Here at USA TODAY Opinion, we like to end each year by looking ahead to the next, pretending we can know the future. Here are our 2026 predictions.

Trump’s national security strategy outlines a broad rethinking of American defense priorities—starting from the Western Hemisphere and branching outward.

The Trump administration will end the H-1B lottery, prioritizing higher-paid, higher-skilled foreign workers starting in 2026.

With this week’s disclosures in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal adding fresh fuel to the political fire, Donald Trump took an extraordinary step on Friday morning: The president directed the Justice Department and the FBI to launch a new investigation into ...

The Justice Department released nearly 30,000 more pages of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including many that reference President Donald Trump. The new batch comes as the DOJ is being criticized for heavily redacting many of the files and not releasing all of them by the deadline set by Congress.

Trump launched sweeping tariffs in 2025, triggering global trade wars, market turmoil and legal challenges over U.S. trade policy.

Arden Farhi is the managing editor for CBS News' Washington bureau. He has covered several presidential campaigns and the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations. His executive producer credit include "The Takeout with Major Garrett" and the CBS News ...

The order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a win for Mr. Newsom, a Democrat, who has vigorously opposed President Trump’s moves to control California’s National Guard since he mobilized some 4,000 troops in June. While most of them were later withdrawn, some 300 troops have remained under federal control.

President Donald Trump has added partisan and subjective plaques to a refashioned West Wing walkway he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame

Speaking from Palm Beach, President Donald Trump said 20 to 25 battleships will be built and become 'the flagships of the American naval fleet.'