Democratic leaders are lashing out at a stop-gap spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the month.

Rivian Automotive is starting to build a long-delayed electric vehicle plant in Georgia, despite tough challenges in the U.S. market.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, is making his first visit in four years to the United States.

From the moment conservative icon Charlie Kirk was felled by an assassin’s bullet, partisans have fought over who’s to blame for his death.

China has launched two probes targeting the U.S. semiconductor sector ahead of trade talks in Spain.

The Memphis mayor says President Donald Trump’s TV announcement was the first hard confirmation he received that Trump would send in the National Guard to address crime.

President Donald Trump says he believes the Russian-Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50% to 100% for its purchases of Russian petroleum.

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed doing away with a program that has required large, mostly industrial polluters to report their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to the government.

A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump's administration to update its immigration services website to reflect 600,000 Venezuelans with temporary protected status are legally allowed to live and work in the United States.

Charlie Kirk began plotting a way to mold young minds into conservatism at an age when he was still sorting out his own path.

A company says detainees have started arriving at a former Tennessee prison that’s been turned into a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.

Republicans are taking the first steps to change the rules of the Senate to confirm more of President Donald Trump’s nominees.

A crowd gathered around a white canopy on a grassy college courtyard just weeks into the fall semester, eager to hear what the speaker beneath it had to say.

President Donald Trump’s goal of appointing a majority of the Federal Reserve’s board of governors faced a setback Tuesday when a court blocked his unprecedented attempt to fire Lisa Cook.

The Trump administration is ending several grant programs reserved for colleges that have large numbers of minority students, saying they amount to illegal discrimination.

Donald Trump's signature is under scrutiny in a distinctly unpresidential matter.

A divided appeals court has ruled President Donald Trump doesn’t have the authority to unilaterally remove and replace the director of the U.S. Copyright Office.

President Donald Trump has built most of his domestic travel around attending sporting events.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wants to cancel a public land management rule that sought to put conservation on equal footing with industry.

Ex-Vice President Kamala Harris says it was reckless for Democrats to let President Joe Biden decide whether to seek reelection last year.

The dismissal of fraud charges against 15 Michigan Republicans is the latest and most dramatic setback in the cases against the fake electors who were part of President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has welcomed foreign investment and talked tough against illegal immigration.

A Michigan judge has dismissed the criminal cases against 15 people accused of acting falsely as electors for President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.

An Associated Press analysis reveals that survivors of major natural disasters in the U.S. are waiting longer for federal aid.

Disaster survivors are waiting longer for federal aid.

President Donald Trump celebrated news that an alumni group from West Point canceled an award ceremony set to honor Tom Hanks.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Republicans are ready to change the chamber’s rules to allow quick confirmations of dozens of President Donald Trump’s executive branch nominees.

President Donald Trump often uses hyperbole to describe his achievements and challenges.

President Donald Trump has been using his second term to amass and wield unprecedented power.

Former President Joe Biden has decided to build his presidential library in Delaware.

Democrats and Republicans are testing dueling playbooks in fall elections that will decide the leadership of Virginia and New Jersey — and perhaps a new direction for the parties heading into next year’s midterms.

National conservatism is reshaping the Republican Party in President Donald Trump’s second term.

Fox News seemed to be dealt a crippling blow in a $787 million settlement of a libel lawsuit more than two years ago, but has instead thrived.

The Trump administration has decided to abandon a Biden-era plan that would have required airlines to pay cash compensation and cover lodging and meals for stranded passengers when airlines cause flight cancellations or changes.

Gabriel Sterling, known for defending Georgia's 2020 election results, is running for the state's secretary of state.

A reconstruction of the aborted deportation of dozens of Guatemalan children on Labor Day weekend illuminates the latest clash between the administration’s desire for mass deportations and longstanding legal protections for migrants.

Joe Biden recently underwent surgery to remove skin cancer lesions.

The Trump administration must release billions of dollars in foreign aid approved by Congress, including money that President Donald Trump said last week he won't spend.

President Donald Trump says the country would be on “the brink of economic catastrophe” without the import taxes he's imposed on U.S. rivals and allies alike.

Two years ago Gregory Bovino was relieved of command of the Border Patrol’s El Centro, California, sector and encouraged to retire.

The Border Patrol agent leading immigration enforcement in Los Angeles was removed from his position in 2023 under President Joe Biden.

Rep. Ronny Jackson has announced that the Navy has restored his retired rank of rear admiral.

The U.S. Department of Justice has requested access to voting equipment used in the 2020 election in two Missouri counties in what appears to be a wide-ranging effort to more closely monitor election processes around the country.

As Congress returns for a busy fall stretch, President Donald Trump is reaching into the affairs of the legislative branch, chiseling away at the separation of powers.

Republican senators say they are prepared to change the chamber’s rules to get around the Democratic blockade of President Donald Trump’s nominees, discussing a proposal to make it easier to confirm multiple nominees at once.

The top ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee says a classified meeting planned with a key U.S. spy agency was called off after it was criticized by Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist.

A federal appeals court has approved Illinois’ ban on carrying firearms on public transit, reversing a lower court decision that found the prohibition violated the Second Amendment.

President Donald Trump is suggesting that New Orleans could be his next target for deploying the National Guard.

