A federal district court rejected two Republicans’ challenge to a redistricting plan in November 2023. The U.S. Supreme Court decided Jan. 13 against hearing an appeal in a racial gerrymandering case where North Dakota took the unusual step of asking the justices to reconsider its own lower court victory. A gerrymander is the political manipulation
‘He’s not liberal or conservative. He’s just a commonsense person, which is beautiful,’ the president-elect told the Washington Examiner. President-elect Donald Trump said he was very impressed with Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) following their meeting over the weekend, calling him a “fascinating man” with common sense. Trump touted his hourlong visit with the Pennsylvania Democrat
Trump’s defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth, will begin the Senate confirmation process on Jan. 14. The U.S. Senate is set to begin hearings on Jan. 14 to consider the first of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees. Much of the attention during the hearings is likely to focus on Pete Hegseth, a former Minnesota Army National
Weeks after President Joe Biden pardoned his son back to 2014, David C. Weiss disputed Biden’s assertion that ‘raw politics’ influenced his prosecution. The special counsel assigned to investigate Hunter Biden defended his work and criticized President Joe Biden’s pardon for his son in a final report made public days before the president is slated
House Speaker Mike Johnson said alleged failures of state and local leaders should be a factor that determines any conditions on federal aid. WASHINGTON—Any disaster relief funding issued by Congress in response to recent wildfires in Los Angeles may come with policy conditions, House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Jan. 13. The wildfires, which began
The outgoing national security adviser said U.S. alliances have grown stronger as its adversaries weakened. Outgoing National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan lauded the Biden administration’s policies on Sunday, saying the United States is “safer” and “better off” than it was four years ago. Reflecting the administration’s performance days before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, Sullivan said
Biden said the United States was now better positioned for the long-term competition with China, noting that its economy would never surpass that of America. WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden delivered a speech at the State Department on Jan. 13 outlining his foreign policy achievements and stating that he’s leaving the incoming Trump administration a stronger America.