The first round of primary elections shows this year’s midterm elections will be taking place on shifting political ground for incumbents.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to halt New York’s first-in-the-nation congestion fee on drivers entering Manhattan.

President Donald Trump says he plans to attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on April 25, the first time he's done so as president.

A super PAC supporting James Talarico is running ads online warning that the GOP is “boosting” Jasmine Crockett. Her spokesperson said Republicans “who underestimate her do so at their own peril.”

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who assembled theocratic power in Iran over the decades as its supreme leader and sought to turn it into a regional powerhouse, has been killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes.

Former presidents are just like us.

A new Gallup poll shows that American sympathies in the Middle East have shifted dramatically toward the Palestinians after decades of overwhelming support for the Israelis.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic an ultimatum this week: Open its artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use by Friday, or risk losing its government contract.

Federal energy officials say they will loan a record $26.5 billion federal loan to Georgia Power and Alabama Power to expand electricity supply.

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s latest policy of deporting immigrants to “third countries” to which they have no ties is unlawful and must be set aside.

President Donald Trump sought in his first State of the Union address to sell Americans on the idea of a booming economy, falling prices, and soaring jobs, yet he faces a skeptical public with a much gloomier view.

President Donald Trump has a midterm year message to sell.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pressuring Anthropic to give the military broader access to its artificial intelligence technology or lose its Pentagon contract.

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address is likely to be a test run of the message that Republicans will give to voters in November’s elections for control of the House and the Senate.

The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs in a 6-3 decision on Friday, handing him a stinging loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda.

President Donald Trump says he's imposing a temporary global tariff of 10% after his far-reaching tariff regimen was struck down by the Supreme Court.

President Donald Trump has warned that limited strikes against Iran are possible even as the country’s top diplomat said Tehran expects to have a proposed deal ready in the next few days following nuclear talks with the United States.

President Donald Trump has long spread conspiracy theories about voting that are designed to explain away his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.

Saudi Arabia could have some form of uranium enrichment within the kingdom under a proposed nuclear deal with the United States.

Congressional Democrats are warning that the U.S. Census Bureau risks undermining an upcoming test of the 2030 census by using a form that includes a citizenship question.

A federal judge has accused the Trump administration of terrorizing immigrants and recklessly violating the law in its efforts to deport millions of people living in the country illegally.

The White House has insisted that President Donald Trump was visiting Georgia to promote the economy.

New laws in some Democratic-led states are forcing local sheriffs to stop cooperating with President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement efforts.

The long-ago husband of former first lady Jill Biden has pleaded not guilty to charges that he killed his current wife in Delaware.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is stepping up his race for the U.S. Senate with early voting about to begin for the March 3 GOP primary.

Many political candidates pitch themselves as outsiders.

A federal law requires new cars to include technology that detects drunk or impaired driving, but regulators still have not cleared it.

President Donald Trump says he's amassed a collection of campaign funds exceeding $1.5 billion, an unprecedented sum for a lame-duck president.

Analilia Mejia, a longtime progressive organizer allied with Sen. Bernie Sanders, has won a crowded special Democratic House primary to fill the open seat formerly held by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill.

The Environmental Protection Agency has revoked a key scientific finding that supported U.S. regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.

A federal judge has used part of a court hearing to read email and social media death threats she received following her ruling blocking the Trump administration from ending temporary immigration protections for Haitians in the U.S. Judge Ana Reyes in Washington recently blocked the termination of temporary protected status for Haitians while a lawsuit challenging the Republican administration’s effort to end it proceeds.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring 20 inmates with commuted death sentences to the nation’s highest security federal prison.

European allies at NATO are putting on a brave face as the United States steps back from its leadership role at the alliance.

The chairman of the federal Religious Liberty Commission ousted a member after a hearing that featured tense exchanges on the definition of antisemitism.

House Republicans approved legislation that would impose strict new voter ID requirements ahead of the midterm elections.

The U.S. Justice Department is targeting Alex Saab, a businessman linked to Nicolás Maduro, in an investigation that could impact the U.S. prosecution of the deposed Venezuelan leader.

Republican lawmakers are decrying what they said are invasive tactics in the investigation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

A new Gallup poll reveals that Americans' optimism about their future is at a low.

The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records and emails.

Democrats are focusing on health care in the November elections and making it a key issue.

President Donald Trump issued a proclamation reopening a huge swath of the Atlantic to commercial fishing.

Attorney General Pam Bondi says she's not worried about the involvement of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in an FBI search of a Georgia election office.

President Donald Trump says he won't apologize for posting a racist video of the Obamas.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is in Milan leading U.S. President Donald Trump’s delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics.

President Donald Trump is taking steps toward installing a statue of Christopher Columbus near the White House.

New international polling from Gallup shows that Americans are exceptionally anxious about their political system.

Authorities say a Delaware man who was once married to former first lady Jill Biden remains jailed on first-degree murder charges in the death of his wife.

