Trump announces Rep. Mark Meadows as new White House chief of staff

U.S. Rep Mark Meadows was announced as the new White House chief of staff Friday. President Donald Trump made the announcement on Twitter.

Program will send female veterans on Illinois' first all-women trip

A program that honors women veterans and their service wants to send those in Illinois to Washington, D.C., where they will tour war monuments for a day and be celebrated for their service upon their return home.

House makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Emmett Till murder

Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, the House has approved legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law.

Roger Stone gets 40 months in prison after Justice Department backs off sentencing recommendation

Trump loyalist and ally Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to 40 months in federal prison, following an extraordinary move by Attorney General William Barr to back off his Justice Department's original sentencing recommendation.

Kenan Thompson to host 2020 White House Correspondents' Dinner

Kenan Thompson will host this year’s White House Correspondents' Dinner and Hasan Minhaj returns as the featured entertainer.

Buttigieg says he's 'not going to be lectured on family values' by Rush Limbaugh

Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg hit back at criticism from radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh for his comments about the 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful’s marriage.

Bill introduced to pull funds from states that give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants

Republicans in the House and the Senate are introducing legislation that would block federal funds from states that allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses -- the latest move in an escalating fight over “sanctuary” laws.

Man carrying knife arrested outside White House after threat

A man carrying a knife was arrested outside the White House after he told a U.S. Secret Service officer that he was there to kill the president, police said.

House OKs bill letting undocumented immigrants seek damages from employers

Like California's controversial Assembly Bill 5, one of the PRO Act's stated purposes is to end worker misclassification and stop employers from denying workers benefits by doing so. It passed in a 224-194 vote, mostly along party lines.

Impeachment trial: Split Senate votes to acquit Trump on abuse of power, obstruction of Congress

A majority of senators expressed unease with Trump's pressure campaign on Ukraine that resulted in the two articles of impeachment. But the final tallies — 52-48 favoring acquittal of abuse of power, 53-47 of obstruction of Congress' investigation — fell short.

State of the Union: Trump touts 'Great American Comeback' in address

Standing before a Congress and nation sharply divided by impeachment, President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address Tuesday to extol a “Great American Comeback” on his watch, just three years after he took office decrying a land of “American carnage” under his predecessor.

Rush Limbaugh attends State of the Union address, receives Presidential Medal of Freedom

First Lady Melania Trump was seen putting the highest civilian award around Limbaugh’s neck. He sat next to her during the speech when the president made the announcement. Limbaugh appeared to be surprised by the honor.