First Lady Melania Trump welcomed the official 2025 White House Christmas tree, a 25-foot concolor fir from a Michigan-based tree farm, to the North Portico of the White House -- celebrating the start of the holiday season and her second go-around as First Lady since President Donald Trump's re-election.

The Department of War has launched a formal investigation into Arizona Democrat Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain, over allegations that he violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice by participating in a video urging U.S. service members to “refuse orders" -- should they deem any action "illegal."