Vice President JD Vance to visit Indiana as Trump pressures GOP states to redistrict

Texas Democrats plea for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump's redistricting plan

Trump wields influence over GOP and keeps potential successors vying for his favor

Homeland Security removes age limits for ICE recruits to boost hiring for Trump deportations

Republican US Sen. Marsha Blackburn joins Tennessee race for governor

Things to know about the Voting Rights Act and the cases that could unravel it

The Voting Rights Act marks its 60th anniversary as its core provisions are being eroded

Michigan Gov. Whitmer makes another White House visit to meet with Trump

Federal judge rules Trump administration cannot reallocate billions meant for disaster mitigation

What's known and not yet known about the Justice Department's scrutiny of Trump-Russia probe origins

Trump takes an unexpected walk on the White House roof to survey new projects

Trump is creating a task force for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles

Young adults are less likely to follow politics or say voting is important: AP-NORC poll

In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data

Bondi moves forward on Justice Department investigation into origins of Trump-Russia probe

Modi and Trump once called each other good friends. Now the US-India relationship is getting bumpy

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

Mitch McConnell's legacy comes under fire in Kentucky race to replace him in the Senate

Texas dispute highlights nation’s long history of partisan gerrymandering. Is it legal?

Rep. Nancy Mace kicks off South Carolina GOP gubernatorial bid. She says she's 'Trump in high heels'

Democratic governors may offer a path forward for a party out of power in Washington

Texas governor threatens to remove Democrats who left state over Trump-backed redistricting

Texas Democrats leave the state to block vote on redrawn House map backed by Trump

Trump attacks Charlamagne Tha God after radio host criticizes his presidency

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

‘They roll right over’: Many Democrats call their party weak and ineffective, AP-NORC poll finds

Before the attacks, Senate candidates seek to define themselves in Kentucky

After a reference to Trump's impeachments is removed from a history museum, complex questions echo

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

Trump orders US nuclear subs repositioned over statements from ex-Russian leader Medvedev

Democrats cry foul as Republicans push to redraw Texas electoral maps to gain US House seats

Democrats launching summer blitz to press Republicans on Trump spending plan

North Carolina Senate race sets up as a fight over who would be a champion for the middle class

Michael Whatley, RNC chairman endorsed by Trump, launches Senate bid in North Carolina

ICE says it has made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 as hiring ramps up

Illinois Democratic Rep. Danny Davis says he won't seek reelection after 15 terms in Congress

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

Brown University strikes agreement to resolve discrimination complaints and restore federal funding

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

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to headline signature South Carolina GOP event

New whistleblower emerges against Trump lawyer ahead of confirmation vote

Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene won't run for governor in 2026

Virginia judge bars Youngkin's university board appointments rejected by Senate Democrats

Trump coveted Canada as 51st state. Most Canadians differ with him on religion's role in public life

Trump caps his Scottish visit by opening a new golf course

Court restricts who can bring voting rights challenges in a case involving voters with disabilities

Project 2025 author Paul Dans will challenge Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina

Former Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper will run for Senate in 2026

Georgia Republican Mike Collins joins field seeking to challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in 2026

Vice President JD Vance is on the road again to sell the Republicans' big new tax law

Can his golf course 'further' US-UK relations? Trump will use meeting with prime minister to try

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

Education Department says it will release billions in remaining withheld grant money for schools

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez becomes the first Democrat to enter the 2026 governor race

Rep. Ralph Norman, among House's most conservative, set to enter South Carolina governor's race

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

The White House wants more states to redraw House maps to help GOP. Democrats are readying a fight

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King drops out of 2026 Republican race for US Senate

Trump signs executive order seeking to clarify college athletes' employment status

Migrant sent to El Salvador prison by the Trump administration says he was beaten by guards

Trump's onetime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein is well-known — and also documented in records

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

Iran says it's ready for nuclear talks with the US but only if Washington rebuilds trust

RNC Chairman Michael Whatley plans to run for Senate in North Carolina, with Trump's backing

Gabbard uses surprise White House appearance to attack Trump's enemies on the Russia investigation

GOP House members want to run in other races. Trump is telling them to stay in their seats

House Democrats launch bid to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein files

Trump's favorability has fallen among AAPI adults since last year, AAPI Data/AP-NORC poll finds

UN urges peaceful settlement of disputes as UN chief points to 'the horror show in Gaza'

Senate considering nomination of ex-Trump defense lawyer for lifetime appointment to appeals court

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

US says it's leaving UN cultural agency UNESCO again, only 2 years after rejoining

Things to know about the release of federal documents related to MLK's assassination

Trump administration released FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers ask judge to delay release from jail over deportation fears

Harvard is hoping court rules Trump administration's $2.6B research cuts were illegal

The 2026 Senate map is tough for Democrats, but Republicans have their own headaches

Texas Republicans aim to redraw House districts at Trump's urging, but there's a risk

Trump administration seeks release of Epstein grand jury records but not Justice Department files

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

Civil rights work is slowing as Trump dismantles the Education Department, agency data shows

In American life, a growing and forbidding visual rises: The law-enforcement officer in a mask

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

Florida's Supreme Court has upheld the state's current congressional redistricting map, rejecting a challenge over the elimination of a majority-Black district that was pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees.

Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey who as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan worked on cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, has told colleagues in a note that “fear is the tool of a tyrant” and that her firing without reason should fuel “a fire of righteous indignation at abuses of power.”.

The House is expected to approve President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion in already appropriated funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid.

Republican Ralph Alvarado has reentered Kentucky politics by announcing his bid for a congressional seat targeted by Democrats in 2026.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is gaining some key backing on Capitol Hill from Republican senators.

When Jeffrey Epstein died in prison, then-President Donald Trump speculated that authorities might be wrong in ruling it a suicide.

The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a prosecutor in the federal cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

President Donald Trump says that Coca-Cola had agreed to use real cane sugar in its flagship soft drink in the U.S. at his suggestion.

A judge heard arguments Wednesday in the very first hearing in the very first lawsuit filed over Miami city commissioners’ decision to push back this November’s election to next year.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says Democrats can win back disaffected voters by focusing on their everyday concerns to counter the anticipated fallout from President Donald Trump’s budget-and-policy package.

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