August recess can't hide tensions ahead for Congress on spending and Trump nominations

The Justice Department seeks voter and election information from at least 19 states, AP finds

It's Trump's economy now. The latest financial numbers offer some warning signs

Federal Reserve Governor Kugler steps down, giving Trump slot to fill

Trump plans to revive the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren

Senate confirms Trump's pick for counterterrorism agency, a former Green Beret with extremist ties

Republicans consider changing Senate rules to speed confirmation of Trump nominees

Former Vice President Kamala Harris says she will not run for California governor in 2026

Senate committee advances Trump nominee to lead cybersecurity agency that protects election systems

Trump meets with candidates for four-star general in break with tradition, White House acknowledges

Government shutdown talk is starting early ahead of a difficult funding fight in Congress this fall

Approval of Israel's military action in Gaza drops among Democrats and independents: Gallup poll

Wallis Annenberg, billionaire philanthropist who backed arts, science and other causes, dies at 86

Trump once decried the idea of presidential vacations. His Scotland trip is built around golf

The House is looking into the Epstein investigation. Here's what could happen next

Muslim leaders increase security after vandalism reports at Texas and California mosques

Trump's trip to Scotland as his new golf course opens blurs politics and the family's business

A replica Oval Office near the White House just got a Trump makeover

Supreme Court allows Trump to remove 3 Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission

House Democrats launch bid to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein files

Trump likes renaming people, places and things. He's not the first to deploy that perk of power

The history of Native American sports name changes, from the Obama era to Trump's latest comments

Trump appointees pushed more marble in Fed building renovation White House now attacks

Trump's firing of 2 Democrats on the Federal Trade Commission was unconstitutional, judge rules

Trump won't recommend special counsel in Epstein investigation, spokeswoman says

Just 1 in 4 U.S. adults say President Donald Trump’s policies have helped them.

The National Urban League has declared a “state of emergency” over civil rights policies in response to the Trump administration.

The nation’s largest public utility says it is looking at other sites for a new natural gas power plant after its preferred location in Tennessee drew heavy public scrutiny, including from country musician John Rich.

President Donald Trump is countering criticism of the Justice Department’s failure to release much-hyped records around the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, accusing former government officials including Barack Obama, Joe Biden and James Comey of tampering with related documents.

Twenty Democratic-led states have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency over the cancellation of a disaster mitigation grant program.

A former senior aide to first lady Jill Biden has declined to answer questions as part of a House Republican probe into former President Joe Biden's mental state.

Health Secretary Robert F.

Democrats are latching on to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

Global views of China and its leader Xi Jinping have improved, while opinions of the U.S. and Donald Trump have declined.

A federal grand jury has indicted the man accused of fatally shooting a prominent Minnesota state representative and her husband and seriously wounding a state senator and his wife.

Once a powerful watchdog for financial wrongdoing, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has seen its enforcement efforts grind to a halt under the Trump administration.

Immigration authorities are pressuring landlords to share tenant information, including leases and IDs.

Inflation rose last month to its highest level since February as President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs push up the cost of a range of goods, including furniture, clothing, and large appliances.

The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s first judicial pick of his second term, voting along party lines to approve Whitney Hermandorfer as a judge for the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mystery novelist Martin Cruz Smith, known for such Arkady Renko thrillers as “Gorky Park,” has died at age 82.

Sesame Workshop has regained control of Elmo's X account after a hacker posted racist and antisemitic messages.

Democratic President Joe Biden handed out subsidies to chipmakers and electric vehicle manufacturers.

Many Native Americans are marking ceremonies like graduations with bald eagle feathers, a form of reverence for the bird they have always held sacred as a messenger to the Creator.

The federal government has dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines worth thousands of dollars during the pandemic.

One year after Donald Trump's near-assassination at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, friends and allies see some signs of a changed man.

Younger Democratic candidates across the country are running to replace party elders.

A “click-to-cancel” rule, which would have made it easier for consumers to end unwanted subscriptions, has been blocked by a federal appeals court days before it was set to go into effect.

A Gallup poll shows a substantial jump in the share of Americans who view immigration as positive for the U.S. since President Donald Trump took office.

President Donald Trump toured the devastation from catastrophic flooding in Texas and lauded local officials amid mounting criticism that they failed to warn residents quickly enough that a deadly wall of water was coming their way.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says there are “areas of potential cooperation” between Washington and Beijing.

A federal appeals court has overturned a self-styled right-wing propagandist’s conviction for spreading falsehoods on social media in an effort to suppress Democratic turnout in the 2016 presidential election.

President Joe Biden’s White House physician is refusing to answer questions as part of the House Republican investigation into Biden’s health in office.

The Trump administration is dropping plans to allow continued use of the last type of asbestos legally allowed in U.S. manufacturing after an outcry from asbestos opponents.

