NEW: President Trump signs an executive order aimed at reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug:

“For decades, this action has been requested by American patients suffering from extreme pain.”

PRESIDENT TRUMP: “For the last four years the United States was ruled by politicians who fought only for insiders, illegal aliens, career criminals, corporate lobbyists, prisoners, terrorists, and above all foreign nations which took advantage of us at levels never seen before.”

PRESIDENT TRUMP: “When the world looks at us next year, let them see a nation that is loyal to its citizens, faithful to its workers, confident to its identity, certain to its destiny and the envy to the entire globe."

PRESIDENT TRUMP announces $1,776 bonuses for military service members: "Nobody deserves it more than our military."

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug — a move expected to ease restrictions so it's easier to purchase and sell, and pave the way for more research on marijuana’s medical purposes in a win for the cannabis industry.

'I WAS SO BROKEN': Hollywood star Jenny McCarthy opens up about how Charlie Kirk's death impacted her, saying the "dark day" unleashed a spiritual awakening that drew her and many others across the country closer to God.

"With every horrible thing, if you find the good, it can help you move forward."

A woman who allegedly pushed razor blades into loaves of bread at two Biloxi, Mississippi, Walmart stores was arrested.

ON THE WAY OUT: FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced he will leave the FBI in January.

He thanked President Trump, AG Bondi and FBI Director Patel for the opportunity to serve.

President Trump demanded the return of land and oil rights from Venezuela, saying "they took it away" and "we have a lot of oil there," Trump said. "They threw our companies out and we want it back."

Former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed a law in 2007 that had his government take a majority stake in the operations of foreign oil companies in that country.

On Tuesday, the president or...

'RESPECTED AGAIN': President Trump shares his vision for the nation's promise entering 2026, and why America will set the example of a prosperous country to the rest of the world.

HONORING OUR HEROES: President Trump announces nearly 1.5 million U.S. military service members will receive a bonus payment this holiday season in honor of America’s founding roughly 250 years ago.

“And the checks are already on the way."

NEW: Chloe Cole, who detransitioned when she was a teenager, praises the Trump administration’s efforts to protect children:

“Every boy and every girl deserves to be loved the way that they were beautifully created in their mother’s womb.”

“We're poised for an economic boom, the likes of which the world has never seen,” President Trump said while highlighting his successes during the first year of his second presidential term.

"When the world looks at us next year, let them see a nation that is loyal to its citizens, faithful to its workers, confident to its identity, certain to its destiny and the envy of the entire globe.”

People who regularly ate higher-fat cheese and cream had a lower risk of developing dementia over 25 years, according to a new study.

The study did not find similar benefits for low-fat cheese, low-fat cream or butter. Milk consumption, whether high- or low-fat, also did not lower dementia risk.

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‘COMPLETE INCOMPETENCE’: Minnesota officials and prosecutors sound the alarm over an unprecedented fraud crisis in the state’s social service programs, with losses potentially soaring to $2 billion.

The revelations have intensified calls for greater oversight, transparency and accountability.

“Minnesota is the epicenter of fraud in the United States right now,” Sen. Michael Kreun said.

NEW: Rep. Mike Quigley says immigrants are "statistically more law-abiding than everyday Americans" as Democrats push new legislation to prevent the Trump administration and ICE from working with local law enforcement to crack down on illegal aliens.

"This is a reign of terror," Quigley added.

The White House has installed plaques on the exterior of the building bashing President Trump's predecessors, including Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama, and promoting disinformation about their administrations.

The plaques were hung up below presidential portraits that have been on display on Trump’s recently added "Presidential Walk of Fame" in the White House colonnade.

The one placed...

The Kennedy Center’s board voted unanimously to rename the institution to the "Trump-Kennedy Center" in recognition of President Trump’s efforts to save the building from "financial ruin and physical destruction" over the past year.

"The new Trump-Kennedy Center reflects the unequivocal bipartisan support for America’s cultural center for generations to come."

'UNQUALIFIED': The man suspected of causing a massive fatal pileup in Tennessee was a Chinese national who illegally entered the U.S. from Mexico before being released by the Biden administration and given work authorization papers, according to federal officials.

54-year-old Yisong Huang reportedly could not speak English when he came to the U.S. in 2023, and obtained a commercial driver's li...