(Julianna Frieman, Headline USA) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigned Monday after President-elect Donald Trump’s weeks-long pressure campaign against the leftist leader.
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Trump, who has repeatedly teased Trudeau about making Canada the 51st state of America, cracked down hard on the Canadian leader with threats of tariffs if his country fails...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) After a brief and intense debate, lawmakers passed the Republican-proposed House rules package, 215-209, for the incoming 119th Congress Friday evening.
Besides typical procedural updates and reforms, the resolution is filled with Republican objectives, such as eliminating the House’s Diversity and Inclusion office, authorizing subpoenas...
(Julianna Frieman, Headline USA) President-elect Donald Trump plans to rein in Republican dissenters with a Mar-a-Lago summit Friday through Sunday ahead of his inauguration.
Trump-endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson was narrowly reelected to a second term Friday after two GOP holdouts changed their votes.
Trump reportedly worked with Johnson to determine which groups...
(Julianna Frieman, Headline USA) Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., hit back at unflattering headlines Friday on his new One America News Network (OANN) show with help from ousted ex-congressman George Santos.
Gaetz’s OANN debut spawned a slew of media headlines highlighting social media posts commenting on his “new” facial appearance. To...
(Julianna Frieman, Headline USA) A Washington Post cartoonist announced Friday that she quit the leftist newspaper after an editor “killed” a cartoon critical of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and President-elect Donald Trump.
The outlet’s former editorial cartoonist, Ann Telnaes, explained her resignation on Substack and shared an image of the spiked...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Outgoing President Joe Biden has unexpectedly changed the order of succession for the DOJ, a move some critics claim could be aimed at preempting President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to reshape the federal agency in 2025.
Biden signed an executive order on Friday to modify the succession plan...
(Julianna Frieman, Headline USA) Incoming Vice President J.D. Vance underwent a minor surgery in Washington, D.C. on Friday after he attended the Senate’s swearing-in ceremony.
Vance went to George Washington Hospital for a “long-planned” sinus surgery, spokesperson William Martin confirmed to Fox News.
“The Vice President-elect is having a long-planned, minor sinus...
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) It was reported that "Muhammad" recently entered the top 10 boy names in New York City for the first time in the town's history.
The Queens Gazette reported that the New York City Health Department announced the most popular names for babies born in the...
(Headline USA) Lawyers for disgraced ex-Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J. are urging a judge to be lenient at his sentencing later this month for his conviction on bribery charges, saying the ordeal has made him a “national punchline."
Late Thursday, the lawyers wrote to the judge who will sentence him to...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) New York Judge Juan Merchan, who had indefinitely suspended President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing following a Supreme Court ruling that upended the lawfare conviction last year, demanded that Trump appear virtually or in person to be sentenced in the porn star case.
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Trump was summoned to appear...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., secured the 218 votes needed to hold his position in the first round of voting after two holdouts---Reps. Ralph Norman, R-N.C., and Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, changed their respective votes supporting Reps. Byron Donalds of Florida and Jim Jordan of...
(Julianna Frieman, Headline USA) President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance took a day to play golf with Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., photos and videos posted on social media showed Thursday.
Schmitt shared video of himself and the incoming president at the golf course late Thursday, with one clip showing...