The first husband of former first lady Jill Biden has been charged with killing his wife at their Delaware home in late December.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has told lawmakers that she attended an FBI search of the election center in Fulton County, Georgia, last week because President Donald Trump asked her to be there.

An internal document reveals Vietnam's military is preparing for a possible American war of aggression, viewing the U.S. as a "belligerent" power.

An attorney says Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has delayed giving members of Congress a complaint about her conduct.

The secretary of Homeland Security is requiring that all the department's officers on the ground in Minneapolis wear body cameras.

Young Democrats across the United States are challenging veteran party figures, aiming to mount tougher opposition to President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump credits the mayor of a small Detroit suburb with helping him win over Michigan's Arab American community during the 2024 presidential campaign.

A video alleging fraud in Somali-run child care centers in Minneapolis has drawn attention throughout the United States.

President Donald Trump said he plans to announce his choice for Federal Reserve chairman on Friday morning.

A federal judge has rejected Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's request to raise unlimited campaign funds.

House Republicans are proposing sweeping changes to the nation’s voting laws.

U.S. senators are increasingly looking to leave Washington for leadership roles in their home states.

Amy Klobuchar says she's running for governor of Minnesota.

President Donald Trump is pushing the federal government to back up his bogus claims that widespread fraud cost him reelection in 2020.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that technical talks with officials from Denmark and Greenland over hatching an Arctic security deal are now underway.

President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents.

The man accused of squirting an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis has a criminal history and made online posts supportive of President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has contributed to a year-to-year drop in the U.S. growth rate as the nation's population hit nearly 342 million people in 2025.

Lawmakers in both parties are calling for investigations following the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti by a U.S. Border Patrol officer.

Seven Japanese American soldiers have been promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony that comes eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II.

President Donald Trump has revoked an invitation to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to join his Board of Peace.

The Justice Department says in a sharply worded court filing that a report by former special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation into President Donald Trump’s hoarding of classified documents belongs in the “dustbin of history” and should remain sealed.

A federal judge in Georgia is dismissing a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit seeking voter information from the state.

TikTok has at last finalized a deal to keep the popular video sharing platform operating in the U.S. after years of uncertainty.

TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the U.S. that has been in discussion for years.

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith testified publicly for the first time on Capitol Hill about his investigation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Vice President JD Vance says he came to Minneapolis to help “lower the temperature” in the city.

Vice President JD Vance says the Insurrection Act won’t be needed “right now” in Minneapolis after meeting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the city, which has emerged as a national focal point in the clash over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has defended his investigations of Donald Trump at a public congressional hearing.

Joe Biden promised Europe that "America is back" early in his presidency, aiming to mend ties after Donald Trump's tenure.

The Washington Post has asked a federal court for an order requiring federal authorities to return electronic devices that they seized from a Post reporter’s Virginia home last week.

Democrats are rethinking their midterm election strategy due to the controversial immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

The Supreme Court seems likely to strike down Hawaii restrictions on carrying guns in stores in the justices’ latest firearm case since their landmark decision expanding Second Amendment rights.

President Donald Trump’s bid to reshape the Federal Reserve board is putting the Supreme Court in a familiar position, weighing an emergency appeal from the president’s lawyers in a politically charged case.

President Donald Trump promised the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, but achieving his goal wouldn’t have been possible without his big tax and spending cuts bill.

A federal judge has refused to temporarily block the Trump administration from enforcing a new policy requiring members of Congress to give a week’s notice before they can visit immigration detention facilities.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court’s oral arguments Wednesday in a case involving the attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.

Sen. Thom Tillis isn't holding back in his final year in Washington.

China’s rapid development of electric vehicles had competitors concerned even before Canada this week agreed to cut its tariffs on EVs in exchange for concessions on Canadian farm products.

The Education Department is opening fewer sexual violence investigations at schools and universities.

Four-term Texas Sen. John Cornyn is in the political fight of his career.

A new AP-NORC poll finds nearly a year into President Donald Trump’s second term, his work on the economy hasn’t lived up to the expectations of many people in his own party.

The North American International Auto Show in Detroit once dedicated an entire track on its coveted show floor to getting consumers comfortable with electric vehicles and charging.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin, known for her advocacy for hostages abducted by Hamas-led militants, has a memoir coming out this spring.

President Donald Trump’s second term has been eventful, but you wouldn’t know it from his approval numbers.

Press freedom advocates are concerned this week's raid on a Washington Post journalist's home will deter reporting on government actions and silence whistleblowers.

The Department of Homeland Security is making it easier for visa-holding religious workers to serve U.S. congregations with less disruption.

Senate Democrats are expressing optimism they'll be able to flip the chamber this year after it looked all but impossible last year.

Wildlife crews have stopped actively searching for two juvenile gray wolves in Northern California's Sierra Valley.

The Smithsonian Institution has given the Trump White House more documents on its exhibits and operations, in response to pressure to share details of what its museums are doing for America’s 250th birthday.

President Donald Trump’s administration is ending temporary protected status for immigrants from Somalia.

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop calculating the economic savings of health benefits from air pollution rules.

The Detroit Auto Show returns this week.