Trump set to unveil 2026 agenda in address as approval ratings hit new low: Live

Washington Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of two Republicans left in Congress who voted to impeach Trump after the January 6 Capitol riot, announced he will not seek re-election.

In a statement Wednesday, Newhouse said the decision “comes with no reservations or remorse, only gratitude for the tremendous opportunity to have represented my home state in Congress.”

Read his full statement here:

As of last month, 50 members of Congress — 20 Democrats and 30 Republicans — were not seeking re-election in 2026, according to The Hill.

Vanity Fair published an explosive article in which White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles provided a rare look into Trump’s orbit.

In the piece, Wiles said the president had an “alcoholic’s personality,” called Vice President JD Vance a “conspiracy theorist,” and conceded that she believed Attorney. General Pam Bondi “completely whiffed” on releasing the Epstein Files.

Following the article’s publication, Wiles slammed it as a “disingenuously framed hit piece,” claiming that “significant context” was disregarded.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt similarly told reporters that the article was “another example of disingenuous reporting” and that Wiles’ quotes were taken “wildly” out of context.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed that the magazine “deliberately manipulated pictures and reported statements without context to try and make the WH team look bad,” adding “there is nobody more loyal or committed to President Trump’s mission than Susie Wiles,” he wrote on X.

However, the president, a teetotaler, stood by Wiles’ description. “I’ve said that many times about myself. I’m fortunate I’m not a drinker. If I did, I could very well, because I’ve said that — what’s the word? Not possessive — possessive and addictive type personality,” he told the New York Post. “Oh, I’ve said it many times, many times before.”

First Lady Melania Trump posted a trailer for her upcoming film MELANIA, which will hit theaters on January 30.

“Here we go again,” the first lady says at the start of the clip.

The documentary covers the 20 days before she returned to the White House as first lady.

Later, she says: “Together, we’re like-minded leaders. We have a voice.”

Last month, she announced the launch of her production company Muse Films, which is behind the upcoming documentary.

Donald Trump says he is considering an executive order to reclassify cannabis.

The move could significantly reshape the US cannabis industry, ease criminal penalties, and unlock substantial research funding.

“We are looking at that very strongly,” Mr Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, responding to reports of his intention to direct federal health and law enforcement agencies to treat cannabis as a Schedule III drug.

Trevor Hunnicutt has the full report…

Vanity Fair took a series of headshots for their bombshell interview with Susie Wiles, which has ignited a firestorm on the internet.

Instagram users said that the image of JD Vance should come with a “content warning,” with another describing one of the images as a “mugshot.”

However, the photographer, Christopher Anderson, says the images were meant to be honest portraits.

“Very close-up portraiture has been a fixture in a lot of my work over the years,” Anderson told The Independent. “Particularly, political portraits that I’ve done over the years. I like the idea of penetrating the theater of politics.”

“I know there’s a lot to be made with, ‘Oh, he intentionally is trying to make people look bad’ and that kind of thing – that’s not the case,” Anderson continued. “If you look at my photograph work, I’ve done a lot of close-ups in the same style with people of all political stripes.”

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he plans to give an address to the nation Wednesday at 9 p.m. from the White House.

“I look forward to ‘seeing’ you then. It has been a great year for our Country, and THE BEST IS YET TO COME!” the president wrote on his Truth Social platform Tuesday.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt later informed reporters that Trump will “talk a lot about the accomplishments over the past 11 months, all that he’s done to bring our country back to greatness, and all he continues to plan to do to continue delivering for the American people over the next three years.”

Trump announced the address shortly after he ordered a “total and complete blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers going in and coming out of Venezuela, escalating tensions with the South American country.

Donald Trump has claimed that Steve Witkoff was chosen to lead peace negotiations with Russia and Ukraine because he has the “best personality.”

Trump also claimed Witkoff “knew nothing about Russia” before taking on the role.

Witkoff was slammed by European officials for refusing to consult with experts on the war, as well as his 28-point peace plan which heavily favored Russia.

Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, has confirmed that Trump is in the Epstein files.

She claimed that the late sex offender and Trump were “young, single playboys together,” while speaking to Vanity Fair as part of a series of eleven interviews.

“Whether he was an American CIA asset, a Mossad asset, whether all these rich, important men went to that nasty island and did unforgivable things to young girls,” she said, referring to Epstein, “I mean, I kind of knew it, but it’s never anything I paid a bit of attention to.”

Billionaire Miriam Adelson said that Donald Trump should run for an unprecedented third term during a White House Hanukkah celebration.

As the GOP megadonor spoke, the crowd shouted “four more years,” before Trump quipped that she had offered to donate “another $250 million.”