WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing for a more aggressive immigration crackdown in 2026 with billions in new funding, including by raiding more workplaces — even as backlash builds ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

President Donald Trump raged at the FBI for making a “mess” of his wife Melania’s “panties” during a raid on their Mar-a-Lago estate.

“I think she steams them,” he offered at one point, hoping to underscore the violation Melania Trump felt when, in his telling, FBI agents rummaged through the pristine undergarments — “sometimes referred to as panties” — during their 2022 search of Mar-a-Lago.

Trump swept rural Michigan on promises to ease the cost of living. Persistent inflation is testing that pledge and the patience of voters who put him in office.

The president ran to Truth Social to praise the “amazing” crowd at his final rally of 2025, despite reports that many found other ways to spend their Friday night.

How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation’s sprawling bureaucracy.

The U.S. Coast Guard stopped and boarded a tanker carrying Venezuelan oil early Saturday, according to a U.S. official and two people inside Venezuela’s oil industry. The vessel, which was flying a Panamanian flag,

Back in January, as Trump triumphantly returned to the White House for a second term, he vowed to remake the economy, the federal bureaucracy, immigration policy and much of U.S. cultural life. He delivered on much of that agenda, becoming one of the most powerful presidents in modern U.S. history.

On Tuesday, Trump threatened what he called a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers traveling in and out of Venezuela, ratcheting up pressure on the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose government depends in part on revenue derived from oil sales.

Stefanik abandons New York gubernatorial bid with Trump's failure to endorse her being the most significant reason for the decision, a source tells Fox News Digital.

According to polling by AtlasIntel, Trump's approval rating has declined by 5 percentage points in the last month.

President Donald Trump addressed the nation on Wednesday night to tout his first year in office and preview his 2026 agenda.