The billionaire and his company needed Speaker Mike Johnson's help to stop legislation that would have regulated social media for the first time.

LONDON — King Charles III used his annual Christmas message Wednesday to hail the selflessness of those who have cared for him and the Princess of Wales this year, after both were diagnosed with ...

Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah from Playbook’s resident Jew, filling in today while the usual authors take a well-deserved respite under the tree. We know many of you have presents to get to, so ...

I believe that I have a lot of respect from my colleagues and vice versa. I actually believe that I have grown in the party, as far as who people may have thought I was when I entered Congress, and ...

Will Musk defy gravity? He has the money, the platform, a Republican trifecta in Washington and a radically altered ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan’s airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan killed 46 people, mostly women and children, a Taliban government official said Wednesday, raising fears of further straining the ...

Happiness comes from what happens. Joy comes from a much deeper place, and it doesn’t matter what’s going on around you." ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that ...

NORAD’s annual tracking of Santa has endured since the Cold War, predating ugly sweater parties and Mariah Carey classics.

NIGHTLY FLIX — There was more than enough to keep keen political observers entertained this year outside of the cinema. The election year shaped up as one for the ages, with assassination attempts, a ...

“Relinquish the leadership,” Toronto lawmaker Rob Oliphant told Trudeau in a letter posted to X — one of about 20 MPs in the ...

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