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Trump gives a partisan prime-time address insisting the economy is stronger than many voters feel 12/17/2025 10:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump delivered a politically charged speech Wednesday carried live in prime time on network television, seeking to pin the blame for economic challenges on Democrats while announcing he is sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas. The remarks The Latest: Trump addresses the American public in a live speech from the White House 12/17/2025 09:53pm • President Donald Trump delivered a speech live from the White House on Wednesday night where he discussed his achievements and touched on some of his agenda for next year and beyond. The president’s predecessor, whom Trump continues to lambaste regularly, figured prominently at the start of his ad Trump demands Venezuela pay for seized US oil assets after calling for 'blockade' 12/17/2025 09:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump demanded Wednesday that Venezuela return assets that it seized from U.S. oil companies years ago, justifying anew his announcement of a “blockade” against oil tankers traveling to or from the South American country that face American sanctions. Trump ci FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to resign next month as bureau's No 2 official 12/17/2025 09:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Wednesday that he will resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and was forced to reconcile the realities of his law House rejects resolutions to limit Trump's campaign against Venezuela and drug cartels 12/17/2025 08:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans rejected a pair of Democratic-backed resolutions Wednesday that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s power to use military force against drug cartels and the nation of Venezuela. Democrats forced the votes using war powers resolutions as Trump ha Bowser talks about the next steps in the District's response to the House Committee's report on crime data manipulation 12/17/2025 08:29pm • Outgoing D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith has been accused by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of manipulating crime data to maintain the appearance of low crime in the District. On Wednesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser talked about the next steps D.C. is taking following the rel Reports: A Chicago-based investment group is nearing a deal to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins 12/17/2025 08:25pm • A family-owned, Chicago-based investment company is closing in on a deal to purchase the Pittsburgh Penguins from Fenway Sports Group. Multiple outlets, including Victory Sports and ESPN, citing anonymous sources, reported Wednesday that the Hoffmann Family of Companies is nearing the final stages o States brace for Trump's push to make oil drilling cheap again 12/17/2025 07:32pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Republican push to make drilling cheaper on federal land is creating new fiscal pressure for states that depend on oil and gas revenue, most notably in New Mexico as it expands early childhood education and saves for the future. The shift stems from the sweeping law Preside 4 Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies 12/17/2025 07:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans. The stunning m Twins swap lead owner from one Pohlad to another as new partners join push for on-field improvement 12/17/2025 06:46pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After a long exploration of selling the Minnesota Twins, the Pohlad family emerged with a reinforced desire to keep the team — and some uncomfortable conclusions that strained their relationships. An already dissatisfied fan base was further disappointed to find out the only n Reston man arrested in fatal shooting had been released from custody the day prior 12/17/2025 06:36pm • A manhunt has ended Wednesday with police taking a suspect into custody who is accused of killing a man inside a home in Reston, Virginia. Drones, a helicopter and K-9s scoured a neighborhood in search of a man who Fairfax County police allege was behind the shooting. Marvin Fernando Morales-O Senate passes $901 billion defense bill that pushes Hegseth for boat strike video 12/17/2025 05:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate gave final passage Wednesday to an annual military policy bill that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs while pressuring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide lawmakers with video of strikes on alleged drug boats in international water near Venezuela. T Senate approves bill inspired by DC plane crash to ensure military aircraft will broadcast location 12/17/2025 05:31pm • The Senate moved quickly Wednesday afternoon to close a loophole that could allow military aircraft to fly without broadcasting their locations just like an Army helicopter was doing last January before it collided with an airliner over Washington, D.C., killing 67 people. Just hours after passing a The Lumbee Tribe's federal recognition is assured with a final push by Trump 12/17/2025 05:29pm • The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina achieved a goal more than a century in the making on Wednesday when it secured federal recognition as a tribal nation through the passage of a defense bill in Congress. The state-recognized tribe, whose historic and genealogical claims have been called into questio Energy Department watchdog will audit Trump's cuts of nearly $8B in clean energy grants 12/17/2025 05:29pm • An internal watchdog in the U.S. Department of Energy will investigate the Trump administration’s termination of $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects across 16 states that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. The move is especiall