The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen say a series of airstrikes have hit the capital, Sanaa, on Saturday evening.

President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September.

Florida lawmakers are targeting squatters once again in new legislation that is expected to soon become law.

A Florida lawmaker’s proposal to crack down on automatic gratuity and service charges at restaurants is now part of a bill going through the State House.

People across the political battleground of Michigan and elsewhere in the U.S. say they're worried about cuts to Social Security.

International students and foreign faculty have watched the crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University with apprehension.

Experts are warning that Trump administration workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing U.S. dams are threatening their ability to provide reliable electricity, supply water to farmers and protect communities from floods.

Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits of their new minority and culminated with a deeply personal rupture over how to best counter President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump says he was “being a little bit sarcastic” when he repeatedly claimed as a candidate that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war solved within 24 hours — and before he even took office.

President Donald Trump delivered what sounded like one of his typical meandering, grievance-laden campaign speeches on Friday, but it was where he did it — inside the U.S. Department of Justice — that mattered.

Ron Nessen, the veteran broadcast journalist who served as press secretary for President Gerald Ford, has died at 90.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is reemerging from a public-facing lull that followed last year’s election loss.

Three former Environmental Protection Agency leaders say rollbacks proposed by the Trump administration endanger the lives of millions of Americans and abandon the agency’s mission to protect the environment and human health.

The Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.

The Trump administration has moved to dismiss lawsuits against Iowa and Oklahoma for their immigration laws.

Florida lawmakers held a hearing Friday to investigate whether some property insurance companies were exaggerating losses while profiting billions.

The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday, hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it to President Donald Trump to be signed into law.

The first television ads dropped this week in an Ohio governor’s race that’s still more than a year away.

A top U.S. Justice Department official says the department is investigating whether Columbia University concealed “illegal aliens” on its campus.

The Senate has passed a Republican-led six-month spending bill hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure.

The Trump administration’s recent changes to student loans are causing frustration and confusion for some borrowers.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has agreed to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the U.S. Postal Service budget.

Authorities have removed U.S. immigrants from detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay as a federal court in Washington weighs a challenge by civil rights advocates to holding immigrants at the offshore military station.

The Trump administration is pushing for the the U.S. Supreme Court to allow some restrictions on birthright citizenship even as legal battles continue over President Donald Trump’s orders to end what has long been seen as a constitutional promise.

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The federal government’s steward of funding for public broadcasting stations has sued the Trump administration over its pause in grant payments for upgrading the nation’s emergency alert system.

A group backed by Trump adviser Elon Musk is running ads targeting Republican lawmakers in several states over their support of a federal drug pricing program.

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Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into a trade war abroad — all while on-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty.

President Donald Trump's choice to be U.S. ambassador to Canada says America's northern neighbor is a sovereign state.

When Republicans are looking for a political bogeyman, they point to liberal megadonor George Soros.

In a state so often divided along partisan lines, Democrats and Republicans alike were moved to tears as they gathered in the Florida capitol Thursday to honor the life and legacy of Democratic state Sen. Geraldine Thompson, a longtime legislator, civil rights legend and educator who died on Feb. 13 at the age of 76.

The U.S. is suddenly looking less bubbly for European wines.

The U.S. stock market has just dropped 10% from its high set last month, hurt by worries about the economy and a global trade war.

The investigation into a January midair collision that killed 67 people near Washington, D.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect while legal fights play out.

Universities across the U.S. have announced hiring freezes due to the risk of federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration.

The Internal Revenue Service’s acting chief counsel, William Paul, has been removed from his role at the agency and replaced by Andrew De Mello, an attorney in the chief counsel’s office who is deemed supportive of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to two people familiar with the plans who were not authorized to speak publicly.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has announced he's ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led spending bill to prevent a midnight Friday government shutdown.

A team of independent monitors says Georgia’s Fulton County conducted an “organized and orderly” election last year.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has relented rather than risk a government shutdown.

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will not seek Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat in 2026.

Some South Florida small businesses are bracing for impact from President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

An hours-long outage on StudentAid.

Again and again, the Trump White House has turned to a 73-year-old legal statute to defend its immigration crackdown.

Kuwait has released 10 American prisoners, including veterans and military contractors jailed for years on drug-related charges, in a move seen as a gesture of goodwill between two allies.

President Donald Trump is hosting Ireland's prime minister, Micheál Martin, for the annual St. Patrick's Day celebration at the White House.

A lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission says the agency needs to seek a trial delay in a case against Amazon due to staffing and budgetary challenges.

An Oregon appeals court has found that a voter-approved gun control law is constitutional, reversing a lower court ruling.

The Trump administration says it is dropping a civil lawsuit against the largest provider of housing for unaccompanied migrant children over alleged sexual abuse of minors at its facilities.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has accomplished the seemingly unexpected, keeping his Republican majority in line to fund the government.

The Environmental Protection Agency said it has terminated grant agreements worth $20 billion issued by the Biden administration under a so-called green bank to finance climate-friendly projects.

The deep cuts across federal agencies since Donald Trump’s return to the White House include reductions in force, which mean not only layoffs but also elimination of positions altogether.

