WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday announced what he called “The Patriot Games,” a new nationwide competition that will pit teenage representatives from twelve Democratic-run cities against one another in a mixed martial arts tournament staged in the White House Rose Garden.

Washington, D.C. — Dan Bongino, Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and former Secret Service agent, announced his resignation on Wednesday, marking the end of a brief but high-profile tenure at the nation’s leading law enforcement agency.

Washington - In a recent interview with Vanity Fair magazine, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles shared a candid insight into a moment of unconventional discussion during the Trump administration. Wiles recounted an instance when President Donald Trump entertained the idea of revealing previously unseen photographs of alien spacecraft held at the highly classified Area 51 facility.

Washington - President Donald Trump drew intense criticism over the weekend after making remarks widely viewed as insensitive in the wake of filmmaker Rob Reiner’s murder. The President appeared to double down during an unscripted exchange with reporters on Monday.

In comments that quickly circulated online, Trump described one of Reiner’s films, Being Charlie, as “tepid and insipid,” adding, “It was feloniously derivative of Truffaut’s The 400 Blows and lacked the visceral realism of Scorsese’s Taxi Driver.”

Washington — JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, observed Hanukkah this week with a small, private gathering that paired traditional holiday rituals with a traditional dish of potato latkes tikka masala.

According to individuals familiar with the event, the Vances hosted family members and close friends for an evening that included the lighting of the menorah and a dinner centered on customary Hanukkah foods. The gathering followed traditional observances, with brief reflections on the holiday’s themes of perseverance and religious freedom.

Washington — A new tranche of photographs from the estate of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein includes previously unpublished images showing a number of high-profile figures, among them actor Dick Van Dyke, filmmaker Woody Allen and King Charles III, according to materials released Friday by Democrats on the U.S. House Oversight Committee.

Los Angeles - Acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has announced plans for a stylized reinterpretation of Carrie, Stephen King’s classic 1974 novel about a bullied teenager with telekinetic powers. The project, described by sources close to the production as a “mythic, emotionally heightened fable,” is slated to begin pre-production early next year.