Rod Paige, the first African American to serve as U.S. secretary of education, has died at 92.

The former Houston ISD superintendent was the first Black person to lead the Department of Education and helped launch the No Child Left Behind Act.

The Environmental Protection Agency has removed references to fossil fuels from its online page about climate change causes.

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

The Golden Globes nominees have been announced, featuring a diverse group of top names from film and television.

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

The former president of Mexico sat down for a virtual interview with Berenice Garcia, Rio Grande Valley reporter for The Texas Tribune.

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

The Kennedy Center, known for theater and opera, becomes the sports world's focus on Friday.

President Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer Alina Habba has been disqualified from serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor.

There was a time when presidential hopefuls were coy about their ambitions.

The Trump administration is steaming forward on its plan to dismantle the Education Department.

President Donald Trump is once more targeting former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, and Trump is picking a political fight before next year’s elections.

Washington National Cathedral hosted a bipartisan show of respect and remembrance for Dick Cheney, the consequential and polarizing vice president who became an acidic scold of fellow Republican President Donald Trump.

Former president Joe Biden plans to attend Thursday’s memorial service for former vice president Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral.

The Trump administration has announced new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades.

The U.S. House is back in session after a multi-week hiatus.

Gary Walters saw a lot of history in a 37-year career at the White House.

Many Republican leaders insist there's no problem with the GOP's policies, the party's message or President Donald Trump’s leadership, despite big losses in this month's elections.

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether states can continue their practice of counting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day.

European, Latin American, and Caribbean nations have started a two-day summit in Colombia to strengthen ties.

The Federal Aviation Administration is forcing airlines to cut 10% of their flights at 40 of the busiest airports across the nation to reduce pressure on air traffic controllers during the ongoing government shutdown and ensure that flying remains safe.

President Donald Trump has warned that the Supreme Court will leave the United States “defenseless’’ and possibly “reduced to almost Third World status’’ if it strikes down the tariffs he imposed this year on nearly every country on earth.

The new congressional map approved by California voters marked a victory for Democrats in the national redistricting battle playing out ahead of the 2026 midterm election.

Dick Cheney was at the center of a public debate over the laws of detention, interrogation and spying that endures more than two decades after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Dick Cheney leaves behind a mixed legacy in his home state of Wyoming.

The flags at the White House are lowered to half-staff in honor of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died Monday.

Cheney, who was Bush’s vice president, died Monday at 84.

President Donald Trump caused some confusion earlier Tuesday when he appeared to threaten SNAP benefits unless Democrats voted to reopen the government — despite court orders mandating that the administration keep the nation’s largest food program running.

In Dick Cheney’s hands, the vice presidency became a nexus of influence and manipulation — no longer the timid office where its occupants had tended their boss’ ambitions.

The U.S. military has carried out another lethal strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea.

Concerns that antisemitism is on the rise among Republicans burst to the surface this weekend at a meeting in Las Vegas.

A briefing held only for Republicans in Congress on U.S. military strikes is drawing a fierce rebuke from a key Democrat.

President Donald Trump's nominee to be the U.S. ambassador to Kuwait is facing rejection by the Republican-controlled Senate.

Two decades after a Republican-controlled Congress gave gun manufacturers immunity from being sued over crimes committed with their firearms, a growing number of Democratic-led states are trying to penetrate that legal shield.

President Donald Trump is preparing for a significant trip to Asia, aiming to address international trade tensions.

Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton has been charged with storing top secret records at home and sharing with relatives notes that contained classified information.

A senior adviser at the State Department and expert on Indian and South Asian affairs is accused by the Justice Department of printing out classified documents and storing more than 1,000 pages of highly sensitive government records in filing cabinets and trash bags at home.

A federal judge in Rhode Island has accused the Trump administration of trying to “bully” states into accepting conditions that require them to cooperate on immigration enforcement actions to get disaster funding after he ruled those actions were unconstitutional.

President Donald Trump is calling for a new era of harmony in the Middle East.

President Donald Trump has left for Israel and Egypt to celebrate the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas.

The Senate has voted to repeal the resolution that authorized the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, following a House vote last month that would return the basic war power to Congress more than two decades later.

The Environmental Protection Agency faces challenges during a government shutdown.

President Donald Trump and his administration have embraced artificial intelligence-generated images, crafting a new portrait of him.

As Congress confronts a possible government shutdown, it's also weighing the Trump administration's willingness to simply halt federal spending — even when it's against the law.

