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President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico

January 7, 2025 at 4:29 p.m.

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” a name he said has a “beautiful ring...

The flag flies at half-staff for the late President Jimmy Carter at the White House, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. Carter, who was 100 years old, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Why are US flags being flown at half-staff on Inauguration Day?

January 3, 2025 at 7:49 p.m.

The U.S. flag code lays out parameters for lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff, including a 30-day period for current or former presidents to cover flags at federal government buildings...

FILE—Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., takes questions from reporters after presenting his final version of an interim pending bill to his caucus, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. President-elect Donald Trump has now abruptly rejected the bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown. Instead, he’s telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate — days before a deadline when federal funding runs out. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

What to know about the debt ceiling debate as a government shutdown looms in Washington

December 19, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a dispute over funding that is pushing Washington to the brink of a federal government shutdown.

FILE – Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump smiles at an election night watch party early Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

About 3 in 10 are highly confident in Donald Trump on Cabinet, spending or military oversight: AP-NORC poll

December 13, 2024 at 8:58 a.m.

Americans may have recently elected Donald Trump to a second term, but that doesn’t mean they have high confidence in his ability to choose well-qualified people for his Cabinet —...

Elon Musk carries his son X Æ A-Xii, after a meeting about President-elect Donald Trump’s planned Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Elon Musk gave $20 million to a super PAC promoting Trump’s position on abortion

December 6, 2024 at 8:36 a.m.

Elon Musk was the sole funder of a super PAC formed less than a month before the election that focused on advertising intended to convince voters that Donald Trump ‘s...

File – President Donald Trump appears on Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth at a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

What to know about Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick to serve as defense secretary

November 13, 2024 at 12:40 p.m.

In picking Fox News Channel host Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense, President-elect Donald Trump has selected a military veteran and popular conservative media personality with a large...

Voters line up outside the Bucks County Administration Building during early voting in the general election, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Doylestown, Pa. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam)

Here’s when polls close in Wisconsin, Michigan and other battleground states on Election Day

November 5, 2024 at 6:55 p.m.

The results on Election Day will come down to seven states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

This combination photos shows Beyonce at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, March 14, 2021, left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at a CNN town hall in Aston, Pa., Oct. 23, 2024. (AP Photo)

Beyoncé, whose ‘Freedom’ is Harris’ campaign anthem, is expected at Democrat’s Texas rally on Friday

October 24, 2024 at 12:34 p.m.

Beyoncé is expected to appear Friday in her hometown of Houston at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Esta combinación de fotografías muestra a Beyoncé en los premios Grammy en Los Ángeles, el 14 de marzo de 2021 (izquierda), y a la candidata demócrata a la presidencia, la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris, en un evento de la cadena CNN en Aston, Pensilvania, el 23 de octubre de 2024. (AP Foto)

Beyoncé visitará su ciudad natal Houston para asistir a mitin de Kamala Harris, dicen fuentes

October 24, 2024 at 11:57 a.m.

Beyoncé tiene previsto visitar su ciudad natal de Houston el viernes y asistir a un mitin de la vicepresidenta estadounidense Kamala Harris, de acuerdo con tres personas familiarizadas con la...

FILE – Arnold Palmer, center, is seen with his daughters, Peggy Palmer, left, of Durham, N.C., and Amy Saunders, of Orlando, Fla., inside the barn of the Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve, in Latrobe, Pa., during the dedication of the reserve June, 30, 2007. ( Kim Stepinsky/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP, File)

Arnold Palmer’s daughter reacts to Donald Trump’s references to her father

October 20, 2024 at 5:03 p.m.

One of the late golf legend Arnold Palmer’s daughters calls Donald Trump’s references to her father’s genitalia “a poor choice of approaches” to honoring his memory, adding that she wasn’t...

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