President-elect Donald Trump was roasted across social media on Friday shortly after announcing that his Jan. 20 inauguration will be moved indoors due to “very cold weather.” ABC reported that the day of his inauguration is expected to be the coldest day for the event in 40 years. In a Truth Social post, Trump shared a photo of a weather forecast and said that his “various dignitaries and guests,” will be “brought into the Capitol.”

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers has a message for the Senate ahead of the confirmation of his pal, Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “You better come ready senators, come ready and try and see if you can pull one over on my boy, Bobby, because Bobby’s f---ing smart, dude,” Rodgers said on The Pat McAfee Show. RFK Jr. was reportedly considering Rodgers as his running mate for his failed presidential campaign. The pair share the same anti-vaccination views, which have landed Kenned

Vice President Kamala Harris lost the presidential election in November 2024, but she and her husband Doug Emhoff reportedly have big post-Washington, D.C. plans. They might be looking for a new spot to settle down after a disappointing loss and they will likely be met with a warm welcome. Kamala Harris and her husband are …

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said statements in President Biden’s farewell speech came much too late in a Thursday statement, raising question with the commander in chief’s parting remarks. “Now he tells us. Biden speaks out against dark money, for climate action, and for SCOTUS term limits. I pressed four years for this speech,” Whitehouse posted…

President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance release official headshots a few days before inauguration festivities kick off.

CNN is considering a substantial demotion for one of its highest-rating stars—who also happens to be a longtime antagonist of President-elect Donald Trump. CNN chief Mark Thompson called Jim Acosta on Wednesday to propose that his show, CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta, be moved from its 10 a.m. ET time slot to midnight, according to the newsletter Status News. “The move would effectively exile Acosta to the Siberia of television news,” media reporter Oliver Darcy pointed out.

The incoming first lady said it was a ‘very different transition the second time around’

A MAGA state senator in Georgia was shoved to the ground and arrested Thursday for trying to defy a ban and forcefully enter the House chambers. Colton Moore was thrown down as he tried to push his way past police and officials to make it inside the chamber for Gov. Brian Kemp’s state of the state speech. Moore, 31, was banned indefinitely from the chambers last year after he referred to the late House speaker David Ralston as “one of the most corrupt Georgians we’ve seen in our lives” during a

Until they effortlessly shut it down with a loving Instagram tribute, social media was abuzz with speculation that Barack and Michelle Obama are getting a divorce. X thought it, TikTok thought it, even some news outlets were fueling the rumors. However, the former First Lady might just be giving us the best lesson in putting …

President-elect Donald Trump said he is moving his inauguration indoors Monday due to the freezing weather expected in Washington, D.C. Trump said he'll be sworn in and deliver his inauguration address inside the Capitol Rotunda. "The various Dignitaries and Guests will be brought into the Capitol," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

President-elect Donald Trump will choose to lead the U.S. Secret Service one of the agents who covered him after a gunmen opened fire at the candidate during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Donald Trump Jr. said his father will be naming Sean Curran, who heads the president-elect's personal detail as special agent in charge, to be Secret Service director.

The US Trade Representative said Thursday that its probe into China's practices in the shipbuilding, maritime and logistics sectors found that Beijing's undermining of fair competition warranted "urgent action.""Beijing's targeted dominance of these sectors undermines fair, market-oriented competition, increases economic security risks, and is the greatest barrier to revitalization of US industries," USTR Katherine Tai said in a statement.

Canada must send a “message” to President-elect Trump on tariffs, one of the country’s provincial leaders said Wednesday alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who described the threatened levies as unnecessary. The outgoing leader said Canada would “respond, purposefully, forcefully and resolutely” if the Trump administration implemented tariffs. “There’s no sugarcoating it,” Trudeau said alongside several provincial premiers.…

Scott Bessent used his confirmation hearing to make clear that he cares about the rich and the rich only.

During Trump's 2017 luncheon, he called for a standing ovation for Hillary Clinton and forecast four years of “peace and prosperity” under his administration.

Michel Bérrios left the United States a few days before the new year, giving President-elect Donald Trump's campaign for mass deportations a small victory before they even started. A former leader of a Nicaraguan student uprising, Bérrios had been in the U.S. legally, with nearly a year remaining under President Joe Biden's unprecedented use of humanitarian parole authority for citizens of certain vulnerable countries.

Kamala Harris has told friends that she is deeply sad about President Joe Biden’s claim that he could have won the 2024 election. Biden said in an interview at the start of January that he thought he could have defeated Donald Trump. “It’s presumptuous to say that, but I think yes... based on the polling,” he said, speaking to USA Today, later clarifying that he meant both he and Harris “could have... would have” beaten Trump.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is tapping the brakes on claims of success by President Biden, President-elect Trump and partners in the Middle East that a ceasefire and hostage release deal has been achieved to pause 15 months of war. Netanyahu has so far delayed a vote in Israel’s security Cabinet to accept the ceasefire…

Mark Zuckerberg is overhauling Meta's DEI initiatives — and reportedly blaming his former COO, Sheryl Sandberg, for an old policy.