Now that it’s secured an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, the Justice Department faces the significantly tougher task of building a case it can prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.

A bipartisan group of former Federal Reserve chairs, Treasury secretaries, and top White House economists urged the Supreme Court Thursday to reject an attempt by President Donald Trump to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook.

Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen and other former top economic officials appointed by presidents of both parties are urging the Supreme Court to preserve the Federal Reserve’s political independence and allow Lisa Cook to remain as a central bank governor for now.

Former President Bill Clinton opened the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting by raising his concerns about rising political violence and other issues.

A federal appeals court has effectively upheld a state law in New York that bars firearms in “sensitive” locations including Times Square, the New York City subway system and commuter trains.

Former President Barack Obama says the U.S. is at an "inflection point" after conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination.

U.S. presidents and first ladies have had their share of awkward moments with the British royal family over the years.

The Library of Congress has named Arthur Sze the new U.S. poet laureate.

Political analyst Matthew Dowd says MSNBC reacted to a right-wing mob this week in firing him for commentary on assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Veteran political analyst Matthew Dowd is out of a job at MSNBC following some commentary regarding Charlie Kirk that drew a heated reaction.

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

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

Grieving families filled a Texas courtroom Wednesday to ask a judge to reject a deal that would let Boeing avoid criminal prosecution in two deadly 737 Max crashes.

A House committee investigating the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case has withdrawn a subpoena to former FBI Director Robert Mueller.

Mark Knoller, a longtime White House correspondent for CBS News, has died at 73.

President Donald Trump has picked a former investor and critic of health regulations to oversee the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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.

The White House says a judge's decision to throw out the Trump administration's lawsuit against all federal judges in Maryland is a direct assault on the president’s ability to enforce immigration laws.

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

President Donald Trump has been using diplomatic appointments as a soft landing for officials leaving his administration.

President Donald Trump has put a personal touch on this year's Kennedy Center Honors.

Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again after a judge in Hawaii sided with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections.

Bilateral meetings between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterparts were a regular occurrence early in his tenure.

For decades, the threat of nuclear conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union hung over humanity.

Democrats are out of power in Washington but hold 23 governors' seats, including in five of the seven presidential battlegrounds Donald Trump swept last year.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley has launched his campaign for North Carolina's open U.S. Senate seat.

President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed revoking a scientific finding that's long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

Donald Trump once decried the idea of taking vacations as president.

The new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research polling tracker shows that overall views of President Donald Trump’s job performance have been steady over the past few months.

A key House committee is looking into the investigation of the late Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking crimes.

Donald Trump is in Scotland to inaugurate a new golf course in Aberdeenshire.

History, it has been said, is written by the winners.

The Republican-led Congress is testing the popularity of Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts.

The House has approved President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid.

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 program known as PEPFAR is one of the most effective and popular U.S. foreign aid projects in history, and the government says it has saved the lives of over 25 million people around the world with HIV.

The Senate has passed Donald Trump’s request to cancel about $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting spending, moving forward on one of the president’s top priorities despite concerns from several Republican senators.

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.

Senate Republicans have advanced President Donald Trump’s request to cancel some $9 billion in previously approved spending.

A new report by the U.N. AIDS agency says the sudden withdrawal of U.S. funding has caused a “systemic shock” to the global effort against AIDS and HIV.

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.

For the first time in almost 20 years, travelers no longer have to take off their shoes during security screenings at certain U.S. airports.

Lawyers for the Trump administration and immigrants are sparring in court over whether President Donald Trump can use an 18th century wartime act against a Venezuelan gang.

Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W.

Reporters are used to calling sources on the telephone for quotes and information.

Possible changes to President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts are being considered, though most of the amendments are expected to fail.

Richard Boucher, who served for more than a decade as spokesman for the State Department and assistant secretary of state for public affairs, has died at age 73.

A leaked intelligence memo contradicting President Donald Trump's assessment of U.S. strikes on Iran is the latest conflict with a part of the federal government he views with deep suspicion.

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

Ten years after the Supreme Court ruled there's a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, the split between Republicans and Democrats on the issue is wider than it’s been in decades.

President Donald Trump's decision to take military action in Iran has reignited debate over the War Powers Act.

As a candidate, President Donald Trump spoke of the need to stop engaging in “endless” or “forever wars.”.

President Donald Trump’s decision to strike three nuclear sites in Iran could deepen a divide among some of the Republican’s supporters.

Vice President JD Vance is accusing California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of encouraging violent immigration protests.