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  • Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago and other cities

    Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago and other cities

    Dec 31, 2025 09:29 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks hung up the effort. Trump said in a social media post Wednesday that he’s removing the Guard ...

  • Read Jack Smith's full deposition on the decision to indict Trump

    Read Jack Smith's full deposition on the decision to indict Trump

    Dec 31, 2025 08:41 PM EST

    ... testimony. Read the full indictment by clicking on the document below. In an opening statement, Smith said it was his decision to bring charges against Trump, “but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions,” adding that his team “developed proof beyond a reasonable double ...

  • These Trump tariff threats never materialized in 2025

    These Trump tariff threats never materialized in 2025

    Dec 31, 2025 07:41 PM EST

    ... What happened: A sweeping 100% on computer chips has yet to go into effect. When announcing his plans to impose the levy back in August, Trump was not specific about the timing. And other details have remained scarce. $2,000 tariff dividend In his words:Trump in a Nov. 9 ...

  • Trump administration freezing child care funds to Minnesota after series of fraud schemes

    Trump administration freezing child care funds to Minnesota after series of fraud schemes

    Dec 31, 2025 07:00 PM EST

    ... services office and she wasn't able to say "with confidence whether those allegations of fraud are isolated or whether there’s fraud stretching statewide.” Trump has criticized Walz’s administration over the fraud cases, capitalizing on them to target the Somalia diaspora in the state, which has the largest ...

  • Trump not first president to want more room to entertain, White House usher says

    Trump not first president to want more room to entertain, White House usher says

    Dec 31, 2025 06:52 PM EST

    "All the presidents that I had an opportunity to serve always talked about some possibility of an enlarged area" for entertaining, Walters said in an interview with The Associated Press about his recently published memoir.

  • Trump issues the first vetoes of his term, rejecting 2 bipartisan natural resources bills

    Trump issues the first vetoes of his term, rejecting 2 bipartisan natural resources bills

    Dec 31, 2025 06:52 PM EST

    When asked whether the vetoes were punishment, the White House did not answer and instead referred to Trump's statements explaining the vetoes. Congress can override the vetoes by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the House and the Senate, but it’s unclear if there’s ...

  • News Wrap: More artists cancel Kennedy Center shows after Trump's name added to building

    News Wrap: More artists cancel Kennedy Center shows after Trump's name added to building

    Dec 30, 2025 11:50 PM EST

    ... countries expressed -- quote -- "serious concern" about the lack of humanitarian aid reaching Gazans. Israel says it is upholding its commitments on aid made to President Trump. In London and Paris, thousands of travelers were left stranded today after train operator Eurostar suspended service due to a power failure in the ...

  • More artists cancel Kennedy Center performances after Trump renaming

    More artists cancel Kennedy Center performances after Trump renaming

    Dec 30, 2025 05:51 PM EST

    ... s president saying the cancellations belie the artists' unwillingness to see their music as crossing lines of political disparity. The fresh round of cancellations after Trump put his name on the building follows an earlier artist backlash in spring. After Trump ousted the Kennedy Center board and named himself the ...

  • Democrats are raising worries about Trump interfering in the midterms. The White House calls it 'fearmongering'

    Democrats are raising worries about Trump interfering in the midterms. The White House calls it 'fearmongering'

    Dec 30, 2025 05:03 PM EST

    Still, there's plenty of ways a president can cause problems, said Rick Hasen, a UCLA law professor. Trump unsuccessfully pushed Georgia's top election official to "find" him enough votes to be declared the winner there in 2020 and could try similar tactics in Republican-dominated states in November ...

  • Trump says the U.S. 'hit' a coastal drug loading facility in Venezeula as tensions escalate

    Trump says the U.S. 'hit' a coastal drug loading facility in Venezeula as tensions escalate

    Dec 30, 2025 02:24 PM EST

    "I don't know if you read or saw, they have a big plant or a big facility where they send the, you know, where the ships come from," Trump said. "Two nights ago, we knocked that out. So, we hit them very hard." Trump did not offer any ...

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