A federal commission packed with the president's allies will review the planned 250-foot project, as a federal judge weighs whether to halt it.

Russian state newspapers also gave their mid-term election post-mortems, describing the result as a disaster for Trump and raising concerns that it could derail cooperation between Moscow and Washington. The government mouthpiece Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported that Trump's appearance at campaign rallies hindered rather than helped GOP candidates.

When Donald Trump gathered news crews and administration officials at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool earlier this week, it was obvious that he wanted to offer a strong closing pitch ahead of Election Day.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog described President Donald Trump’s Midterm Election Day announcement that he would end US military aid to Israel as “a bolt from the blue.”

Outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie is upping his pressure campaign for President Donald Trump to fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Some Republicans are looking for someone to blame for the disastrous midterm results and claim the war in Iran explains how they lost both the House and the Senate by large margins.

The conviction, on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to obscure a $130,000 payment to adult film performer Stormy Daniels, continues to nettle Trump enough that he denounced it on social media as recently as September.

Melania Trump called the Oleshky ceasefire "a spark in a world of darkness" as Russian and Ukrainian envoys praised the deal at a rare White House event.

Corruption topped the list of concerns for voters who ousted Republicans and handed Democrats control of Congress in the midterm elections. Now, the newly empowered Democratic Party is putting the issue front and center as its leaders chart their course for investigations and policymaking.

Construction of Trump's "Triumphal Arch" in Washington D.C. could begin on Friday morning following a last minute application review.

Democrats flipped both the Senate and the House of Representatives in Tuesday’s midterm elections as voters delivered a decisive rebuke of Trump and the Republican Party.

The Alaska Senate race has yet to be called, as the state continues to count remaining mail-in ballots. Democrat Mary Peltola holds a small lead with nearly 80% of the vote in, but if neither candidate receives a majority of the vote, a ranked-choice tabulation will take place on Nov. 18.

Documents show that the administration maintained contacts with Iranian officials during the war over the removals.