President Donald Trump has been dealt another polling blow ahead of Christmas. A new survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that rising financial strain is causing Americans to cut back on non-essential spending and put off big-ticket item purchases ahead of the holiday season.

President Donald Trump participates in a bill signing ceremony.

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) highlighted the hypocrisy, writing on X, formerly Twitter: “Trump needs private jets and an Oval Office covered in gold but your kid only needs one pencil.” Others mocked the president as “the Grinch Who Stole Christmas” and sarcastically called it a “winning message” just before the holidays.

Judge Dale Drozd has rejected a bid by the DOJ to throw out a lawsuit challenging more than $4 billion in federal grant cuts.

A source revealed why Tom Cruise's space film project announced in 2020 reportedly never happened, citing the actor's reluctance to request NASA cooperation from President Donald Trump.

Marijuana currently is classified as a Schedule I drug, which the DEA describes as a substance with no "medical use and a high potential for abuse."

Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, criticized a new executive order aimed at blocking states from creating their own artificial intelligence ( AI) regulations. Trump told reporters that “there’s only going to be one winner” as nations compete to dominate in the field of AI.

The US ambassador to the UN has accused Rwanda of leading Africa's Great Lakes region toward war, just over a week after a peace deal was signed in Washington to end the decades-long conflict. US President Donald Trump Trump hailed the deal between DR Congo's President Félix Tshisekedi and Rwanda's President Paul Kagame as "historic" and "a great day for Africa,