Republican lawmakers are scratching their heads over President-elect Trump's ambitions to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal, grand plans the incoming commander in chief put back on the table over the Christmas and New Year's recess.
GOP senators and House members view the prospect of the United States taking over Greenland as particularly outlandish, but they are leery of confronting Trump. |
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BY ELLA LEE AND REBECCA BEITSCH |
The prospect of accountability for President-elect Trump and those who played a role in the storming of the Capitol is dimming as he's set to take office and the GOP garners control of Washington — to the dismay of his critics.
Trump's two election interference cases have both hit major roadblocks ahead of his return to power, and once in office he's pledged to pardon many of the 1,500 charged in connection with storming the Capitol. |
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A mix of high-profile and local races will take place in the first few months of this year, which could serve as a barometer for how voters feel just months after the 2024 presidential election.
Virginia is set to hold several special elections in the state legislature, which could have implications for the balance of power in both chambers. In Wisconsin, voters will weigh in on a high-stakes state Supreme Court race will determine the partisan tilt on the high court. |
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told House Republicans on Saturday that President-elect Trump wants to pass one reconciliation package, a strategy that runs counter to the two-bill effort several other GOP lawmakers had been pushing for. Johnson made the announcement during a private House GOP meeting at Fort McNair, five sources in the room told The Hill, as the conference gathered to discuss plans for moving legislation through the budget reconciliation process. The Republican trifecta — taking full control of the White House and both chambers of Congress in the 2024 election — is looking to use it to bypass Democratic opposition and pass many of its priorities. |
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Democrats say one thing is certain: 2025 won't be 2017, when it comes to the start of the Trump administration. Two months after their grueling and disappointing White House loss to President-elect Trump and their failure to win back the House or keep the Senate majority, Democrats acknowledge that lawmakers are going to have to find places to work with Trump during his second term. |
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Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) reflected on the "changed" Republican Party, saying he finds himself being "probably closer to a Democrat now" politically, arguing the Democratic Party is better aligned with him on foreign policy. "The thing that surprised me most with this, and here's a funny thing about the last couple of years, I've built these new alliances, like I've realized I'm probably closer to a Democrat now because of how the Republican Party has changed," Kinzinger, a vocal critic of President-elect Trump, said in an interview with Forbes that was published on Friday. |
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Democratic political strategist James Carville, who has been openly critical of the Harris campaign since Democrats' 2024 election losses, reflected on his failed prediction that Vice President Harris would win against President-elect Trump, calling it "very depressing." In an interview Saturday with CNN's Michael Smerconish, Carville was asked about a recent op-ed in The New York Times in which he blamed the economy for the vice president's defeat, leaning heavily on his famous catchphrase: 'It's the economy, stupid." |
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shared his approach to dealing with tech mogul Elon Musk who lately has traded barbs with German politicians, saying it is wise to not "feed the troll." "There are a lot of people on social media who want to attract attention with snappy slogans," Scholz said in an interview with German magazine Stern published on Saturday. |
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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) suggested the New York hush money case played a part in helping President-elect Trump win the 2024 presidential election against Vice President Harris. "Well, the great irony in all of this is that I don't think anyone did more to help elect Donald Trump president of the United States than Alvin Bragg and Tish James," Lawler said during his Saturday appearance on Fox News, referencing Bragg (D), the Manhattan district attorney, whose office prosecuted the case where a 12-person jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts. The president-elect has denied any wrongdoing. |
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OPINION | As the world hangs on every pronouncement of the president-elect, speculation abounds as to whether Donald Trump is just playing to an audience or is trying to intimidate to make a deal. He recently challenged the government of Panama over its sovereign control of the Panama Canal, potentially reopening one of the most divisive foreign policy issues of the 20th century. |
OPINION | Multiple times over the last four years, former President Donald Trump warned that the threat of terrorism was real and was rising. In October 2023, after noting that hundreds of individuals on the terror watch list — officially designated the Terrorist Screening Dataset — had been arrested at the border while potentially thousands had entered our country along with the millions of illegal immigrants purposely let in by the Biden-Harris administration, Trump rightfully asked, "What has happened to our country?" |
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BY DAN BARRY AND ALAN FEUER |
President-elect Trump and his allies have spent four years reinventing the Capitol attack, spreading conspiracy theories and weaving a tale of martyrdom. |
Tehran is bracing for a tough confrontation with the incoming Trump administration while holding a weak hand after setbacks in 2024. |
The congressional joint session to count electoral votes is expected to be much less eventful than the certification four years ago. |
The X owner and tech billionaire has boosted far-right figures in Britain, Germany and Canada with a blizzard of social media posts in recent days. |
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