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The survey also shows a shift in Republican-voter approval of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) between November and December.

Bret Stephens, a New York Times columnist, is no longer a Never Trumper, a nine-year-old movement that characterizes many establishment Republicans’ opposition to President-elect Donald Trump. 

A coalition of Republicans is telling GOP leadership that the next Congress must first act to crack down on illegal immigration.

Congressional leadership slipped a provision into the stopgap spending bill that would block or stymie investigations into Congress.

President-elect Donald Trump’s electoral coalition represents a political realignment that should be a wake up call to both parties’ previously held understanding of their constituencies, and what they expect from their leaders.

The House Democrats’ caucus elections went forward on Tuesday without Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) looming influence on Capitol Hill.

More than 1,100 veterans have signed a letter supporting Iraq War veteran and Army Reserve Lt. Col. Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence of the incoming administration, according to the Trump transition team.

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith has made a career out of criticism and commentary, but now some of that criticism has gotten him in trouble with leftists still salty over their 2024 electoral defeats.

Pornhub, the world’s most popular pornography website, will deny access to all users in Florida beginning on January 1, 2025, in protest of the state’s new age verification requirements that protect children from adult content.

Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth’s Senate confirmation hearing is scheduled for the second week of January, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee told CNN.

CNN contributor Karen Finney said on “This Morning” that President-elect Donald Trump was an “old man” who is “threatening young little women” after he accused to former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) of witness tampering over her interactions with Cassidy Hutchinson.

Fans of Nick Jonas are outraged over the Jonas Brothers singer’s apparent support of Elon Musk. “I used to pray to god to take your diabetes away,” one so-called fan wrote to Jonas.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s many woes include accusations of sexism, as the self-described “proud feminist” tried to shift blame for his policy failures to his trade minister Chrystia Freeland, who resigned from his Cabinet this week rather than accept a humiliating demotion.

The recently unveiled government funding bill “full of pork” shows that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is a “weak, weak man,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said.

France’s highest court has upheld an appeal court decision which had found former president Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling.

Republicans are bristling at Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) over the 1,547-page spending deal released mere days ahead of the deadline, full of pork and disappointment.

The Irish government has been forced to abandon plans for a migrant camp for 1,000 alleged asylum seekers over its envioronmental impact.

A lame-duck spending stop-gap spending bill contains a carveout allowing lawmakers to opt out of having to use Obamacare.

Iran is in the midst of a fuel shortage and an electricity crisis, causing essential utilities to be shut down in the middle of a cold winter. The regime has failed to provide for its own people but has spent billions of dollars on terror abroad.

President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees “all understand” his vision for the country, Lara Trump said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.

“The 1,547-page Christmas omnibus is an insult to the American voters who demanded change from the inside out,” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) said of the spending bill.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) on Tuesday said “based on my experience,” the aircraft flying over the country are Chinese “spy drones.”

Dr. Sebastian Gorka, who was recently picked by President-elect Donald Trump to be the Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director of Counterterrorism, discusses the mysterious drone sightings.

Tuesday, during an appearance on FNC’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) seemed to reject the federal government’s claims of ignorance on the rash of drone sightings over the mid-Atlantic.

President Joe Biden appears to be struggling with the prospect of retiring from public life, according to a New York Times report published Tuesday.

A multi-agency manhunt resulted in the arrest of a South African migrant and suspected terrorist in Brooklyn, New York. Texas Highway Patrol troopers initially detained the unidentified man in Texas in September 2024. He was arrested for criminal trespass as part of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star and was turned over to federal immigration authorities for removal proceedings. Despite being identified by the state authorities as being the subject of an alert on the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Database, federal authorities released the migrant to pursue an asylum claim.

The terrorist formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the head of the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), rebranded himself as a Western-friendly statesman in an interview published by France 24 on Tuesday, shortly after his group ousted Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.

California’s 54 Electoral College members gathered Monday in the state capitol to cast their votes for Vice President Kamala Harris, who won 58.5% of the vote in the Golden State but lost the overall national vote to Donald Trump.

ABC News Studios appear to be leading the race to broadcast a first documentary special addressing the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and alleged shooter Luigi Mangione, with Variety reporting the effort will be rushed to air Thursday night.

Marine Le Pen said that she is preparing for the possibility of an early presidential election in France as Emmanuel Macron looks to be running out of options to effectively govern the nation.

Brexit boss Nigel Farage said that Elon Musk is giving “serious thought” to making a donation to his Reform UK party in Britain following a meeting with the world’s richest man at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Tuesday.

Luigi Mangione has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism after prosecutors upgraded the complaint against him in New York on Tuesday. A grand jury indicted Mangione on 11 counts, including first-degree murder and murder as a crime

A former leader of the Church of England has resigned as a priest following allegations that he failed to properly handle the case of a priest accused of sexual misconduct.

The popularity of Pope Francis among American adults continues its steep downward trend, reaching its lowest point since his election in 2013, according to the latest Rasmussen report.

Five family members including three children were found dead in a home in Utah on Tuesday with another person rushed to hospital with a gunshot wound, police said.