DC

DC | Matthew Daly, Associated Press •

January 6, 2025

Biden, in 11th hour action, bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters

A spokeswoman for President-elect Donald Trump says the decision will be reversed after Trump takes office Jan. 20.

DC | Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press •

January 3, 2025

New Majority Leader Thune kicks off Senate session with pledge to preserve filibuster

Thune and Senate Republicans are taking power on Friday a little more than two weeks before Donald Trump will be inaugurated, cementing a firm GOP hold on Washington.

DC | Frank Corder •

January 3, 2025

Johnson retains gavel in dramatic Speaker vote

All three Mississippi GOP Congressman backed the Louisiana Congressman for Speaker while Bennie Thompson, the state's lone Democrat, supported his party leader.

DC | Colleen Long •

January 2, 2025

Biden is giving the 2nd highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional committee

Trump has said that Cheney and Thompson should be jailed for their roles in the inquiry Biden will award the Presidential Citizens Medal to 20 people on Thursday.

DC | Michelle L. Price, Associated Press •

December 30, 2024

Trump endorses Mike Johnson to stay on as House Speaker after government funding turmoil

Trump said Monday in a post on his social media network that Johnson “is a good, hard working, religious man.”

DC | Frank Corder •

December 23, 2024

Guest, others dissent in release of Gaetz House Ethics report, call it a “dangerous departure”

Gaetz had been under a yearslong investigation for allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, which he had publicly denied.

DC | Frank Corder •

December 23, 2024

Wicker, Hyde-Smith retain key U.S. Senate committee assignments in next Congress

Republicans will control the U.S. Senate come January 3rd when the 119th Congress is sworn in. Yet, the GOP is 7 seats from the desired 60-seat filibuster-proof threshold.

DC | Mark Sherman, Associated Press •

December 18, 2024

Supreme Court will hear arguments over the law that could ban TikTok in the US if it’s not sold

The law, enacted in April, set a Jan. 19 deadline for TikTok to be sold or else face a ban in the United States. The popular social media platform has more than 170 million users in the U.S.

DC | Frank Corder •

December 18, 2024

House Ethics Committee appears set to release Gaetz report after all

Mississippi Congressman Michael Guest chairs the evenly divided House panel. No statement has yet been released from Guest or the Committee.

DC | Kevin Freking, Associated Press •

December 17, 2024

Congress nears funding deal with more than $100 billion in disaster aid

Congressional leaders are nearing the unveiling of an agreement that will keep the federal government funded through March 14.

DC | Colleen Long •

December 12, 2024

Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency

Biden is under pressure from advocacy groups to pardon broad swaths of people before the Trump administration takes over in January.

DC | Michael Sisak, Associated Press , Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press •

December 10, 2024

DA suggests unusual idea for halting Trump’s hush money case while upholding his conviction

The proposals included freezing the case until he’s out of office, or agreeing that any future sentence wouldn’t include jail time.

News

News | Samy Magdy, Associated Press , Julia Frankel, Associated Press , Mike Corder, Associated Press •

April 13, 2026

Trump says U.S. military has blockaded Iranian ports to pressure Tehran

News | Jeremy Pittari •

April 13, 2026

Driver’s education to become mandatory in all Mississippi schools

News | Frank Corder •

April 13, 2026

Auditor White demands $7.4 million from private prison contractor

Business

Business | Susan Marquez •

April 10, 2026

C Spire completes work under Mississippi Capital Projects Fund to expand high-speed, broadband infrastructure

Business | Daniel Tyson •

April 9, 2026

Amazon investing another $12 billion in Central Mississippi

Business | Frank Corder •

March 31, 2026

Channel South, $105 million mixed use development, aims to transform Gulfport’s downtown

Culture

Culture | Robert St. John •

April 13, 2026

Life at the table

Culture | Alistair Begg •

April 13, 2026

Do not be ashamed

Culture | Matt Friedeman •

April 12, 2026

Spiritual revival – Is the key actually wanting “less”

Opinion

Opinion | Roger Wicker •

April 10, 2026

Rebuilding the American arsenal

Opinion | Russ Latino •

April 8, 2026

The truth about ACA subsidies after the “One Big Beautiful Bill”

Opinion | Sid Salter •

April 8, 2026

DC

Biden, in 11th hour action, bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters

New Majority Leader Thune kicks off Senate session with pledge to preserve filibuster

Johnson retains gavel in dramatic Speaker vote

Biden is giving the 2nd highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional committee

Trump endorses Mike Johnson to stay on as House Speaker after government funding turmoil

Guest, others dissent in release of Gaetz House Ethics report, call it a “dangerous departure”

Wicker, Hyde-Smith retain key U.S. Senate committee assignments in next Congress

Supreme Court will hear arguments over the law that could ban TikTok in the US if it’s not sold

House Ethics Committee appears set to release Gaetz report after all

Congress nears funding deal with more than $100 billion in disaster aid

Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency

DA suggests unusual idea for halting Trump’s hush money case while upholding his conviction

News

Trump says U.S. military has blockaded Iranian ports to pressure Tehran

Driver’s education to become mandatory in all Mississippi schools

Auditor White demands $7.4 million from private prison contractor

Business

C Spire completes work under Mississippi Capital Projects Fund to expand high-speed, broadband infrastructure

Amazon investing another $12 billion in Central Mississippi

Channel South, $105 million mixed use development, aims to transform Gulfport’s downtown

Culture

Life at the table

Do not be ashamed

Spiritual revival – Is the key actually wanting “less”

Opinion

Rebuilding the American arsenal

The truth about ACA subsidies after the “One Big Beautiful Bill”

A new take on an old question about who Mississippians trust with life-altering decisions

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