Multiple sources tell The Associated Press that the Trump Administration is starting another round of job cuts — this one more than 1,000 — at the nation’s weather, ocean and fisheries agency.

At least three-quarters of South Carolina’s House members approved the more than 100 sections of the state’s $14 billion spending plan this week.

Trooper’s Law, inspired by the Florida dog abandoned during Hurricane Milton evacuations and rescued by Florida Highway Patrol troopers, has cleared another hurdle in the Florida Senate.

A former Republican Tennessee lawmaker has received a pardon from President Donald Trump two weeks into his 21-month prison sentence for an illegal campaign finance scheme.

Democrats in Washington are trying to sound optimistic following Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's announcement she won't seek reelection in New Hampshire in 2026.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes have adopted sharply different approaches to handling Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs.

Hialeah police will soon assist federal agents in cracking down on illegal immigration as part of a new agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take over its major responsibilities.

A government lawyer has asked a federal judge to move the legal fight over the detention of Mahmoud Khalil to either New Jersey or Louisiana.

President Donald Trump in recent days has dismissed fears of a recession and brushed aside the stock market sell-off, going so far as to say, “You can’t really watch the stock market.”.

The Associated Press has obtained a document showing that the Trump administration is halting a $1 billion program that helps preserve affordable housing.

Plans to build and expand the Pembroke Pines Police Department are on hold for now after voters decided on Tuesday to vote down the bond that would have funded the project.

Coral Gables Police Chief Ed Hudak is addressing concerns surrounding the city’s participation in the 287G agreements, which assist federal immigration authorities.

A law firm targeted by President Donald Trump over its legal services during the 2016 presidential campaign has sued the federal government over an executive order that seeks to strip its attorneys of security clearances.

The Trump administration is canceling studies about ways to improve vaccine trust and access.

The White House complained that Columbia University is refusing to help federal agents find people being sought as part of the government’s effort to deport participants in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

Two senior federal judges, both appointed by Republican presidents, have spoken out against threats of violence and impeachment against their colleagues in the judiciary.

Republicans, particularly those in Congress, have been overwhelmingly supportive of broad cuts across the federal government at the hands of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

The so-called "Gulf of America" bill cleared a hurdle in the Florida Legislature on Tuesday.

A federal judge on Tuesday found that removing most grants and most staff from a U.S. federal agency that invests in African small businesses would be legal.

In less than a month, TikTok could have one or a few new owners, be banned again, or simply receive another reprieve to continue operating in the U.S. Questions about the fate of the popular app has continued to linger since a law requiring its China-based parent company to divest or face a ban took effect on Jan. 19.

Voters in a Minnesota House district at the center of a post-election drama have decisively chosen Democrat David Gottfried in a race that leaves control of the House tied.

Former Democratic U.S. House member Katie Porter is entering the crowded 2026 contest for California governor.

The House has passed legislation to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September.

Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II is running to become the state's next Democratic governor.

The owners of Brough Brothers bourbon in Kentucky are ready to put their business plan into action.

The Trump administration has cut millions of dollars in federal funding from two cybersecurity initiatives, including one dedicated to helping state and local election officials.

Elon Musk says Social Security and other federal benefit programs will be targeted in his hunt for fraudulent spending.

Former Miami City Commissioner Ken Russell is making a bid for the city’s top job, vowing to clean up city hall and put an end to what he calls a culture of “corruption.”

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is best known for enforcing disability rights across America’s schools, but under President Donald Trump it’s being reshaped into a frontline figure in the president’s political battles.

Crews have begun work to remove the large yellow “Black Lives Matter” painted on the street one block from the White House.

Seattle fire officials said a late Sunday fire damaged four Tesla Cybertrucks.

The Senate has voted to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer as U.S. labor secretary.

Michelle Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson, will host a new weekly podcast series starting this month featuring a special guest pulled from the world of entertainment, sports, health and business.

The Trump administration has overhauled a cellphone app once used to let migrants apply for asylum.

A nonprofit that was awarded nearly $7 billion by the Biden administration to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects has sued the Environmental Protection Agency, accusing it of improperly freezing its account.

President Donald Trump is dismissing business concerns over the uncertainty caused by his planned tariffs on a range of American trading partners and the prospect of higher prices and isn’t ruling out the possibility of a recession this year.

To billionaire Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team at the Department of Government Efficiency, Karen Ortiz may just be one of many faceless bureaucrats.

At 83 years old, Bernie Sanders has emerged as an unlikely leader of the Democratic resistance to Donald Trump.

Air Force fighter jets on Sunday intercepted a civilian aircraft flying in the temporarily restricted airspace near President Donald Trump’s Florida home, bringing the number of violations to more than 20 since Trump took office on Jan. 20.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced new immigration enforcement leadership as she pledged to step of polygraph tests on employees to identify those who may be leaking information about immigration operations to the media.

At Fishtown Seafood, owner Bryan Szeliga is worried about the oysters.

Conservatives have long talked about cutting government, but Republicans in Congress have shied away from approving deep reductions because of fear of how voters would react.

Facing spiking energy demand, U.S. states are pressing for ways to build new power plants faster as policymakers try to protect residents from higher electric bills and keep their economies on track.

A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines challenges the viability of a proposed project snaking through five Midwest states.