President-elect Trump and former President Obama had an extended friendly exchange as they sat next to each other at the funeral services for former President Carter on Thursday. Cameras captured Trump and Obama at Washington National Cathedral exchanging pleasantries, with Obama

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Four days before Christmas, Congress declined to continue funding replacement EBT benefits for those who have had them stolen. That means, according to a Dec. 23 USDA memo, the federal government isn't covering cases after Dec.

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) is predicting that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will remain in the top job for six years. The forecast from Gingrich — who wielded the gavel from 1995 to 1999 — comes days after Johnson was re-elected Speaker on

Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) will introduce a bill that would authorize the president to purchase the Panama Canal and put it under U.S. control, an acquisition that President-elect Trump has been pushing over the last several weeks. Johnson plans to introduce

WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — Former President Jimmy Carter will be honored Thursday with a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral, before a second service in his hometown in Georgia. President Joe Biden, who was the first sitting senator to endorse Carter's 1976 presidential campaign,

(The Hill) — Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) re-introduced legislation to make Daylight Saving Time year-round on Tuesday, touting bipartisan support for the measure. “I hear from Americans constantly that they are sick and tired of changing their clocks twice a year

President Biden welcomed his first great-grandchild into the world on Wednesday after his granddaughter Naomi had a cesarean section birth in Los Angeles.  Biden, 82, is believed to be the first sitting president to be a great-grandfather while in office according

(The Hill) — The Defense Department is sending additional assets to California to assist with the massive wildfire spreading across Los Angeles and the southern part of the state. Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters Wednesday the U.S. was

(NewsNation) — President-elect Donald Trump has doubled down on merging the U.S. and Canada following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation. On Tuesday, Trump threatened "economic force" to annex Canada, echoing his interest in buying Greenland and controlling the Panama Canal,

(The Hill) - President-elect Trump blamed California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) for the massive wildfires that are blazing through the Los Angeles area, arguing he should have signed a declaration to pump more water through California to prevent the situation. “Governor

Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are holding their fire despite Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) bucking their preferred strategy for passing President-elect Trump’s agenda, arguing that the ultimate product is more important than the configuration. The Freedom Caucus’s board of

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to rescind a number of internal opinions dealing with a president’s military powers while asking for clarification on domestic use of

Seven House Democrats flipped their votes to "yes" on a GOP-led bill named after the slain Georgia student Laken Riley that would require detention of migrants arrested for theft. The Laken Riley Act became the first House bill passed this year,

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Tuesday took the necessary procedural steps to place Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) bill blocking transgender athletes from women’s sports on the Senate calendar. The step sets up a vote on Tuberville’s bill in the

The Senate on Tuesday approved its organizing resolution for the 119th Congress, officially setting the composition of committees and greenlighting nomination hearings to take place in the coming weeks.  The upper chamber adopted the resolutions, one for the majority and another