President Donald Trump says he’s directing the Pentagon and other government agencies to identify and release files related to extraterrestrials and UFOs because of “tremendous interest.”.

President Donald Trump has hosted a White House reception for Black History Month, less than two weeks after he sparked a bipartisan outcry by posting a racist video on social media that depicted former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s two presidential runs and his life of activism inspired leaders across generations.

A coalition of health and environmental groups is suing the Environmental Protection Agency, challenging the rescinding of a scientific finding that has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

Obama aides have described how they underestimated Donald Trump before his 2016 presidential run, even as his influence grew online and in politics.

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

The Justice Department has issued new subpoenas in an investigation into perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump and the U.S. government’s response to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson kept up his more than half-century-long fight for civil and human rights through his final years despite challenges over his health, the coronavirus pandemic, racial injustice and political divisions.

Thomas Pritzker will retire as the executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels after details of his affiliation with Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in documents related to the burgeoning investigation of ties the notorious sex trafficker had to the elite and powerful.

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.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama has clarified comments he made about alien life on a podcast over the weekend.

Anthony Edwards won the Most Valuable Player award while leading his “Stars” team past their fellow Americans on the “Stripes” team 47-21 to win the final of the NBA All-Star Game.

Larry the cat is marking 15 years as Britain’s Chief Mouser at 10 Downing Street, a symbol of stability in turbulent political times.

Kathy Ruemmler's resignation as Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer comes after emails show she stayed close with Jeffrey Epstein long after his conviction on sex crimes.

Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler is resigning after emails revealed she had a close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called “a scam.”.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to make arrangements to allow some of the Venezuelan migrants flown to a notorious prison in El Salvador to return to the U.

New York politicians defiantly raised a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument amid a boisterous, cheering crowd.

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

Russia's top diplomat says that Moscow will observe the limits of the last nuclear arms pact with the United States that expired last week as long as it sees that Washington does the same.

Iran marks the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution as leaders face pressure from the U.S. and anger at home.

The Trump administration has stopped flying a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument.

A White House official says the Trump administration is expected this week to revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

Lawmakers have tried to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, but the former girlfriend and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein invoked her Fifth Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that would be incriminating.

President Donald Trump is facing rare criticism from his Republican Party over a racist video.

The chair of the Congressional Black Caucus says the Trump administration has a chance to change after President Donald Trump posted a racist video depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as primates in the jungle.

President Donald Trump has taken an unusual step of turning to military leaders for high-level diplomacy.

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.

The Justice Department says a key participant in the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, has been taken into custody and will be prosecuted in Washington in connection with the rampage that killed four Americans and became a divisive political issue.

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

President Donald Trump’s social media post featuring a video about election conspiracy theories and a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle has been deleted.

The Kremlin says Russian and U.S. negotiators have discussed the expiration of their last remaining nuclear arms pact.

Woody Allen’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein has been known for years, but emails in the huge trove of records released by the Justice Department illustrate that relationship in new depth.

The Kremlin says it regrets the expiration of the last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States, while President Donald Trump declared he was against keeping its limits and wants a better deal.

Former Rep. Lee Hamilton, a crewcut-wearing Indiana Democrat who was a leading foreign affairs voice during three decades in Congress, has died.

The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States is set to expire this week, removing any caps on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century.

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

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

Olivia Dean has taken home the best new artist award at the 68th annual Grammy Awards.

Music mogul Clive Davis held his annual, star-studded pre-Grammys gala at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

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

The Federal Emergency Management Agency would have enough money to respond to the massive winter storm still impacting large swaths of the U.S. even if a partial government shutdown begins at midnight Friday.

President Donald Trump is warning Iraqi officials that the U.S. would no longer support the country if its former prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, returns to power.

A new Minnesota website lays out evidence to counter what state officials have called federal misinformation after immigration officials fatally shot two residents during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

The fatal shooting of Minneapolis man Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers has sparked calls for an independent investigation.

The shooting deaths of two American citizens at the hands of federal law enforcement in Minneapolis have upended the politics of the Trump administration’s deportation agenda.

Dr. William Foege, a leader in the global eradication of smallpox, has died.

A judge says congressional cosponsors of a law forcing the Justice Department to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell can sue to seek a court-appointed observer to ensure compliance.

Lindsey Halligan, who as a top Justice Department prosecutor pursued indictments against a pair of President Donald Trump’s adversaries, is leaving her position.

