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Biden commutes the sentences of most federal death row inmates, the House Ethics Committee says former Rep. Gaetz may have committed statutory rape and the national archivist won't certify the ERA without Congressional approval. 

Congress passes a last-minute budget stopgap. Trump's second-term tariffs could harm farmers and future budget cuts could reduce much-needed federal programs.

President-elect Trump repeats his threats to jail January 6th committee members, while also putting a stop-gap spending plan in jeopardy. A court removes Fani Willis from Trump's Georgia election interference case. The FAA restricts drones in New Jersey and a Federal Reserve rate cut shakes markets.

House Republicans nix bipartisan budget agreement at President-elect Donald Trump's urging. Republicans breakdown priorities of Trump's first 100-day agenda and the House Ethics Committee votes to release its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz.

The government defends its drone responses, lawmakers debate anti-Islamophobia and transgender policies, a stop-gap spending deal sparks tensions and Trump threatens more legal actions against the media.

A deadly school shooting is under investigation in Wisconsin. The Electoral College convenes today as the Senate considers abolishing it and Trump discusses media lawsuits, TikTok's future and drone sightings in a scattered news conference.

President-elect Trump rethinks his ability to lower prices, mass deportations could spur economic losses on par with the Great Recession and Sen. Bernie Sanders says he'll work with the Trump administration to raise the federal minimum wage.

Biden carries out the largest ever single-day act of clemency, voting rights advocates raise alarm over Trump's pick to lead the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and election denier Kari Lake is tapped to lead the Voice of America.

Trump and Kash Patel react to Christopher Wray's resignation as FBI Director, CAIR launches a website tracking hostility to pro-Palestinian speech and changes at the NLRB could give Trump the chance to shift labor policies.

Debates on presidential accountability, the death penalty, gender equality, Medicare and Social Security cuts and Ohio's education policies highlight critical issues shaping the nation's future.

Family safety net programs could face the axe in Trump budget cutting. JD Vance stands behind Pete Hegseth's nomination and agriculture could face hits if tariffs spark a trade war.

The Senate Indian Affairs chair says a long imprisoned activist deserves clemency, Speaker Mike Johnson says they may end funding for PBS and Planned Parenthood and Senate Republicans privately say Hegseth's nomination is doomed.

The Senate Indian Affairs chair says a long imprisoned activist deserves clemency, Speaker Mike Johnson says they may end funding for PBS and Planned Parenthood, and Senate Republicans privately say Hegseth's nomination is doomed.

Trump reportedly is considering replacing Pete Hegseth as defense nominee, the French PM is ousted, South Korea rejects martial law, Montana blocks a trans bathroom ban and women's representation in state legislatures hits new highs.

GOP Senators voice reservations about Kash Patel, Trump's FBI pick. President Biden continues to face scrutiny over the pardon of his son and GOP House members gear up for tough budget fights, possibly targeting important programs.

President-elect Trump's pick to lead the FBI says he'll eradicate the "deep state," Democrats say President Biden's pardon of his son could haunt them and new allegations surface regarding the man Trump has tapped to lead the Pentagon.

A plan described as the basis for Trump's mass deportations served a very different purpose. Federal workers prepare to defend their jobs if they lose civil service protections and Ohio enacts bathroom restrictions on transgender people.

The Democratic Party is regrouping, but critiques continue. The incoming Trump administration looks at barring mainstream media from White House briefings and AIDS advocates say the pick of Robert F. Kennedy Junior for DHHS is worrying.

Vice President Harris sends her supporters a Thanksgiving Day message to keep fighting, Democrats flip a House seat in Southern California and Elon Musk posts the names and titles of federal employees he hopes to fire.

The special counsel wants to drop the January 6 charges against President-elect Trump. US officials hint at a ceasefire in Lebanon and Trump's pick for border czar warns states who are promising to fight strict immigration policies.

President-elect Trump's new pick for Attorney General vows retribution at the Justice Department, the Trump transition is refusing to allow FBI Cabinet nominee background checks and Republicans begin the process to defund Planned Parenthood.

Trump has a new pick for Attorney General, his incoming "border czar" warns local Democratic officials not to impede mass deportation and the House passes legislation that could target any non-profit accused of supporting terrorism. 

Transgender rights in Congress, a historic win for Utah's youngest elected official, scrutiny of Democratic Party leadership and the economic impact of Trump's tax proposals highlight America's shifting political and social landscape.

Mail-in ballots with envelope errors will not be included in the Pennsylvania Senate race recount, Trump taps celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz to oversee Medicare and Medicaid and Senate Democrats want a vote on ending arms shipments to Israel.

Eric Hovde concedes Wisconsin Senator's race. Proposed Dept. of Government Efficiency looking to slash a third of the federal spending and the U.S. is imposing sanctions on groups supporting West Bank settlements.