Lindsey Graham has launched reelection seeing no serious challengers ... He has gone from being one of President-elect Donald Trump's fierce rivals in the 2016 Republican presidential nomination to occupying an influential role as a chief Senate ally ...

GOP lawmakers had said repeatedly that violent offenders shouldn’t be pardoned and clemency should be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Environmental groups concerned about loss of protections for vanishing animals see one of President Donald Trump’s early executive orders as a method of subverting the Endangered Species Act in the name of fossil fuel extraction and corporate interests.

Rev. Franklin Graham, son of the late evangelist Billy Graham, delivered an invocation. Graham has been a strong supporter of Mr. Trump, despite the president-elect's legal and moral challenges. Graham declined to endorse Mr. Trump during the primaries, waiting to voice his support until he was the apparent GOP nominee.

The debate over Musk’s latest move has added fuel to other ongoing feuds, too.

President-elect Trump has won at least one battle in advance of Monday’s inauguration ceremony. Flags at the U.S. Capitol will be flown at full-staff when Trump is sworn in for the second time.

For most Americans, President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address was a positive, hopeful vision of his "America first" politics.

In an interview aired Wednesday night, Trump said he may withhold aid to California until the state adjusts how it manages its scarce water resources. He falsely claimed that California’s fish conservation efforts in the northern part of the state are responsible for fire hydrants running dry in urban areas.

His second inaugural address promised a “golden age,” but the ideas in it evoked the late 1800s more than any recent presidency.

Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee praised President Donald Trump’s pick, Russell Vought, to lead the Office of Management and Budget. “I

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina said Wednesday that she is “seriously considering” a gubernatorial run in 2026 and will make a final decision in the coming weeks.