Democratic leaders and lawmakers are coming under growing scrutiny for not blowing the whistle sooner on what is widely perceived to be President Biden’s decline during the final two years of his presidency. Some Democrats fear there is going to be a lot more talk as members of their party wrestle over what went wrong in the 2024 election and how to chart a course going forward. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), who in February dismissed talk about a decline in...

If Donald Trump thought he was settling the GOP’s most important strategy dispute, Senate Republicans are not getting the message. Less than 24 hours after Trump endorsed “one powerful bill” to carry his domestic policy agenda, a dozen senators said in interviews that the legislative path to its enactment remains an open question. It underscores the mounting confusion as Republicans feel pressure to show quick progress on border, energy and tax priorities. The senators do agree on this:...

From the CenterThe first days of a new year are usually pretty light on the news, so this time of year is usually a good opportunity to take a step back for some broader reflection before the battle is joined. But 2025 has already begun with a rush. New Year's Day was marked by twin terrorist attacks on two of the nation’s largest tourist destinations. Two days later, the House of Representatives narrowly avoided a constitutional crisis when renegade conservatives backed down...

As President Biden prepares to shuffle off the stage, he’s attempting to burnish his tarnished legacy with last-minute administrative actions.  Rarely has there been a more concerted effort by a country’s leadership to eliminate a source of national strength than the Biden administration’s war on fossil fuels. As President Biden prepares to shuffle off the stage, he’s attempting to burnish his tarnished legacy with last-minute administrative actions. To that end, he has just...

Donald Trump Jr has arrived in Greenland, two weeks after his father repeated his desire for the US to take control of the autonomous Danish territory. Before his arrival in the capital Nuuk, the US president-elect's son said he was going as a tourist on a "very long, personal, day-trip", to talk to people, and had no meetings planned with government officials. Ahead of his son's trip, Donald Trump revived a controversy he ignited last month when he said "ownership and control of...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today that he’d step down as head of the country’s Liberal Party, after weeks of speculation that his time in leadership was coming to an end. In Canada, the head of the party with the highest number of seats in Parliament leads the country. Though Trudeau will no longer be the Liberal Party leader, he’ll remain prime minister until his party chooses a new leader, likely in the next two months. Canada must also hold a general election by...

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