Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., is resigning as the leading Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee and casting his support for Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., as his replacement.

Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The 2024 general election was run and administered well, a large majority of voters polled told the Pew Research Center.

Dec. 4 (UPI) -- President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former Securities and Exchange Commissioner Paul Atkins to replace current SEC Chairman Gary Gensler after he leaves the position on Jan. 20.

Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A winter squall is forecast to drop as much as 2 feet of snow as it moves across the eastern United States, according to reports from government forecasters.

Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Peter Navarro, convicted of contempt of Congress, was chosen Wednesday by President-elect Donald Trump to be a senior counselor for trade and manufacturing.

Dec. 4 (UPI) -- President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated billionaire SpaceX backer and close Elon Musk associate Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator.

Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The ruler of Qatar was in Britain this week for a two-day state visit to secure critical trade deals between the two nations as he met Wednesday with Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Dec. 4 (UPI) -- French Prime Minister Michel Barnier lacks the confidence of France's National Assembly, which on Wednesday night voted to force his resignation while approving a "no-confidence" motion.

Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court's conservative majority Wednesday appeared willing to uphold a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors, rejecting a Biden administration challenge to that law.

Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The Department of Veteran Affairs has launched a new campaign to help enroll more than a million veterans who are not enrolled in its healthcare system, including those exposed to blasts in recent wars.