Two more acts have canceled upcoming events at the Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. The cancellations come after the board voted to change the name of the building to the Trump-Kennedy Center, adding President Donald Trump’s name to the facade. The Cookers,…

President Donald Trump stated on Monday that Saudi Arabia is expected to eventually join the Abraham Accords, predicting an expansion of the U.S.-brokered normalization agreements between Israel and Arab nations. “At some point Saudi Arabia will sign the Abraham Accords,” Trump said, adding that the agreements “will be expanded fairly…

Democrats seeking to redefine the party face a dilemma: Defending government institutions President Donald Trump has been trying to shrink while also appealing to voters who believe politics and democracy are broken, according to recent polling. That tension is now shaping the Democrats’ midterm strategy as party leaders and would-be…

By Jim Mishler | Thursday, 25 December 2025 01:21 PM EST As Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021 following the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, many Republicans in Congress urged the government to provide refuge for Afghans who assisted American forces during nearly two decades of war. For months…

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., has become embroiled in controversy after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled his annual Christmas Eve concert in protest of the venue’s recent rebranding. Redd, a longtime performer at the center who has hosted the holiday event for years,…

Ten Democratic senators on the Foreign Relations Committee have written to President Donald Trump expressing their “urgent concern” over his decision to recall 30 diplomats from their ambassador posts. The senators noted this move has created more than 100 vacant ambassadorial positions worldwide. “This vacuum in U.S. leadership poses a…

Republicans should focus on lowering healthcare costs and overhauling the Affordable Care Act rather than extending expanded COVID-era tax credits that are set to expire in about a week, Rep. Randy Fine said Thursday. “What I’m hearing from my constituents is they want us to deal with healthcare and they…

President Donald Trump has announced plans to bring Japan’s kei-style vehicles—small, affordable cars and trucks—to American roads, positioning them as a practical alternative to increasingly expensive and large modern vehicles. The proposal follows Trump’s recent visit to Japan in October, during which he encountered the compact vehicles and later praised…