32 min ago - House Speaker Mike Johnson informed Republicans at a closed-door meeting Saturday that Donald Trump favored moving his agenda as one sweeping package, according to sources in attendance — a key announcement fraught with risk but one that sets th ... (CNN)

46 min ago - By Allie Weintraub, Caitlin Yilek Updated on: January 4, 2025 / 1:59 PM EST / CBS News Washington — President Biden is awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to Hillary Clinton and 18 others "who have ma ... (CBS news)

51 min ago - 01/04/25 3:11 PM ET President Biden honored 19 change makers for their “incredible mark” on the country with the highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, just before his departure from office. “As cultural icons, defi ... (The Hill)

1 hr ago - Jan. 4, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET Since his victory in November, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s allies have raised well over $200 million for a constellation of groups that will fund his inauguration, his political operation and eventually his presi ... (New York Times)

2 hrs ago - Updated 10:58 AM CST, January 4, 2025 VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace, in a speech to Catholic educators gathered at the Vatican on Saturday. Speaking to about 2,000 It ... (AP)

3 hrs ago - Jan. 4, 2025, 5:00 AM EST / Updated Jan. 4, 2025, 9:07 AM EST The driver who killed 14 people in an ISIS-inspired attack by plowing into a crowded New Orleans street on New Year’s Day had planned to use a transmitter to detonate two explosive de ... (NBC News)

3 hrs ago - Hamas on Saturday released a video on Saturday showing a sign of life from IDF lookout Liri Albag, who was abducted on October 7, 2023. At her family's request, Ynet isn’t publishing the video, an image from it or the statements made in it at th ... (ynet)

4 hrs ago - MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico opened the possibility Friday of receiving non-Mexican migrants deported by the United States after initially saying they would push President-elect Donald Trump to return other nationalities directly to their countries ... (Associated Press)

4 hrs ago - 01/04/25 7:58 AM ET As mail and packages continue to be targeted by thieves, a federal investigation found that it’s actually some postal workers that are stealing items. A recent report by the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) Inspector General ... (The Hill)

6 hrs ago - By KATE PAYNE and BILL BARROW Updated 9:45 AM CST, January 4, 2025 PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy Carter ‘s long public goodbye began Saturday in south Georgia where the 39th U.S. president’s life began more than 100 years ago. A motorcade ... (AP)

6 hrs ago - Published 6:44 AM EST, Sat January 4, 2025 CNN — Israel is considering limiting humanitarian aid to Gaza after Donald Trump comes into office later this month in a bid to deprive Hamas of resources, according to an Israeli official familiar wi ... (CNN World)

7 hrs ago - January 3, 2025 / 10:15 PM EST MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Republican official who oversees Nassau County on New York's Long Island has seemingly refused to lower flags to half-staff in memory of the late Democratic President Jimmy Carter, who died last ... (CBS News)

7 hrs ago - By JAIMIE DING Updated 9:58 PM CST, January 3, 2025 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The new Los Angeles County District Attorney met with the Menendez brothers’ family as he continues to review their bid for freedom 35 years after they were convicted o ... (AP)

8 hrs ago - Jan 3rd, 2025, 9:46 pm Police say the man who detonated a Tesla Cybertruck on Wednesday morning in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas called on Americans to use violence if necessary to get Democrats out of power. Seven people were ... (MEDIAite)

9 hrs ago - Jan 3rd, 2025, 8:27 pm Rudy Giuliani appeared in a federal courtroom in Manhattan on Friday for a hearing on whether he should be held in contempt after the onetime personal attorney for President-elect Donald Trump allegedly flouted multiple court ... (Law & Crime)

9 hrs ago - 01/03/2025 07:09 PM EST Updated: 01/03/2025 08:09 PM EST The Biden administration granted California permission Friday to enforce its zero-emission rules for lawn mowers and leaf blowers, a longtime object of Republican ire and a likely target of th ... (Politico)

10 hrs ago - Updated 8:09 PM EST, January 3, 2025 MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a top oil and gas industry trade group are suing Vermont over its new law requiring that fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused over sev ... (AP)

10 hrs ago - Jan 3, 2025, 07:52 PM EST The GOP-controlled House approved its rules package on Friday evening, including provisions targeting transgender and immigrant rights, but notably did not include the trans bathroom ban Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) had proposed ... (Huff Post)

11 hrs ago - 10 hours ago The State Department has notified Congress "informally" of an $8 billion proposed arms deal with Israel that will include munitions for fighter jets and attack helicopters as well as artillery shells, two sources with direct knowledge te ... (Axios)

11 hrs ago - Published 5:11 a.m. ET Jan. 4, 2025 | Updated 5:11 a.m. ET Jan. 4, 2025 WASHINGTON ― President Joe Biden on Saturday named former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and billionaire political activist and philanthropist George Soros recipients o ... (USA Today)