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Donald Trump's allies have discussed dismantling a Depression-era reform intended to prevent bank failures and maintain trust in the financial system, according to a report.

Sources told CNN that the president-elect's allies are interested in shrinking or even closing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and giving the Treasury Department oversight of deposit insurance, but former regulators and academics say that makes little sense and questioned whether Congress would go through with that plan.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has failed to "grow a spine," according to GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.

Congressional Republicans took to social media to slam a short-term funding bill out Tuesday that would prevent a federal government shutdown just as the holidays roll around.

A shock outsider when he was first elected president eight years ago -- and a pariah when he left office -- Donald Trump appears to be the most popular person in America as far as the rich and powerful are concerned.

Tech tycoons, US politicians, foreign leaders and even some in the media have been lining up to kiss the ring of the 78-year-old Republican ahead of his return to the White House in January.

Amazon faces a growing threat of a major walkout in the United States, with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters announcing Tuesday that workers at four of the online retail giant's Southern California facilities have "overwhelmingly" voted to authorize strikes, joining employees at sites in Illinois and New York City.

The announcement for DFX4, DAX5, KSBD, and DAX8 in California came after authorizations at the Amazon delivery station DIL7 in Skokie, Illinois on Monday as well as the Staten Island warehouse JFK8 and the DBK4 delivery station in Queens on Friday. Workers at all seven sites want Amazon to recognize their union and negotiate wages, benefits, and working conditions.

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes the rounds on Capitol Hill, talking this week with Republican senators about his contentious nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, and as the media continues to unearth even more highly controversial statements the anti-vaccine advocate has made, almost 20 GOP lawmakers have begun to voice their support for the Trump nominee, while Democrats, widely expected to vote against confirmation, by comparison have been less vocal and less definitive.

The Washington Post is tracking the positions of all senators on RFK Jr.'s confirmation.

In the very early hours of Wednesday, Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform, attacking ex-Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and doubling down on his threat to see her prosecuted for opposing him.

On Tuesday the former GOP House member pushed back at a report released by MAGA Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) defending the president-elect over his part in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol that led to a House elect committee investigation.

As part of that report, the Georgia Republican suggested Cheney should be investigated by FBI, soon to have a new hand-picked director after Trump assumes power in January.

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In a statement, Loudermilk claimed, "It wasn’t to say one side was right, one side was wrong. It was to get to the facts of what really happened. Because you can’t fix a problem until you get to the root of the problem.”

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton late Tuesday asked a federal judge to determine whether the Biden administration is violating a permanent injunction by selling off unused border wall parts.

Paxton, a staunch Trump ally, is the latest in MAGA world to call out President Joe Biden after reports surfaced that the administration sold off unused parts of the U.S.-Mexico border. But the Texas attorney general appeared to be the first to take his complaints to court with the filing of a motion seeking to enforce a permanent injunction.

President-elect Donald Trump called on GOP allies in the Senate to help curb Democrats' last-ditch effort to nominate as many judges as they can before next year.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who is poised to lose his status as the chamber's leader next year, needs to confirm just two more judges to lifetime terms this week to surpass Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) record of 234, set during Trump's first term, Axios reported Tuesday night.

Congressional Republicans took to social media to slam a short-term funding bill out Tuesday that would prevent a federal government shutdown just as the holidays roll around.

In a tribute to the season, some lawmakers not feeling jolly about the 1,500 pages released got creative with their disapproval of the bill that would keep the government open until mid-March.

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) secured a victory on Tuesday at the cost of the Democratic Party, according to a writer at The New Republic.

Pelosi, 84, reportedly helped nix Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-NY) bid to become ranking member on the House Oversight Committee.

The National Rifle Association is continuing to hemorrhage money, a watchdog group reported Tuesday, as the infamous gun rights organization sees an ongoing loss of membership dues.

The NRA lost $35 million in revenue last year, according to the report from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW. That followed a loss of nearly $34 million the year before. The eye-popping figures forced the organization to "dip further and further into its reserve funds," the report found, causing its net assets to drop "nearly in half over the course of 2023, marking the second year in a row they had seen such a precipitous drop in revenues."

The shocking assassination of UnitedHealthcare's CEO on a New York City sidewalk earlier this month is viewed as “acceptable” by four in 10 young adults, an Emerson College poll found.

The survey concluded that 41 percent of respondents between the ages of 18 and 29 – a percentage that far exceeds any other age group – found the shooting to be either “somewhat” or “completely” acceptable.

An upcoming Pixar animated original series on Disney+ has had its dialogue altered to cut a subplot about a transgender character, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed Tuesday.

The series "Win or Lose" "follows a co-ed middle school softball team named the Pickles in the week leading up to their championship game. Each of the eight episodes center on the off-the-field life of a character and their point of view, whether it be a player, a parent, a coach or an umpire," the report noted.