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The coming impeachment trial for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has a twist.

The coming impeachment trial for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has a twist.

President Joe Biden is preparing to host the NCAA men's and women's championship teams at the White House.

Politics and sports go together like baseball and apple pie.

Mutual supporters of Sen. Tim Scott and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley are in a conundrum now that the two South Carolina natives are both candidates for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking that a federal judge be disqualified from the First Amendment lawsuit filed by Disney against the Florida governor and his appointees.

Perhaps the most unlikely feature of high-stakes budget negotiations going on in Washington is a debate over permitting.

While the world awaits Ukraine’s spring offensive, its leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy has already launched a diplomatic one.

Holding this week’s Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, the site of the world’s first atomic bomb attack, is an attempt by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to promote an anti-nuclear message.

College programs that leave graduates underpaid or buried in loans would be cut off from federal money under a proposal issued by the Biden administration on Wednesday.

A federal judge’s ruling striking down a key part of the Affordable Care Act has been temporarily put on hold by a federal appeals court in New Orleans.

Kehinde Wiley wonders aloud if he’ll ever reach a career moment of such import and gravity as his famous 2018 portrait of Barack Obama, which has drawn crowds around the United States.

International Organization for Migration chief Antonio Vitorino of Portugal faces what is poised to be a tight race against his Biden administration-backed American deputy, Amy Pope, as the Geneva-based organization chooses its next director-general on Monday.

Housing advocates are raising the alarm about House Republicans’ plan to dramatically cut the federal deficit to raise the debt ceiling.

When Joe Biden was running for president three years ago, he flew on a white private jet with his campaign logo painted on the side.

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency must regulate perchlorate, reversing a rollback the agency first made under then-President Donald Trump.

In the days since President Joe Biden formally launched his 2024 campaign, key members of the sprawling political coalition that lifted him over former President Donald Trump in 2020 are far from excited about the prospect of four more years.

A Fugees rapper accused in multimillion-dollar political conspiracies spanning two presidencies has been found guilty after a trial that included testimony ranging from actor Leonardo DiCaprio to former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Harry Belafonte, who died Tuesday at age 96, left behind generations of admirers and proteges.

An Iranian court has issued a $312.9 million judgment against the United States over a 2017 Islamic State-claimed attack on Tehran.

California's Senate Judiciary Committee has voted in favor of legislation to outlaw caste discrimination statewide.

The granddaughter of late Latino labor activist Cesar Chavez is moving from President Joe Biden's White House staff to take another high-profile position at the helm of his 2024 reelection campaign.

President Joe Biden has formally announced he’s seeking reelection.

President Joe Biden’s top domestic policy adviser, Susan Rice, is leaving next month.

President Joe Biden is expected to tap Julie Rodriguez, a senior White House adviser, to manage his reelection campaign.

In campaign 2024, Democrats are looking to find a successor for one of their top House candidates as they try to retake the majority in the House.

As the 2024 Republican field begins to take shape, the potential of a faceoff between Nikki Haley and Tim Scott is putting some of their mutual supporters in the critical early voting state of South Carolina in a conundrum as they weigh which candidate to support.

The case against a Fugees rapper accused in multimillion-dollar political conspiracies across two presidencies wound down with closing arguments Thursday that capped off a trial with testimony from actor Leonardo DiCaprio and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

The U.S. has transferred Guantanamo detainee Said bin Brahim bin Umran Bakush back to his home country of Algeria citing that his continued detention was no longer necessary, the Department of Defense announced Thursday.

A Fugees rapper on trial in a multimillion-dollar campaign finance and foreign influence case was trying to reinvent himself as he entered the political arena, not break any laws, defense attorneys say.

Holding up his family history as an example, President Joe Biden on Thursday told lawmakers in a packed parliament house that the story of Irish immigrants setting sail for the U_S_ is at the very heart of “what binds Ireland and America together.”.

President Joe Biden says his administration is expanding eligibility for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges to hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

Dozens of scientists from universities and environmental groups are pushing for the removal of the head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Steve Murdock, a former state demographer of Texas who served one year as the director of the U.S. Census Bureau, during which he helped keep the 2010 census on track, has died.

The Supreme Court will be the next stop for a legal fight over the pill used in the nation’s most common abortion method.

When President Joe Biden visits Ireland this week, you can expect him to visit an ancient castle, honor some of his ancestors and mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement among Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom.

An anti-abortion organization has planned a protest in front of a Montrose-area Walgreens on Saturday following a federal judge’s decision to put a hold on the federal approval of mifepristone overnight Friday.

A Texas judge who sparked a legal firestorm with an unprecedented ruling halting approval of the nation’s most common method of abortion is a former attorney for a religious liberty legal group with a long history pushing conservative causes.

A proposal to create more affordable housing statewide has run into howls of opposition in one of the birthplaces of the American suburb.

LSU’s national champion women’s basketball team will accept an invitation from President Joe Biden to visit the White House.

A federal appeals court has dismissed a challenge that Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states filed against a Biden administration environmental policy.

The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening rules that limit emissions of mercury and other harmful pollutants from coal-fired power plants.

Leonardo DiCaprio testified Monday at the trial of former Fugees rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel because both men have ties to a Malaysian businessman at the center of a massive international scandal.

Movie star Leonardo DiCaprio testified in federal court Monday morning as part of a trial involving international money laundering, bribery and a prominent rap artist.

Nearly four decades have passed since federal immigration laws got a major rewrite.

A state appeals court has ordered a new trial for the man accused of gunning down a Chicago honor student just days after she had performed at Barack Obama's 2013 presidential inauguration.

This year’s debt ceiling debate has a different feel to it for some lawmakers.

