Federal Appeals Court Allows National Guard to Stay in DC

Members of the National Guard respond to a shooting near the White House on Nov. 26, 2025. Two West Virginia National Guard members were shot blocks from the White House. Win McNamee/Getty Images A federal appeals court lifted a block on President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington on Thursday. Three judges

Appeals Court Temporarily Lifts Block on National Guard in DC

Members of the National Guard respond to a shooting near the White House on Nov. 26, 2025. Two West Virginia National Guard members were shot blocks from the White House. Win McNamee/Getty Images A federal appeals court lifted a block on President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington on Thursday. Three judges

Billboards Promote ‘Illegal Orders’ Message as Pentagon Official Warns of Deadly Outcomes

Members of the National Guard stand watch at the intersection of B.B. King Boulevard and Beale Street in Memphis, Tenn., on Oct. 24, 2025. George Walker IV /AP Photo A top Pentagon adviser warned about the potential for deadly consequences of the so-called illegal orders campaign pioneered by some Democratic lawmakers, even as billboards are

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

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