The first week of January was a busy one in Congress, where the GOP confronted a newly slim margin and divisions over health care and foreign policy.

Here's what New Jersey residents and other Americans think of U.S. President Donald Trump as the 2026 midterm year begins.

President Donald Trump paused his White House meeting with oil executives Friday to check construction progress on a new privately funded ballroom.

The White House said it will review its protocols for releasing economic data after President Trump's "inadvertent public disclosure."

The U.S. Supreme Court will not issue a ruling ‍on ​Friday in a major case testing the legality of President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs. The justices issued one ruling on Friday in a criminal case. The court does not announce in advance what cases will be decided.

President Trump wore a unique "happy Trump" lapel pin alongside his American flag pin while hosting oil executives at the White House Friday afternoon.

On one occasion in 2018, Trump tweeted that he was “looking forward” to the latest batch of employment numbers an hour before they came out, signaling good news for investors. The post marked a departure from longstanding presidential practices, observers noted at the time.

Trump's tariffs were earlier challenged in courts, and lower federal courts, which have already ruled that many of the tariffs exceeded presidential authority under existing laws. Stay tuned for the l

Most recently, the U.S. asserted itself in Venezuelan affairs, capturing the country's leader, Nicolás Maduro, on Jan. 3. Maduro was brought to America and indicted on four counts, accused of leading a 25-year narco-terrorism conspiracy, though he denied involvement in drug trafficking.