Senate Bill 8, Texas' new "bathroom bill," has become law, restricting restroom and changing-area access in public buildings based on sex assigned at birth.

OpenAI is set to award $40.5 million to over 200 nonprofits by the end of the year.

A progressive group is targeting two Senate Democrats and an independent senator who voted to confirm some of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees.

The “bathroom bill” doesn’t provide guidance for how government agencies, schools and universities should ensure people use facilities matching their sex assigned at birth.

The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as “potentially divisive” — a term that prompted outcry from lawmakers and advocates.

The House has voted to repeal part of a new law that lets senators sue the federal government for millions of dollars if their personal or office data is accessed without their knowledge.

Both the House and Senate have acted decisively to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Democrat Taylor Rehmet and Republican Leigh Wambsganss will face off to succeed Kelly Hancock after winning the most votes in the Nov. 4 election.

The leader of the Indiana state Senate, a Republican, has said that his chamber will no longer meet in December as planned to vote on redistricting, citing lack of support from his members.

As open enrollment for healthcare coverage kicks off, Texans are facing significant increases in their insurance premiums

Now that the government shutdown is over, House and Senate Republicans say they'll negotiate with Democrats on whether to extend COVID-era tax credits that help tens of millions of Americans afford their health care premiums.

The House is moving toward a vote on releasing files from the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

The spending package includes a provision that will criminalize the sale of almost all consumable hemp products nationwide, restoring a similar ban to the one vetoed by Gov. Greg Abbott.

President Donald Trump has signed a government funding bill that ends a record 43-day shutdown.

After refusing to convene the U.S. House during the government shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson is recalling lawmakers back into session.

The Supreme Court has extended an order blocking full SNAP payments amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume.

The Senate has passed legislation to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end after a small group of Democrats struck a deal with Republicans.

A legislative package to end the government shutdown appears on track.

Flight cancellations by United Airlines are mounting at Houston’s airports as part of a federally mandated reduction in air traffic tied to the ongoing government shutdown.

The Senate has taken the first step to end the government shutdown after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies.

The Senate’s first weekend session since the shutdown began has yielded few signs of progress.

Republicans are swatting down an offer from Democrats to end the government shutdown.

Senate Republicans have rejected legislation that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to launch an attack against Venezuela.

Talks to reopen the government are intensifying.

President Donald Trump on Day 36 of the federal government shutdown pressed Republican senators to eliminate the Senate filibuster, arguing it is the only way to reopen the government and pass legislation.

President Donald Trump is finding that Senate Republicans have a limit as he pushes them to scrap the filibuster.

President Donald Trump lashed out at Senate Republicans to end the government shutdown, now the longest ever.

Signs of a potential end to the government shutdown are intensifying with behind-the-scenes talks.

Texans will decide the fate of 17 proposed amendments to the state Constitution and vote in special elections for Congress and the state Senate.

Proposition 12 would allow the governor to appoint a majority of the commission that disciplines judges, as Abbott condemns “activist judges.”

The Trump administration is indicating in court that it will only partially fund the federal food assistance program as the government shutdown reaches into a second month.

Republicans and Democrats remained at a stalemate on the government shutdown over the weekend as it headed into its sixth week, with millions of Americans starting to lose food aid benefits and President Donald Trump pushing GOP leaders to change Senate rules to end it.

President Donald Trump wants Republicans in the Senate to kill a longstanding rule called the filibuster.

President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster.

The Senate has passed a resolution that would undo many of President Donald Trump’s tariffs around the globe.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey faces more than a dozen challengers as the Democrat seeks a third term.

The Senate is voting on legislation that would nullify U.S. tariffs on Canada.

Food aid for more than 40 million Americans is at risk of expiring at week's end.

The Senate approved a resolution Tuesday evening that would nullify President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Brazil, including oil, coffee and orange juice, as Democrats test GOP senators’ support for Trump’s trade policy.

Vice President JD Vance says that he believes U.S. military members will be paid at the end of the week as the Trump administration reconfigures funding in the second-longest government shutdown.

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis has ordered a senior U.S. Border Patrol official to meet with her daily “to hear about how the day went” after weeks of confrontations between immigration agents and the public in the Chicago area.

Wall Street closed the week with record highs on Friday as the S&P 500 topped 6,800 for the first time in history.

Members of Congress are divided largely along party lines on the demolition of the East Wing of the White House to make room for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom that President Donald Trump wants to build.

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon is staging a marathon speech to protest what he calls President Donald Trump’s “tightening authoritarian grip on the country” amid the government shutdown.

The Louvre's director has acknowledged a ″terrible failure″ at the Paris tourist attraction after a daylight crown jewel heist over the weekend.

As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, President Donald Trump is welcoming Senate Republicans for lunch at the White House.

Senate Republican campaign leaders are using artificial intelligence-generated video to falsely depict Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer appearing to say on camera comments he made in a print publication interview about the political impacts of the partial government shutdown.

Kentucky Senate candidate Daniel Cameron is banking on his familiarity with voters to overcome lackluster fundraising.

Senate Democrats are rejecting for the 10th time a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government.

