Judge rules that federal agency can't enforce abortion rule in Louisiana and Mississippi
A federal judge on Monday granted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as employers in two Southern states, temporary relief from complying with a federal rule that would have required them to provide workers with time off and other accommodations for abortions.
A record number of NATO allies are hitting their defense spending target during war in Ukraine
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says a record more than 20 NATO member nations are hitting the Western military allianceโs defense spending target this year as Russiaโs war in Ukraine has raised the threat of expanding conflict in Europe.
Biden goes straight from G7 to Hollywood fundraiser, balancing geopolitics with his reelection bid
Hollywoodโs A-list is turning out for President Joe Bidenโs campaign at a glitzy fundraiser headlined by George Clooney and Julia Roberts that features former President Barack Obama as well.
Harris stepping in for Biden at Ukraine summit as she takes growing role in heat of 2024 campaign
Itโs Vice President Kamala Harris, not President Joe Biden, who will join world leaders in Switzerland on Saturday and meet with Ukraineโs Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss his vision for ending the grinding war launched by Russia.
The RNC is launching a massive effort to monitor voting. Critics say it threatens to undermine trust
The Republican National Committee is launching a battleground state initiative to mobilize some 100,000 polling place monitors, poll workers and attorneys to serve as โelection integrityโ watchdogs in November.
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Georgia's primary runoffs
A southwest Georgia Republican who went to prison for his actions inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, may come a step closer to serving in Congress when the state holds primary runoff elections in some U.S. House and state legislative races.
Judge blocks Biden's Title IX rule in four states, dealing a blow to protections for LGBTQ+ students
The Biden administrationโs new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students has been temporarily blocked in four states after a federal judge in Louisiana found that it overstepped the Education Departmentโs authority.
Donald Trump's lawyers press judge to lift gag order in wake of ex-president's felony conviction
Donald Trumpโs lawyers are amplifying their calls to end the gag order that bars the former president from commenting about witnesses, jurors and others tied to the Manhattan criminal trial that ended in his conviction last month for falsifying records to cover up a potential sex scandal.
House moves to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for withholding Biden audio
The House is expected to vote on a resolution holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Bidenโs interview in his classified documents case.
Trump will meet with House and Senate Republicans this week near the Capitol
House Republicans will meet privately with Donald Trump as the former president returns to Capitol Hill for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by his supporters trying to overturn President Joe Bidenโs election.
Two weeks after hush money verdict, Trump to meet with Senate Republicans
Former President Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans Thursday, speaking to the group just two weeks after he was convicted on 34 charges in his hush money trial and as GOP senators have increasingly rallied around him.
Supreme Court will take up Meta's bid to end lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider shutting down a multibillion-dollar class action investorsโ lawsuit against Facebook parent Meta stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.
Trump will speak to a Christian group that calls for abortion to be 'eradicated entirely'
Donald Trump is scheduled to address a Christian group that calls for abortion to be โeradicated entirely,โ as the Republican frontrunner has repeatedly taken credit for the overturning of national abortion rights but said he wants to leave the issue to the states.
Hunter Biden's gun trial enters its final stretch after deeply personal testimony about his drug use
The criminal trial of President Joe Bidenโs son is heading into its final stretch as the defense tries to chip away at the prosecutors' case laying bare some of the darkest moments of Hunter Bidenโs drug-fueled past.
Takeaways from Hunter Biden's gun trial: His family turns out as his own words are used against him
Hunter Bidenโs trial on gun charges brought by his fatherโs Justice Department has spotlighted embarrassing details about the presidentโs son in full view while first lady Jill Biden has sat in a Delaware courtroom.
Real-world mileage standard for new vehicles rising to 38 mpg in 2031 under new Biden rule
New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average about 38 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2031 in real-world driving, up from about 29 mpg this year, under new federal rules unveiled Friday by the Biden administration.
Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows pleads not guilty in Arizona's fake elector case
Former Donald Trump presidential chief of staff Mark Meadows and Trump 2020 Election Day operations director Michael Roman have pleaded not guilty in Phoenix to nine felony charges for their roles in an effort to overturn Trumpโs election loss in Arizona to Joe Biden.