Democrat Mikie Sherrill has been inaugurated as New Jersey's 57th governor.

Longtime climate activist Bill McKibben finds hope in solar energy despite the Trump administration rolling back environmental regulations and freezing offshore wind projects.

There's broad bipartisan support in Congress for reviving federal health care subsidies that expired at the beginning of the year.

Republicans in Congress are supporting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as the Trump administration ramps up its pressure campaign against the central bank.

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

Forty-seven U.S. House members have announced they're not running for reelection, putting a record number of seats up for grabs at this point in the midterm election cycle.

The ongoing debate over health care in the U.S. remains as contentious as ever.

Whole milk is heading back to school lunch cafeterias.

The House gave approval to legislation aimed at loosening water efficiency regulations for showerheads.

Fewer Americans are signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans this year.

President Donald Trump has arrived at a delicate moment as he weighs whether to order a U.S. military response against the Iranian government over its crackdown on protests.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says his administration is not in talks with the U.S. government.

President Donald Trump is showing off a lapel pin he says is called "Happy Trump," featuring a cartoonish version of himself.

U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the United Nations climate framework marks a significant escalation of anti-climate policy.

Russia has strongly condemned the U.S. seizure of an oil tanker.

State lawmakers and governors will have decisions to make in 2026 about the budgets for their biggest social safety net programs.

The longest-serving Democrat in Congress has announced he's retiring at the end of his term, saying he's deeply concerned "this House is not living up to the Founders’ goals.”.

Presidents often find solace in golfing, and Joint Base Andrews in Maryland is a favorite spot because it's close to the White House and has built-in security.

A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration must give legal due process to Venezuelan migrants flown to a notorious prison in El Salvador, either by providing court hearings or returning them to the U.S. Judge James Boasberg ordered the government to come up with a plan within two weeks.

Lawyers for former CIA Director John Brennan want the Justice Department to be prevented from steering an investigation of him and other former government officials to a “favored” judge in Florida who dismissed the classified documents case against President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump's White House asked TV networks to grant him airtime for the first national address of his second presidency.

Four-term North Carolina Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt, a major figure in late 20th-century state politics, has died at 88.

The United States has announced it will resume nuclear testing if other countries do the same.

President Donald Trump has added partisan and subjective plaques to a refashioned West Wing walkway he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame.

Nebraska plans to be the first state to implement new work requirements for some Medicaid recipients.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's mistaken deportation to El Salvador has become a significant issue in the Trump administration's immigration policies.

The Reiner family, known for their positive influence in American culture, has faced a shocking tragedy.

Many prominent people are paying tribute to Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, after they were killed in their Los Angeles home on Sunday.

Americans are feeling the strain already with less than three weeks to go until the expiration of COVID-era tax credits that have helped many people pay for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

The Justice Department has asked an appeals court to block a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has walked away after a scheduled appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office after a federal judge ordered that officials could not detain him.

The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.

The language of politicians has become more vulgar in recent years.

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

The Senate is heading toward dueling partisan votes on health care this week.

A Brazilian woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be released from immigrant detention while she fights potential deportation.

More House seats are opening up as more members announce their upcoming departures.

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

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from making widespread immigration arrests in the nation’s capital without warrants or probable cause that the person is an imminent flight risk.

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

A federal judge in Washington has relaunched his contempt probe of the Trump administration for failing to turn around two planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March.

The Trump administration is promising a stricter anti-immigration agenda after an Afghan national was being charged in the shooting of two National Guard members.

A Massachusetts woman who was once engaged to the brother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt remains in ICE custody two weeks after her arrest on the way to pick up the son she shares with her ex-fiance.

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has become a key negotiator in the Trump administration’s push to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

The Trump administration is seeking to abandon a rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution, arguing that the Biden administration did not have authority to set the tighter standard on pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks and other industrial sources.

An organization is tracking the growing number of arrests among people with temporary deportation protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

The White House is circulating a proposal to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for two more years.

President Donald Trump says he's teaming up with legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus to revamp the golf courses at Joint Base Andrews.

In a story published Nov. 20, 2025, about the sentencing of rapper Pras Michel, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Michel was 52 years old.

In attendance at former Vice President Dick Cheney's funeral were pews full of former presidents and vice presidents — but neither of the men occupying those offices today.