Donald Trump's family will likely be less formally involved in White House business in his second term as they were in the first, but some will remain key to his political operation as unofficial advisors.Trump Jr and former Fox News Host Kimberly Guilfoyle reportedly broke off their engagement after six years of dating, but she will remain in the "family business" as ambassador to Greece.

Donald Trump has fired a defiant riposte to Joe Biden’s parting warning that a tech titan oligarchy is threatening America’s democracy. The president-elect has invited the world’s wealthiest billionaires to join his family and former U.S. presidents in prime positions on the dais for Monday’s inauguration ceremony. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, and Shou Zi Chew will take pride of place outside the Capitol in a clear show of money power behind the new administration.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R), President-elect Trump’s pick to head the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is appearing for her confirmation hearing before a Senate panel Friday. The purview of DHS involves immigration and federal emergency management — two hot-button topics. Immigration was one of Trump’s signature issues and has been a top priority…

House conservative proposals to raise corporate taxes to offset the cost of President-elect Trump’s tax package are going over like lead balloons in the Senate, where Republicans are warning their House counterparts to back off. The Senate GOP argues that hiking corporate taxes could dampen economic activity, lead to foreign takeovers of U.S. corporations and…

Donald Trump has issued a new demand after reports that the FBI is closing its diversity, equity, and inclusion office.

President-elect Donald Trump is hoping to make Hollywood “stronger than ever before” by naming Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight as “special ambassadors,” whose goal will be to bring back business lost to “foreign countries.” “It is my honor to announce Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone, to be Special Ambassadors to a …

The outgoing U.S. president quoted Dwight D. Eisenhower in his Jan. 15, 2025, farewell address to the nation.

Dem. Sen. Mazie Hirono was ripped on social media for her opening question in Doug Burgum's confirmation hearing, asking him if he has committed sexual assault.

The Israel-Hamas war, now nearing a potential ceasefire, has devastated the Gaza Strip. Satellite photos offer some sense of the destruction in the territory, which has been largely sealed off to journalists and others. In all, the strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea is about 360 square kilometers (139 square miles), and Palestinians hope it will be part of a future state, along with the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

When Democrat John Fetterman got elected to Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat, many backers hoped he'd challenge convention and the status quo. Fetterman has broken with his party on some policy matters and warmed to President-elect Donald Trump, a man he bashed on the 2024 campaign trail as a “felon" who is “obsessed with revenge.” Fetterman later became the first Senate Democrat to meet with Trump since the election.

CNN's Scott Jennings questioned President Biden's honesty as he called out an ex-Biden adviser on Wednesday for praising the president's focus on disinformation in his farewell address.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, according to her spokesperson. Pelosi notably attended Trump's inauguration in 2017, when she was the House Democratic leader. A spokesman did not disclose a reason why the California Democrat is skipping the high-profile event.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will raise American flags at the California Capitol on Monday for a limited time during President-elect Trump’s inauguration, according to his office. The decision aligns him with many of his Republican counterparts in other states, Newsom spokesperson Izzy Gardon confirmed to The Associated Press. Flags have been at half-staff across…

After Mike Johnson narrowly secured the speakership after a brief revolt from the right, he’s now drawing ire from the opposite wing of the Republican Party.

The "Braveheart" star is a longtime backer of the president-elect.

Iranians and Israelis have been banned from flying to Syria, which is under new leadership since last month's overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, an airport source said.A Damascus airport source said the facility's authorities told airlines operating in Syria not to allow Israelis and Iranians to board flights to the country.

Michelle Obama will not attend the swearing-in, as Democrats follow Trump in ignoring some conventions.

"I think she’s changed her tune."

Kevin O’Leary, the Canadian Shark Tank investor who has been palling around with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in recent weeks, complained at length on Fox News about former first lady Michelle Obama’s decision to skip the president-elect’s inauguration. On the Fox News midday show Outnumbered, O’Leary reacted to Obama’s decision, which, a source close to her told People, came because she is “not one to plaster on a pleasant face and pretend for protocol’s sake.” “This tradition has gone on for ove

Pelosi and Trump have had a tense relationship for several years

The U.S. Constitution specifies not only the date of presidential inaugurations, but the exact time the transition of power is official.

President Joe Biden leaves behind a complicated legacy of legislative wins, economic gains and fractured relationships and grievances within his own party.

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pick his current Secret Service detail leader, Sean Curran, to be the new director of the United States Secret Service, according to multiple sources familiar with the decision.