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Sen. John Thune says House Speaker Mike Johnson has a ‘really tough job’ ahead with a thin GOP majority


“He’s got a lot of folks that are headed in different directions,” Thune said during an interview with ‘Meet the Press’ moderator Kristen Welker.

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Senior GOP lawmaker minorly injured


Live updates and analysis from POLITICO’s Congress team.

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Dramatic video shows terror suspect speeding past Bourbon Street revelers


New surveillance video captures the horrifying moments on Bourbon Street as a terror suspect in a truck sped past

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Donald Trump’s ‘hush money’ sentencing set for January 10


New York judge signals he will not order president-elect to be imprisoned despite conviction

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New York judge sets Trump sentencing days before inauguration


President-elect Trump’s bid to toss his conviction in his New York criminal hush money case was denied on Friday.

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Judge Upholds Trump’s Conviction but Signals Plan to Spare Jail Time


The New York judge who oversaw President-elect Donald J. Trump’s hush-money trial scheduled his sentencing for Jan. 10. Mr. Trump is expected to appeal.

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Quadrantids over NY: Will Lower Hudson Valley catch glimpse of 2025’s first meteor shower?


The Quadrantid meteor shower’s peak is scheduled to appear in the Lower Hudson Valley skies between 11 p.m. and midnight Friday.

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Federal investigators look into what caused Fullerton fatal plane crash



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Indians lead world’s top tech companies



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New Year’s Day in Chicago: The warmest, coldest, snowiest and wettest weather since 1872


It was a brisk start to 2025 with a high temperature of just 34 degrees. The first days of 2024 and 2023, however, were an ideal start if your resolution was to get in more steps or to walk the dog more often. The high temperature reached 45 degrees both days and were major contrasts to 2022. That’s when Chicago got off to a snowy start, with slightly more than 3 inches observed at O’Hare …