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President-elect Trump is rumored to be considering replacing his Defense Secretary pick, former Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, with Florida...

What to know about the South Korean president’s martial law decree

Support independent journalism that matters — become a Vox Member today.South Korea is in the grip of a political crisis...

Trump’s defense pick Pete Hegseth faces deepening scrutiny in Senate

WASHINGTON -- Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Defense Secretary, spent a second day Tuesday on Capitol Hill, meeting...

What will the Democratic Party do in 2025? : The NPR Politics Podcast : NPR

The campus of Howard University is pictured after the conclusion of an election night campaign watch party for Democratic presidential...

Jeffries presses Biden to issue more pardons before leaving office

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is calling on President Biden to issue more pardons before he leaves office, notably...

Future tax rises won’t be needed, insists Rachel Reeves

The chancellor has said she will not need to raise taxes to "top up" public spending, after facing pressure to...

House Dems ripped for ‘tone deaf’ social media post on key issue affecting Americans: ’embarrassing’

A social media account associated with House Democrats was ripped by conservatives Tuesday over a deleted post suggesting the economy...

Rahm Emanuel: Democrats should ‘welcome’ Musk’s DOGE commission

Rahm Emanuel, who currently serves as U.S. ambassador to Japan, advised that Democrats should "welcome" President-elect Trump's newly created "Department...

Georgia protests to join EU. Here’s what to know.

Georgians are on the streets protesting following the government’s announcement it would pause the process to join the European Union...

Trump vows to block Japanese steelmaker from buying US Steel, pledges tax incentives and tariffs