These are challenging days for Democrats ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Their party has yet to land on a clear message or a leading messenger, leaving the president-elect mostly unchallenged,

This week’s events were a preview of the perils of governing that face Trump and Republicans in Congress, despite their narrow majorities.

Republican lawmakers say Congress’s near brush with a government shutdown shows that House Republicans do not have a functional majority, giving them a bad feeling about how difficult it will be to pass President-elect Trump’s agenda in 2025.

In an angry rebuke, Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino says “every square meter” of the waterway belongs to Panamanians.

President-elect Donald Trump urged Panama to lower Panama Canal fees during a speech on Dec. 22 and suggested his administration might seek to regain control of the canal.

The choice of Stephen Feinberg of Cerberus Capital Management comes as Pete Hegseth continues to face questions in the confirmation process for the top Pentagon post.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday he would nominate Houston billionaire hospitality mogul Tilman Fertitta to serve as U.S. ambassador to Italy. Fertitta, owner of the Houston Rockets and Landry’s restaurant group,

All the different hoaxes, and the new one is, ‘President Trump has ceded the presidency to Elon Musk,’” Trump said.

Donald Trump said Sunday that he will be president of the US — not Elon Musk. “No, he’s not taking the presidency,” Trump told a conservative audience in Phoenix, addressing growing complaints about the outsized role the Tesla boss has already had in his incoming administration.

Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with “The Apprentice,” is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United King

President-elect Trump has tapped Mark Burnett, a TV producer and the creator of "The Apprentice," to serve in a diplomatic role in the United Kingdom.