President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania paid respects to the late President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday before huddling with Senate Republicans for a wide-ranging discussion on his legislative priorities in the first 100 days -- including border security and energy reforms.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and her team overspent taxpayer dollars on pricy hotels and other expenses during her 2023 electric vehicle summer road trip that had been flanked by at least one gas-powered vehicle, according to the department's watchdog.

Reeling from a recent defeat on hemp legislation, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker lashed out at his fellow Democrat, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson who had publicly pushed to tank the bill.

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed its first major piece of legislation of the new Congress, the Laken Riley Act, to mandate immigration officials detain illegal immigrants who committed theft-related offenses.