During a Friday state hearing, parents of July 4 flood victims said camps should prioritize the safety even if costs are high.

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.

Senators are laboring to find a way to reopen the government but find themselves struggling to overcome a fundamental lack of trust between the two parties.

The Trump administration hasn't provided evidence to lawmakers that recent U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats were justified.

Senate Republicans have voted down legislation that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to use deadly military force against drug cartels.

As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.

To hear party leaders talk, the seventh day of the government shutdown sounded a lot like the first.

President Donald Trump cracked the door slightly to negotiations with Democrats on the health care subsidies they’ve made central to the shutdown fight, then abruptly closed it Monday, leaving the two sides once again at a seemingly intractable impasse.

Here’s a question submitted by an Associated Press reader: Who gets paid during a federal shutdown.

President Donald Trump is using the federal shutdown to push deep spending cuts in states that backed Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024.

Halfway through Donald Trump’s inaugural White House meeting with congressional leadership, the red "Trump 2028" hats appeared on the president’s desk.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed a package of bills aimed at shoring up food assistance, rural health care and public broadcasting in response to recently enacted federal cuts.

Hopes for a quick end to the government shutdown are fading.

President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting “irreversible” cuts to programs important to Democrats.

Senate Democrats kept their promise to reject any Republican spending bill that didn’t extend or restore health care benefits, choosing instead to force a government shutdown.

Democrats agree it's time to fight.

The Austin state lawmaker took in $6.2 million in the three weeks since he launched his bid, outpacing the $4.1 million Allred raised over the last three months.

The Federal Communications Commission voted to end discounts for library and school Wi-Fi hotspot lending programs on Tuesday, drawing criticism from lawmakers and librarians who say the move will make it more difficult for people who are low-income or live in rural areas to access the internet.

Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday.

Party leaders in Congress have long criticized government shutdowns as toxic and destructive.

Democratic congressional leaders have left a White House meeting without a deal with President Donald Trump and Republicans to avoid a government shutdown.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican Leader John Thune are digging in ahead of this week’s deadline to keep the government open, showing little evidence of budging even as both sides have agreed to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.

President Donald Trump plans to meet with the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Monday, one day before the deadline to fund the federal government or face a shutdown.

Senate Democrats have struggled for months to counter President Donald Trump.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is rejecting Democratic demands on health care as unserious but says a government shutdown is still “avoidable.”.

North Carolina Republican legislators have introduced criminal justice measures to toughen bail rules and evaluate offenders for mental health issues.

President Donald Trump will meet with the Democratic leaders in Congress this week ahead of a looming risk of a federal government shutdown.

A coalition of 15 diverse Texas families has taken a stand against a state law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.

A possible federal shutdown is looming at month's end, and the Democratic leaders of Congress are demanding a meeting with President Donald Trump to negotiate.

The Senate confirmed Mike Waltz to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

The Senate has confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees.

A deadline looming, Congress is charging toward a federal government shutdown.

There’s bipartisan support in Congress for extending tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for millions of people since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is willing to risk a government shutdown at the end of the month if Republicans don’t accept Democratic demands on health care.

Republicans are taking the first steps to change the rules of the Senate to confirm more of President Donald Trump’s nominees.

Senate Republicans have barely defeated an effort by Democrats to insert language into Congress’ annual defense authorization bill that would have forced the public release of case files on the sex trafficking investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein.

Two former executives for the now-shuttered classified site Backpage.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Republicans are ready to change the chamber’s rules to allow quick confirmations of dozens of President Donald Trump’s executive branch nominees.

Texas lawmakers passed two bills that will bring sweeping change to how youth camps are regulated. House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 1 passed late Wednesday and are scheduled to be signed by Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday.

Republican senators say they are prepared to change the chamber’s rules to get around the Democratic blockade of President Donald Trump’s nominees, discussing a proposal to make it easier to confirm multiple nominees at once.

Legislators couldn’t reach a last-minute deal to tighten regulations on consumable hemp products.

The House refused Senate changes allowing exports to continue while the state studies its underground water supply. Lawmakers left the Capitol without reaching a compromise.

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy’s support was crucial to Robert F.

The House refused to back a bill that would apply only to the state’s largest cities.

Organizers say the goal of Empower(ed) to Restore is to break down barriers, restore opportunities, and uplift communities by creating pathways to justice and second chances.

As Congress returns to Washington this fall after a monthlong August recess, they will have to find a way to work with Democrats or around them as a government shutdown looms.

President Donald Trump has told House Speaker Mike Johnson he won't be spending $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid, effectively cutting the budget without going through the legislative branch.

New laws range from school vouchers and water infrastructure funding to a ban on city and county-funded abortion travel funds.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to sign a new congressional voting map designed to help Republicans maintain their slim majority in Congress.

Starting September 1, two new Texas laws—Senate Bills 1734 and 693—will take aim at reversing loopholes in the state’s property laws that have allowed bad actors to steal ownership of homes with alarming ease.

Republican lawmakers pushed the map through over fierce Democratic opposition, positioning the GOP to net up to five additional seats in Texas.