Federal prosecutors say a founding member of the 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees was enmeshed in political conspiracies involving millions of dollars in foreign money under two different U.S. presidents.

A report says a business jet flying over New England violently pitched upward then downward — fatally injuring a passenger — after pilots responding to automated cockpit warnings switched off a system that helps keep the aircraft stable.

A judge has ruled in a sealed order that federal prosecutors investigating the potential mishandling of classified documents at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate will be able to again question a Trump lawyer before a grand jury.

Who’s got March Madness fever, y’all?

Since starting at MSNBC last September, former White House press secretary Jen Psaki hasn't been hard to find on the air.

President Joe Biden has announced fresh measures meant to curb gun violence, detailing the changes from the scene of a mass shooting in California that left 11 dead.

President Joe Biden is confronting a significant challenge as his administration grapples with the fallout from the second- and third-largest bank failures in history.

President Joe Biden is preparing to announce new protections against oil drilling in Alaska and the Arctic Ocean.

Former President Donald Trump will release a new book next month that features letters from celebrities and politicians written to him through the years.

It’s a major international mystery with global consequences: Who was behind the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year in the Baltic Sea.

Former President Barack Obama is marking the retirement of the South Carolina woman credited with popularizing the chant “Fired up, ready to go!”.

The Supreme Court says it will take up a Republican-led challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a case that could threaten how the consumer watchdog agency functions if the high court agrees with the challenge.

As 2024's campaign season begins, politicians are looking in the mirror and deciding whether they see an American president staring back.

Democrats recently celebrated the 100th judicial confirmation of Joe Biden’s presidency and are clamoring for more.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Moscow is suspending its participation in the last remaining U.S.-Russia arms control treaty will have an immediate impact on U.S. visibility into Russian nuclear activities.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking aim at a new health hazard: online misinformation.

A California courthouse has been named for a native son who went on to a distinguished career at Harvard Law School, where he taught future President Barack Obama and his wife.

The Environmental Protection Agency is reaffirming the basis for a rule that requires “significant reductions” in mercury and other harmful pollutants from power plants.

In 2020, Joe Biden built his White House run around promises to beat Donald Trump “like a drum.”.

Nikki Haley made a subtle reference to the historic nature of her candidacy as she announced her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

A familiar face is positioned to take on the monumental task of rebuilding the understaffed and underappreciated IRS.

The subpoena to former Vice President Mike Pence is a milestone moment in a Justice Department special counsel investigation.

President Joe Biden is getting a new communications director at the White House as he inches closer to an expected re-election campaign.

Popular composer Burt Bacharach has died at 94.

Monday was supposed to be a day of modest hope in the U.S.-China relationship.

NATO is calling on Russia to respect the only treaty it has with the United States to keep a lid on nuclear weapons expansion.

A former University of Mississippi chancellor says Republican Gov. Tate Reeves spoke privately with him years ago about the benefits of expanding Medicaid to people in low-wage jobs.

Whether you feel like you have a strong understanding of black history, or you're working to learn more, we've assembled 10 facts, or anecdotes, from history.com, to help you grow your knowledge base.

Michelle Obama’s recent celebrity-filled book tour is becoming a podcast.

Not long ago, Joe Biden and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy used to have breakfast together in the then-vice president’s home.

Democratic congresswoman Elissa Slotkin of Michigan is taking steps toward seeking the U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Democrat Debbie Stabenow.

Texas military records show a National Guard member shot and wounded a migrant during a struggle this month on the U.S.-Mexico border.

President Joe Biden has hosted the Democratic congressional leaders at the White House.

A popular online chatbot powered by artificial intelligence is proving to be adept at creating disinformation and propaganda.

Lessons learned from the debt ceiling standoff more than a decade ago are rippling through Washington.

President Joe Biden’s decision to allow the FBI to search his home in Delaware last week is laying him open to fresh negative attention and embarrassment following the discovery of classified documents at his home and former office.

Prince Harry’s “Spare” has sold more than 3.2 million copies worldwide after just one week of publication and will likely rank among the among the bestselling memoirs of all time.

By temperament and manner, Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell are decidedly mismatched.

First lady Jill Biden's advocacy for curing cancer didn't start with her son's death in 2015 from brain cancer.

President Joe Biden and other past and present U.S. officials are honoring the late Ash Carter, who as defense secretary opened the way for women to fight in combat and for transgender personnel to serve.

The Outdoor Retailer trade show is back in Salt Lake City this week after a four-year run in Denver.

The head of the Florida Democratic Party has resigned after a disastrous midterm election in the onetime battleground state.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government is vexing the Biden administration as it embarks on policies that U.S. officials fear will run counter to longstanding American goals.

President Joe Biden’s administration has finalized regulations that protect hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, repealing a Trump-era rule that federal courts had thrown out and that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution.

Democrats in Congress have released thousands of pages of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns.

The White House and Senate Democrats are closing out the first two years of Joe Biden’s presidency having installed more federal judges than his two immediate predecessors.

White House holiday parties are back.

An IRS policy governing the audits of tax returns filed by U.S. presidents is under new scrutiny.

President Joe Biden toasted a reelection campaign with his French counterpart.

Outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s portrait was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol, a traditional honor bestowed on a tradition-breaking leader.

President Joe Biden says the U.S. “should have societal guilt” for the slow pace of action on restricting access to firearms as he marked the 10th anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Three newspaper reporters in West Virginia say they have been fired after publicly criticizing their company's video interview with a convicted former coal executive.

The Biden administration is slapping corruption sanctions on the son of Zimbabwe's president as the U.S. prepares to host a major summit of African leaders in Washington.