Former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones has launched his campaign for Alabama governor.

A federal judge says the Justice Department violated the constitutional rights of a close friend of James Comey and must return to him computer files that prosecutors had hoped to use for a potential criminal case against the former FBI director.

The federal government’s crackdown on commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants has now found problems in eight states in the wake of several deadly crashes.

The Transportation Security Administration is renewing efforts to end a collective bargaining agreement with airport screening officers.

The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee is threatening contempt of Congress proceedings against Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Indiana Republican senators turned down President Donald Trump's redistricting proposal this week.

Florida officials are plowing ahead with a proposal to roll back certain vaccine mandates for the state’s schoolchildren.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced $350 million in funding for relief efforts following Hurricane Helene and Tropical Storm Debby.

Illinois residents with terminal illnesses may choose to end their lives on their own terms under a law Gov. JB Pritzker has signed.

The U.S. Justice Department is suing four more states as part of its effort to collect detailed voting data and other election information across the country.

The Justice Department has asked an appeals court to block a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March.

Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate allegations made by a former attorney for President Donald Trump in Wisconsin that a judge overseeing his felony case is guilty of misconduct and must step aside.

The federal government continues to find states improperly issuing commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants that remain valid after their authorization to be in the country expires, putting millions of dollars of funding at risk.

Indiana’s Republican-led Senate has decisively rejected a redrawn congressional map that would have favored their party, defying months of pressure from President Donald Trump and delivering a stark setback to the White House ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

A Vermont school district is receiving racist and threatening messages after raising a Somali flag at a school building last week.

A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered “professional.”.

A pair of lawsuits seeking to redraw congressional boundary lines that currently favor Republicans in Wisconsin are on track to be resolved after the 2026 midterms.

Ryan Crosswell, a former federal prosecutor, is running for Congress after resigning when the Trump administration dropped corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

President Donald Trump has successfully harnessed voter anxiety over the economy, immigration and crime to retake the White House.

The House voted to repeal President Donald Trump's executive order from earlier this year that aimed to remove collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal employees.

Local officials in Florida’s capital city have voted to sell a city-owned golf course built on top of the graves of enslaved people to a once-segregated country club.

The IRS Criminal Investigations unit is doing more than just cracking down on tax evaders.

A grand jury has declined for a second time in a week to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James.

A presidentially appointed council's meeting to announce reforms to FEMA was unexpectedly canceled, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Senators from both parties are pushing to change a defense bill after crash investigators and victims' families warned it could undo key safety reforms.

Mike Lindell, the fervent supporter of President Donald Trump known to TV viewers as the “MyPillow Guy,” says he’s running for Minnesota governor in 2026.

Hopes for solving a major health insurance issue are fading in Washington.

The Senate has rejected two partisan health bills on expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.

A new AP-NORC poll finds President Donald Trump’s approval on the economy has fallen substantially since he reentered the White House.

Some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges have been enrolling record numbers of low-income students as campuses prioritize economic diversity in the wake of a ban on affirmative action.

The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.

The Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk has made his first in-person court appearance as his attorneys push to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case.

In a resounding rejection of a pressure campaign from the White House, Indiana Republican Senators voted down a new congressional map created to give the GOP an advantage in the upcoming 2026 election.

American farmers are feeling the strain from trade disputes under President Donald Trump, particularly with China.

President Donald Trump has announced the long-awaited launch of a "gold card" program offering legal status and a pathway to U.S. citizenship.

The House votes to pass a sweeping defense policy bill that authorizes $900 billion in military programs.

Oil companies have offered $300 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico in the first offshore lease sale for the region since 2023.

Mega billionaire Elon Musk said his efforts leading the Department of Government Efficiency were only “somewhat successful” and he would not do it over again.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

President Donald Trump’s push for the largest mass deportation in history has had an outsized impact on the child care field, which is heavily reliant on immigrants and already strained by a worker shortage.

Democrats Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico have kicked off their Texas Senate campaigns with contrasting strategies.

Democrat Eric Gisler is claiming victory in a Republican state House district in Georgia.

President Donald Trump admits he used the slur “shithole countries” during a private 2018 meeting with lawmakers to disparage Haiti and African nations.

A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday refused to step aside as requested by President Donald Trump’s former attorney who faces felony forgery case related to the 2020 election in the battleground state.

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina could be federally recognized through the National Defense Authorization Act the House plans to vote on this week.

The Justice Department has challenged a court order that complicated efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey by making a trove of evidence off-limits to prosecutors.

Gov_ Ron DeSantis has labeled the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a "foreign terrorist organization."

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's still weighing whether to release the full video of an attack on an alleged drug boat that killed two survivors.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is set to testify on Dec. 17 before a special Georgia Senate committee.

Opponents of Missouri’s new congressional map have submitted thousands of petition signatures calling for a statewide vote on the plan backed by President Donald Trump.

Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is running for governor of New York.

President Donald Trump road-tested his claims that he’s tackling Americans’ affordability woes at a Tuesday rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania.

Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared to back a Republican-led drive, supported by President Donald Trump’s administration, to overturn a quarter-century-old decision and erase limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president.

Democrat Eileen Higgins has won the Miami mayor’s race over a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump.

Immigration lawyers and authorities say arrests of Afghans are on the rise following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. The suspect in the attack is an Afghan national.

At a nighttime event in Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump tried to emphasize his focus on combating inflation, although the issue couldn't quite command his full attention.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has designated one of the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups in the U.S. a “foreign terrorist organization,” following a similar step by Texas last month.

It's a tough time for CNN, which looks like it will be in management limbo for some time with Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid of its parent company, Warner Bros.

The Federal Reserve faces an unusually contentious meeting this week that will test Chair Jerome Powell’s ability to corral the necessary support from fellow policymakers for a third straight interest rate cut.

President Donald Trump’s former attorney in battleground Wisconsin is alleging that a judge presiding over his case and that of two other Trump aides charged with felonies related to the 2020 election is guilty of misconduct and must step aside.

President Donald Trump won't be getting his wish, at least not soon.

The Golden Globes have introduced a best podcast category that's likely to spark conversations.

Midterm elections are historically tough on the party of the sitting president.

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett has launched a campaign for the U.S. Senate in Texas.

The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to expand presidential control over independent federal agencies, signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of board members.

House Republicans in key battleground districts are working to contain the political fallout expected when thousands of their constituents face higher bills for health insurance coverage obtained through the Affordable Care Act.

An Indiana state Senate committee took the first step toward enacting a new congressional map.

Democratic governors who met over the weekend in Arizona say the party must focus on affordability in next year's midterm elections.

Democrats are hoping to win a race for Miami mayor after decades out of power.

Newly released photos of Rosa Parks emphasize lesser-known aspects of her legacy.

The National Park Service will no longer offer free admission to Americans on Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Juneteenth, but will waive admission costs on President Donald Trump's birthday.

A federal judge has rejected a request from the Trump administration to toss a lawsuit challenging the detention of migrants at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Big 12 Commission Brett Yormark says legislation currently stalled in Congress is needed to regulate college athletics and put a stop to what he essentially calls uncapped spending for name, image and likeness in football.

Mike Duggan is stepping down as Detroit mayor at the end of the year after three terms in office.

Republicans in the Indiana Senate are facing threats as President Trump pushes for lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional map.

The Trump administration is bringing back dozens of Education Department staffers who were slated to be laid off.

The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into whether U.S. airlines complied with an emergency order to cut flights at 40 major airports during the recent government shutdown.

Vanity Fair is parting ways with West Coast editor Olivia Nuzzi amid controversy over her past coverage of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. A statement Friday from Nuzzi and the magazine says they have mutually agreed to let her contract expire at the end of the year.

Rep. Darrell Issa tells the Associated Press he isn’t moving to Texas to run for Congress.

A federal judge has questioned the Trump administration’s authority and need to maintain command of California National Guard troops it first deployed to Los Angeles in June following violent protests.

Members of Congress now know that the U.S. military fired upon two people clinging to the wreckage of a boat allegedly carrying drugs — and they want answers.

The Social Security Administration plans to cut foot traffic to its field offices by 50% next year.

Indiana state House lawmakers have passed a new congressional map that could net Republicans two seats.

A prosecutor says the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack told investigators he was “disappointed” in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

President Donald Trump has finally met with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

The man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack confessed to the act in interviews with investigators.

The draw ceremony for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is underway at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. A record 48 teams will take part in the tournament field this summer.

A federal judge has ordered the release of Florida grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, citing the transparency law President Donald Trump recently signed.

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts.

The Justice Department has failed to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump.

The Supreme Court is allowing the challenged Texas congressional redistricting plan to be used in next year’s election, despite a lower-court ruling that the map likely discriminates on the basis of race.

A Missouri appeals court panel has ordered new wording for a ballot measure seeking to roll back abortion rights in the state.

Rank-and-file Republicans in the House are increasingly going public with anger towards their leadership.

A special congressional election in Tennessee this week highlights the power and consequences of partisan gerrymandering.

Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is staying in California.

President Donald Trump plans to visit Pennsylvania next week to highlight his efforts to reduce inflation.

Two Black men who were fired by President Donald Trump from the National Transportation Safety Board and the U.S. Surface Transportation Board accused the administration Thursday of discriminating against them as part of a pattern of dismissing Black leaders.

The New York Times is suing to try to stop the Pentagon from imposing new rules on journalists who cover the military.

A law enforcement officials says the FBI has made an arrest in its nearly 5-year-old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

From the election of Zohran Mamdani to the intrigue surrounding the jewel heist at the Louvre, keeping up with this year’s news also left some Americans struggling with pronunciations.