At President Donald Trump's news conference, Fox News' Peter Doocy asked something that surely baffled those who avoided social media over Labor Day: “How did you find out over the weekend that you were dead?”.

Rudy Giuliani has been released from the hospital after being injured in a car accident in New Hampshire.

President Donald Trump has announced that U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama.

President Donald Trump announced that U.S. Space Command will be relocated from Colorado to Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary home.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Trump administration is listening to the Kremlin's justifications for its invasion of Ukraine.

President Donald Trump's administration has started requiring parents seeking to reunite with their children who crossed into the U.S. alone to attend interviews with immigration officers.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, Mayor Paige Cognetti is announcing a bid for Congress.

Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York says he will not run for reelection next year, according to an interview published Monday night by The New York Times.

As Congress returns to Washington this fall after a monthlong August recess, they will have to find a way to work with Democrats or around them as a government shutdown looms.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has endorsed Derek Dooley for the Republican nomination for the Senate seat in 2026.

"Thoughts and prayers."

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out speedy deportations of undocumented migrants detained in the interior of the United States.

President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products.

The Transportation Department has canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects.

President Donald Trump has revoked former Vice President Kamala Harris’ Secret Service protection that otherwise would've ended next summer.

In a letter sent to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, President Donald Trump said he wouldn't be spending $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid — effectively cutting the budget without going through the legislative branch.

The U.S. government is offering military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt.

A case that could provide the Trump administration with new and expansive power over the traditionally independent Federal Reserve got its first court hearing Friday.

The U.S. Education Department says Denver Public Schools violated Title IX protections against sex-based discrimination in education by creating all-gender bathrooms and allowing students to use bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity.

President Donald Trump’s recent focus on crime in Washington D.

A judge has ruled that Georgia's Fulton County must pay $10,000 daily until it appoints two Republican nominees to its election board.

The Democratic National Committee is seriously considering scrambling the party’s next presidential primary calendar.

Donald Trump’s vow to fire Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook is at the intersection of the Republican president’s efforts to consolidate power and purge diverse voices from the higher ranks of American leadership.

The Justice Department has reached settlements with a group of current and former FBI agents who have said they were disciplined for invoking their political beliefs or clashing with supervisors about approaches to investigations.

A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss has been appointed to an election integrity role at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook's lawyer says she'll sue President Donald Trump's administration to try to prevent him from firing her.

Lisa Cook made headlines three years ago when she became the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, one of the most powerful financial institutions in the world.

President Donald Trump has marked the fourth anniversary of a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members during the Afghanistan withdrawal by signing a proclamation honoring them.

The Trump administration has halted construction on a nearly complete wind farm off Rhode Island and Connecticut, citing national security concerns.

George Clooney has a long history with Venice, from film premieres to his wedding.

Ken Martin, the new chair of the Democratic National Committee, says he's bringing a bazooka to the fight against President Donald Trump and his Republican allies.

Donald Trump ran on a promise to use the powers of the government for revenge against those he believed wronged him.

Donald Trump was the Republican Party outsider in 2016.

The Trump administration said Friday it will not defend a decades-old grant program for heavily Hispanic universities that is being challenged in court, declaring that the government believes the funding is unconstitutional.

The federal government has released thousands of pages of records on the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till.

President Donald Trump on Friday announced the U.S. government has secured a 10% stake in struggling Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in a deal completed just a couple weeks after he depicted the company’s CEO as a conflicted leader unfit for the job.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped an investigation into a buy now, pay later company linked to President Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. The agency says the investigation was politically motivated against firearms companies and Trump Jr. On Tuesday, the CFPB notified Public Square Holdings subsidiary Credova it was no longer under investigation.

Fall is the time for publishers to release their most anticipated literary fiction, and this season will feature new books from Thomas Pynchon, Kiran Desai and Ian McEwan among others.

The upcoming literary season features long-awaited works from big names like Thomas Pynchon, Angela Flournoy and Kiran Desai.

President Donald Trump's administration has been pushing for the death penalty, but judges are blocking attempts to reverse previous decisions against capital punishment.

A $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News for its coverage after the 2020 presidential election focuses on the roles of hosts Jeanine Pirro, Maria Bartiromo and Lou Dobbs in spreading false stories about fraud in Democrat Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump.

Before his return to the White House this year, President Donald Trump faced a slew of criminal charges and lawsuits that threatened his finances and freedom.

President Donald Trump is blaming renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power for skyrocketing energy costs.

Iowa’s state party officials say it was a mistake that the party’s 2024 nominating calendar forced them to ditch the five-decade, first-in-the-nation caucus where community members publicly signal their support for a candidate.

A closely watched report says the number of people in the United States illegally surged to an all-time high of 14 million in 2023.

Former President Barack Obama has expressed support for California Governor Gavin Newsom's approach to redistricting.

The Trump administration’s announcement this week that it would rescind the security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials was hardly an isolated act.

The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on the International Criminal Court for pursuing investigations into U.S. and Israeli officials for alleged war crimes.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to resign after a member of his administration accused Cook of committing mortgage fraud.

Immigrants face increased risks this hurricane season due to aggressive immigration enforcement.

Hot mics have a knack for revealing unguarded moments in politics.

U.S. veterans of the war in Afghanistan are telling a commission reviewing decisions on the 20-year conflict that their experience was not only hell, but also confounding, demoralizing and at times humiliating.