U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a meeting with oil industry executives at the White House in Washington on Jan. 9, 2026. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump opted not to choose between Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as potential successors
TALLAHASSEE—As Florida lawmakers debate legislation in the state’s capital, Gov. Ron DeSantis is making an all-out push to a finish line. The 47-year-old Republican is in the last year of his second four-year term as governor, making him ineligible to run again. We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a
Construction crews work on a tunnel through which the Mountain Valley Pipeline will pass in Roanoke County, Va., on June 22, 2018. Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP Comprehensive permit reform has been an elusive Republican priority since at least 2020, and congressional leaders, federal officials, industry experts, and association advocates are cautiously confident a
President Trump plans to award the Medal of Honor to a retired Navy captain whose daring faceoff with Soviet fighter jets remained secret for a half-century and a soldier who died in Afghanistan while protecting somebody from a suicide bomber. Mr. Trump called Navy Capt. E. Royce Williams and the family of deceased Army Staff
A missing person alert for Nancy Guthrie. Pima County Sheriff’s Department via AP President Donald Trump said he spoke to Savannah Guthrie on Wednesday, reassuring her of federal help in the disappearance case of her mother Nancy Guthrie who is suspected to be kidnapped. In a Truth Social post that evening, Trump said, “I spoke
Federal immigration agents in Oregon must stop arresting people without warrants unless there’s a likelihood of escape, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai issued a preliminary injunction in a proposed class-action lawsuit targeting the Department of Homeland Security’s practice of arresting immigrants they happen to come across while conducting ramped-up enforcement
Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch near Stanley, New Mexico. KRQE via AP New Mexico lawmakers hope a new “Truth Commission” will help them uncover what happened at Jeffrey Epstein’s sprawling Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe County as the public scrutinizes a tranche of documents released about the late convicted sex offender and financier. Despite millions of