President said he fears he ‘almost spent too much time on the policy, not enough time on the politics’

Republicans have discussed making extra disaster aid part of upcoming spending negotiations and conditioning aid to California

Prominent Supreme Court attorney Tom Goldstein, publisher of SCOTUSBlog, was indicted on tax charges

DOGE, which is not actually a government department, wants to cut up to $2 trillion in annual spending

In an update from the hospital, Moore said he took a ‘beating’ and his right hand was ‘swollen’ and ‘purple’

‘There’s 1,000-year-old trees out here,’ a resident complained

The President-elect has vowed to make the competition ‘the greatest Games’ and said that they were ‘more important than ever to L.A.,’ in the wake of the devastating wildfires that have hit southern California

Police say a 30-year-old unnamed suspect was captured after attempting to flee scene on foot

Nearly two dozen victims are suing the US Army and the Department of Defense in civil court, alleging both institutions are liable for Major Michael Stockin’s actions

Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz are accused of abusing their adopted children

Persistent and incredibly destructive multi-year droughts will continue to advance as Earth’s climate warms, scientists say

The Richland County sheriff in South Carolina has vowed to hold parents criminally responsible

Defendants Kenneth Johnson, Francis Clement, and Johnson Stinson are already in state prison serving life sentences

‘I do need to take it seriously, because violence has become a very real thing in this chamber,’ Crockett told The Independent

After meeting with provincial and territorial premiers, outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, ‘everything is on the table’

‘Overwhelmingly women who are being abused and battered are going to be targeted by this, and it is really sad,’ AOC tells The Independent

Analysis: Trump sees halting the bipartisan TikTok ban as an easy way to show he’s delivering results. He’s probably right, writes John Bowden

Some of the biggest names in tech and finance will be at the parties happening across the city

The prominent banker also serves as the United Nations special envoy for climate action and finance

Biden urges service members to uphold pledge to ‘support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic’