The Democratic National Committee will elect a new chair on Saturday as the party seeks new leadership to guide Democrats through Donald Trump's second presidency.

With their confirmation hearings behind them, the fates of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee for health secretary, and Tulsi Gabbard, his pick for director of national intelligence,

Welcome to the White House’s own cinematic universe. Plus, the upcoming Democratic National Committee election and how candidates are pitching their digital plans.

Democrats harshly criticized President Donald Trump for a news conference Thursday in which he said that his predecessors and diversity were to blame for Wednesday night’s fatal collision of an Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport.

In his first interview since being sworn in as defense secretary, Pete Hegseth sought to clarify how the federal government plans to use Guantánamo Bay to detain migrants being deported from the United States.

Among the candidates vying to be the next chair of the Democratic National Committee is Ben Wikler, chair of Wisconsin’s Democratic Party.

Two state party leaders with similar backgrounds are the front-runners in the race to decide the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee and help lead the party after losses in 2024. Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party leader Ken Martin is widely seen as having the most support of DNC members ahead of the Feb.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka waded into the race to lead the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday, endorsing Ben Wikler to be chair. Wikler, the chair of

More than a dozen protesters, primarily affiliated with the Sunrise Movement, repeatedly stopped the DNC forum proceedings throughout the first 30 minutes. After five individual interruptions, six more protesters surged toward the stage, attempting to unfurl a banner, before they were forcibly removed.

Thursday: Jimmy Carter negotiated the Panama Canal Treaty, which went into effect in 1979 and established joint American-Panamanian control of the canal. That expired in 1999, giving Panama full control. See how to take part in the quiz at the bottom of this page.

TRUMP’S NARRATIVE SHIFT: In some ways, it’s a fairly normal day at the White House: press secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold a briefing at 1 p.m., President Donald Trump will sign a new tranche of executive orders at 3 p.m. and then at 5 p.m., he’ll head to Mar-a-Lago, where he’s due to arrive at 7:50 p.m.

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