Good morning and welcome to The Independent ’s live coverage as the 119th Congress convenes in Washington DC and the House of Representatives elects its speaker, with Donald Trump’s Republican ally ...

A New York judge has set President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush-money case for January 10 — just ten days ...

Small businesses throughout the Chippewa Valley saw an overall positive result this holiday season. Stores like ‘Eau Claire ...

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In addition to Lively and Baldoni, Glaser also said that she plans on mostly avoiding talking about politics during her monologues at the Globes. “People are just tired of hearing about it, even ...

Ahead of today’s vote, Trump tells me he’s confident in Mike Johnson’s success; confirmed he’s been in touch with R holdouts, ...

ABC News’ MaryAlice Parks reports on President ... the sentences of nearly all federal death row inmates. Congress members urged President Joe Biden to exonerate civil rights leader Marcus ...

Showers have returned this morning with a level 1 light storm on the ABC7 Storm Impact Scale. The best chance for rain will be before noon today. Rainfall totals will be less than .50" but will ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was reelected to the top post in the House in a stunning floor vote on the opening day of Congress on Friday, securing the gavel on the first ballot. But the vote did ...

By Marc SantoraAndrew Higgins and Stanley Reed The authority’s official news media accused the ... Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series ...

CBS’ “Face the Nation" — Thune; Reps. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Mike Turner, R-Ohio, and Jim Himes, D-Conn.; Tom Homan, the incoming Trump administration’s “border czar." “Fox News Sunday” — Sen. Bill ...