors

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors, building on broader Trump administration restrictions on transgender Americans. The sweeping proposals include cutting off federal Medicaid and Medicare funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to children and prohibiting federal

Witkoff to meet with Kremlin envoy in Miami on U.S. peace plan for Ukraine

A Kremlin envoy will travel to Florida to discuss a U.S.-proposed plan to end the war in Ukraine, a U.S. official said Thursday, as European Union leaders weighed a major loan to help the Ukrainian government. Kirill Dmitriev, who heads Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, is set to meet with President Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, and

House Democrats release 68 more photos from Epstein estate

  6m ago Garcia says new images “raise more questions” about what material the Justice Department has Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, vowed that Democrats will continue to make public photos and documents from Epstein’s estate “to provide transparency for the American people.” “As we approach the deadline for the

Jack Smith defends Trump prosecutions in closed-door House testimony

Washington — Former special counsel Jack Smith defended his prosecutions of President Trump in a closed-door deposition with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, saying “the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions.” Smith was subpoenaed to testify earlier this month by the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee,

N.C. Republicans redrew a GOP district. A Democrat is looking to take advantage.

North Carolina Republicans redrew the state’s congressional maps this fall, in the hopes of improving their chances at ousting a Democrat in one of the country’s most competitive districts.  In doing so, they may have created a window for a Democrat to make what has been a reliably Republican neighboring seat more competitive.  CBS News