A Minnesota state senator who was shot nine times during an attack in June has been moved to a rehabilitation facility.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has launched a two-day tour in South Carolina, urging rural voters to stand up to President Donald Trump and challenge Republicans in the 2026 midterms.

Former President Joe Biden's physician has requested to delay his testimony to the House oversight committee.

President Donald Trump and other Republicans have long criticized states that take weeks to count their ballots after Election Day.

Donald Trump has made tax cuts a central part of his political legacy.

President Donald Trump has signed his signature bill of tax and spending cuts at the White House Fourth of July picnic.

Fireworks are a cornerstone of America's Fourth of July celebrations, but that can make the spirited holiday dangerous.

President Donald Trump says he didn’t know that the term “shylock” is considered antisemitic when he used it in a speech to describe unscrupulous moneylenders.

The Supreme Court is clearing the way for the deportation of several immigrants who were put on a flight in May bound for South Sudan, a war-ravaged country where they have no ties.

Congressional passage of a massive bill cuts billions of dollars in spending across many areas including clean energy.

The House has passed the massive tax and spending cuts package that President Donald Trump calls “beautiful,” getting it to his desk a day before the July 4 deadline that he had set.

President Donald Trump has signed his tax and spending bill into law after Republicans muscled it through Congress.

House Republicans have lifted President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final passage.

A man charged with killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband on June 14 says he's looking forward to the facts coming out.

President Donald Trump has a new political foil: New York’s Democratic nominee for mayor, Zohran Mamdani.

President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Vietnam Wednesday that would allow U.S. goods to enter the country duty-free.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, who were fired by President Donald Trump and then reinstated by a federal judge.

Civil and voting rights activists gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.

A former FBI agent who was charged with joining a mob’s attack on the U_S_ Capitol and cheering on rioters is now working as an adviser to the Justice Department official overseeing its “weaponization working group.”.

Arizona's top Democrats will bypass the state Democratic Party for next year’s midterms.

At some 887 pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations.

The sprawling Republican budget bill approved by the Senate Tuesday removes a proposed tax on solar and wind energy projects but quickly phases out tax credits for wind, solar and other renewable energy.

A news report says hackers supporting Iran have threatened to release emails supposedly stolen from people connected to President Donald Trump.

U.S. job openings unexpectedly rose in May, showing resilience in the labor market despite high borrowing costs and rising economic uncertainty.

President Donald Trump has instructed his top Cabinet officers to review U.S. policy toward Cuba, ordering them to examine current sanctions and come up with ways to toughen them within 30 days.

At some 940-pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations.

A Republican plan heading to a vote in the Senate would quickly end incentives for clean energy and impose new taxes on some wind and solar projects, while boosting production of coal used to make steel.

No state may have more to lose than Georgia as Republicans in Congress look to gut federal subsidies that aid both the solar and electric vehicle industries.

Republican U.S. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska has announced he will not seek reelection next year.

A poll shows only 36% of Democrats say they’re “extremely” or “very” proud to be American, reflecting a dramatic decline in national pride that's also clear among young people.

Some Iranians are getting arrested by immigration authorities after living decades in the United States.

At some 940-pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations.

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman has been honored at a funeral where former President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attended.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a World War II sailor who received the Medal of Honor.

A lawyer says the Supreme Court's ruling that Maryland parents who have religious objections can pull their children from public school lessons using LGBTQ storybooks is a historic victory for parental rights.

The Supreme Court has upheld the fee added to phone bills to provide billions of dollars a year in subsidized phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas.

Former President Joe Biden joined thousands of mourners as former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman lay in state at the Minnesota Capitol rotunda.

School districts around the country are cutting back plans to expand their staffing of mental health specialists because of Trump administration cuts to federal grants.

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania isn’t even up for reelection until 2028, but already a one-time primary foe, Conor Lamb, is crisscrossing Pennsylvania looking and sounding like he’s preparing to challenge Fetterman again.

A few Republicans are reacting with indignation after the Senate parliamentarian advised that some of the measures in their tax and immigration bill could not be included in the legislation.

House Republicans have subpoenaed a senior aide to former first lady Jill Biden.

New disclosures with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission show that President Donald Trump will control the so-called “golden share” that’s part of the national security agreement under which he allowed Japan-based Nippon Steel to buy out iconic American steelmaker U.S. Steel.

A new chapter in U.S.-Iran relations is about to be written, whether for the better or the even worse.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has formally approved plans to establish a new international court to prosecute senior Russian officials for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

A federal judge has partially granted a preliminary injunction that sought to release funds for the build out of electric vehicle chargers in more than a dozen states.

President Donald Trump says “NO ONE GOES ON VACATION” until the big, beautiful bill is on his desk by the Fourth of July deadline.

The U.S. House has voted overwhelmingly to set aside an effort to impeach President Donald Trump over the military strikes in Iran.