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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he addresses a House Republican retreat at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on January 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. House Republicans will discuss their 2026 legislative agenda at the meeting. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump at House GOP retreat: ‘If Republicans don’t win the midterms, Democrats will find a reason to impeach me’

President Donald Trump told House Republicans that if the GOP fails to retain control in the upcoming 2026 midterms, Democrats will likely impeach him for a third time. Trump called on lawmakers to secure a decisive victory this November to protect his “America First” agenda by stopping Democrat overreach.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 05: Traffic lights point the way near the U.S. Capitol on January 05, 2026 in Washington, DC. Members of Congress are set to return to the capital Monday following a two-and-a-half week break for the holidays. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Congress debuts $174B spending package as Jan. 30 govt shutdown deadline looms

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill unveiled a $174 billion spending package on Monday, a critical step in a race against the clock to avoid a government shutdown — as the current funding expires on January 30, 2026.

In this photo illustration, a person files an application for unemployment benefits on April 16, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia. The government reported Thursday that another 5.2 million US workers filed for unemployment benefits, taking the four-week total to 22 million, a staggering figure in a downturn that economists say presents the country with its most severe outlook since the Great Depression of the 1930s. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

New U.S. unemployment applications fall to 1-month low

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits dropped unexpectedly last week to one of the lowest levels this year.

Charlie Kirk, his assassination and his wife top Google’s 2025 most trending searches

Google has released a list of top search trends for 2025, with Charlie Kirk, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Zohran Mamdani and Kpop Demon Hunters at the forefront of people’s minds this year.

TOPSHOT - A view of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Christmas tree on December 5, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images)

Fed. Reserve cuts rate another quarter-point

The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced on Wednesday that it would lower the target range for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points, a quarter-point cut, to 3.50%–3.75%.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) delivers a speech on national security at the Council of Foreign Relations on September 05, 2025 in New York City. The speech included a call for the U.S. Government to "prioritize our national security infrastructure around middle-class economics". (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) / US President Donald Trump looks on during a meeting with the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on November 17, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Democrats to U.S. military: ‘You must refuse illegal orders’

A coalition of six Democrat members of Congress with military or intelligence backgrounds released a 60-second video titled “Don’t Give Up the Ship” on Tuesday — explicitly urging U.S. service members and those in the intelligence community to “refuse illegal orders” from leaders in the Trump administration.