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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., prepares to speak to reporters following a strategy session with House Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., prepares to speak to reporters following a strategy session with House Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson unveils health care plan as divided Republicans scramble for alternative

The Senate failed to get anywhere on health care this week. Now it’s the House’s turn. Speaker Mike Johnson late Friday released a package of proposal to address growing health care costs.

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House Democrats release photos of Trump, Clinton and Andrew from Epstein’s estate

Trump was unable to insult his way to victory in Indiana redistricting battle

Former FBI Director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Justice Department faces hurdle in seeking case against Comey as judge finds constitutional problems

Democratic former Sen. Doug Jones launches campaign for Alabama governor

Trump says Epstein photos are ‘no big deal’

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Trump laments Indiana Senate’s decision on redistricting, says ‘it would have been nice’

White House: Trump administration plans to ‘seize’ oil from tanker taken off Venezuelan coast

Video shows the moment US forces seize oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela

Tracking Trump’s second term

Tracking approval and key issues: The latest AP-NORC polls

· HUMERA LODHI, EUNICE ESOMONU, LINLEY SANDERS, HYOJIN YOO, PABLO BARRIA URENDA

Tracking Trump’s presidential promises

· CAL WOODWARD, HUMERA LODHI, EUNICE ESOMONU

Who Donald Trump chose to help lead in his second term as president

· HUMERA LODHI, PARKER KAUFMANN, CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER

A grid of images of members of Trump's cabinet

Tracking Trump’s Cabinet nominations

· PARKER KAUFMANN, HUMERA LODHI, CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER, SARA BURNETT

The push alerts of the first 100 days of the Trump administration

· MAYA SWEEDLER, SARA BURNETT, HUMERA LODHI, LINDA GORMAN, ANNIE NG

This undated photo released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows former President Bill Clinton, Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein, with Clinton's signature at the top of the photo. (House Oversight Committee via AP)

GOP chairman threatens Clintons with contempt of Congress in Epstein inquiry

FILE -A claw operator scoops up debris from homes demolished following Hurricane Helene in Old Fort, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

FEMA to send Georgia more than $300 million in Hurricane Helene relief after accusations of delays

President Donald Trump gestures during a signing ceremony on an AI initiative in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says he’s sealed Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire, but fighting continues

Work continues on the contruction of the ballroom at the White House, Tuesday, Dec., 9, 2025, in Washington, where the East Wing once stood. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump sued by preservationists seeking reviews and congressional approval for ballroom project

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference at Harry Reid International Airport, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill)

TSA renews push to end collective bargaining agreement for airport security screeners

Salt Lake Education Association Vice President Chelsie Acosta cheers with other educators and union members in opposition to HB 267: Public Sector Labor Union Amendments, at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 31, 2025. (Laura Seitz/ Deseret News via AP File)

Utah repeals ban on collective bargaining for teachers, firefighters and police unions

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks as Derek Barrs, Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, listens during a news conference at the Department of Transportation in Washington, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Problems with commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants found in 8 states so far

Jamie Schanbaum, whose legs and fingers were amputated after she contracted meningitis as a college student, testifies in support of vaccine mandates at a public hearing held by the Florida Department of Health on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025 in Panama City Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Kate Payne)

Florida plows ahead with push to roll back certain vaccine mandates for schoolchildren

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during a taping of FOX News Channel's Special Report with Bret Baier at the Washington bureau of FOX News, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

Illinois becomes 12th state to provide medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill

A voter carries his ballot to a booth at a polling station, Nov. 4, 2025, in Lawrence, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Justice Department sues 4 more states for access to detailed voter data

A Boeing V-22 Osprey is seen on Aug. 13, 2022, in Senja, Norway, after an emergency landing due to a clutch issue. (Norwegian Armed Forces via AP, File)

Navy investigation finds Osprey safety issues were allowed to grow for years

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks with reporters during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Justice Department asks appeals court to block judge’s contempt inquiry in mass deportation case

A monarch butterfly feeds on milkweed Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

Trump administration delays decision on federal protections for monarch butterflies

An American Sign Language interpreter, right, signs as President Donald Trump arrives for the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, near the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump administration says sign language services ‘intrude’ on Trump’s ability to control his image

FILE -Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks as Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Sen. Ron Johnson asks DOJ to investigate Wisconsin judge in former Trump attorney’s case

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a news conference at the Department of Transportation in Washington, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

New York is the 8th state found to have improperly issued commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants

A Somali flag flies alongside the United States and Vermont flags outside the Winooski School District building, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Winooski, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)

Somali flag flown outside Vermont school building over Trump ‘garbage’ slur brings threats

Kindergarten teacher Christin Labriola reads the book "Dumpling Soup" to her class, incorporating Asian American and Pacific Islander subjects in her class at Webster Hill Elementary School in West Hartford, Conn., on Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Efforts to require Asian American history in schools after anti-Asian hate starting to pay off

Shoppers browse through Kohl's department store for Black Friday deals, Nov. 28, 2025, in Woodstock, Ga. (AP Photo/Megan Varner, File)

This holiday season isn’t very merry for consumers, an AP-NORC poll finds

Former Chinese official Li Chuanliang films a YouTube broadcast from the Mayflower Church community in Midland, Texas, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

PHOTO ESSAY: In Texas, a former Chinese official targeted by Beijing’s surveillance finds refuge

Jonathan Escalante stands over the broken window of his mother's car, which was shattered by federal immigration agents who took her away, during a federal immigration crackdown in Kenner, La., Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Immigration crackdown leaves teens to care for siblings after parents get detained

People protest outside the White House in Washington, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Lawmakers urge Education Department to add nursing to ‘professional’ programs list amid uproar

This Wisconsin State Capitol is seen on Dec. 31, 2020, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

2 Wisconsin congressional redistricting lawsuits may not resolve by 2026 midterm election

Ryan Crosswell, a former federal prosecutor who quit the Department of Justice in protest, speaks at a campaign event for his run for Congress, Dec. 4, 2025, in Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

Ryan Crosswell quit Trump’s DOJ. Now his resignation letter is part of his stump speech for Congress

President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump led Republicans to power. Now he’s confronting the limits of his influence

Former Chinese official Li Chuanliang walks between buildings in the Mayflower Church community, in Midland, Texas, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A Chinese official exposed his boss. Now in Texas, he’s hunted by Beijing - with help from US tech

Law enforcement officers guard outside an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., on Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Court blocks the release of hundreds of immigrants arrested in a Chicago-area crackdown

Candidate Tina Peters speaks during a debate for the state leadership position, Feb. 25, 2023, in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Trump pardons former Colorado elections clerk, but it alone won’t free her from prison

The Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters is photographed in Washington, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Federal judge orders FEMA to restore billions in canceled disaster mitigation funding

Flanked by Sen. Ted Cruz R-Texas, left, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump displays his signed AI initiative in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump signs executive order to block state AI regulations

Amtrak’s 18,000 workers to receive $900 bonuses, funded by executive cuts

Federal Aviation Administration administrator Bryan Bedford looks on as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a news conference on new drone regulations, Aug. 5, 2025, at the Department of Transportation in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Senator says FAA administrator failed to sell multimillion-dollar airline stake as promised

U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

New coins will commemorate 250th anniversary of American independence. Here’s how they’ll look

President Donald Trump speaks at Mount Airy Casino Resort, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, in Mount Pocono, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House votes to nullify Trump order and restore bargaining rights for federal workers

Federal Reserve unanimously approves reappointment of regional bank presidents