Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., swore in newly minted Rep. Christian Menefee, D-Texas, on Monday evening, bringing the overall House of Representatives margin to 218 Republicans and 214 Democrats.

Mr Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired xAI in a deal that encompasses the billionaire’s increasingly costly ambitions to dominate artificial intelligence (AI) and space exploration.

Democrat Christian Menefee, a former attorney for Houston's Harris County, has won a special congressional election in a left-leaning district in Texas, which has been vacant for nearly a year.

President Donald Trump has nominated economist Brett Matsumoto to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics, according to a Truth Social post Friday.

White House border czar Tom Homan vowed Thursday to remain in Minnesota leading Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations there "until the problem is gone." 

The president ensured that his first 2026 gathering of his secretaries on Thursday didn’t devolve into a three-hour, “boring” confab like last time, during which he was seen closing his eyes and faced accusations of dozing off.