The Senate failed to get anywhere on health care this week.

Opponents of Missouri’s new congressional map have submitted thousands of petition signatures calling for a statewide vote on the plan backed by President Donald Trump.

Initial new federal data shows the number of Americans signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance for 2026 is moderately higher than it was at a similar time last year.

House Republicans in key battleground districts are working to contain the political fallout expected when thousands of their constituents face higher bills for health insurance coverage obtained through the Affordable Care Act.

Florida is poised to join the wave of states debating how they might reshape congressional voting districts, as political parties grapple for an edge in next year’s midterm elections.

A gerrymandering battle is spreading among states after President Donald Trump pushed for new U.S. House districts ahead of next year's elections.

Bodes Corned Beef House, a beloved restaurant on Main Street in Plymouth, is closing this month after its building was sold to a new owner.

Federal judges have allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map designed to give Republicans an additional U.S. House seat.

Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews.

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

President Donald Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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.

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.

Balmain has named French designer Antonin Tron as its new creative director.

The House is preparing to vote Wednesday on a bill to end the 43-day-long government shutdown.

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

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.

Maine Democratic Rep. Jared Golden says he will not seek reelection.

California Republicans have filed a lawsuit to block a new U.S. House map that voters just approved.

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.

A shortage of air traffic controllers has caused more flight disruptions at airports across the country.

Notices of rising health insurance premiums are landing in voters’ mailboxes and sending some to town halls to vent their frustration.

The Federal Aviation Administration says flights departing for Los Angeles International Airport were halted briefly due to a staffing shortage at a Southern California air traffic facility.

The Senate on Thursday rejected dueling partisan bills to pay federal workers during the government shutdown, with both Republicans and Democrats deflecting blame as many employees are set to miss their first full paycheck at the end of this week.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit that seeks to get Democrat Adelita Grijalva sworn in as the state’s newest member of Congress after House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to seat her for a month since winning the post.

Barack Obama is entering the fight for U.S. House control.

Eleanor Holmes Norton has been an outspoken advocate for the District of Columbia during her 18 terms as the city's delegate in Congress.

House members' absence during the government shutdown is creating a political dilemma for Republican Speaker Mike Johnson and is testing his leadership.

Democrats are ramping up pressure on Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in the newest member of Congress.

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.

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

Political leaders in Washington are spending much of their energy these days blaming the other party for what could be a significant government shutdown.

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

A new poll conducted just prior to the current government shutdown showed most Americans wanted Congress to extend tax credits that could expire at the end of the year.

Local 4’s co-morning anchor and Flashpoint host Jason Colthorp had a chance to talk to Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Oct. 3 to hear her thoughts on the recently passed budget.

New Mexico legislators moved quickly to prop up funding for food assistance and rural health care services in response to President Donald Trump’s cuts in federal spending on Medicaid and nutrition programs.

A week after her decisive win in an Arizona special election for the U.S. House, Democrat Adelita Grijalva has yet to take office.

Michigan lawmakers approved a continuation budget in the early morning hours of Oct. 1 to keep the state government running through Oct. 8, after missing the original fiscal year deadline.

State Government shutdown just after midnight as the fiscal year began.

Michigan’s state government has entered its new fiscal year without an approved budget, a situation that technically violates the state’s constitution.

The North Carolina legislature has approved a criminal justice package in response to the stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on Charlotte's light rail.

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

A number of charities have severed ties with Prince Andrew's ex-wife Sarah Ferguson after British newspapers published an email that she reportedly wrote to the late convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein.

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 House has passed a resolution honoring the late Charlie Kirk over significant Democratic opposition.

The Senate rejected competing measures to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date.

With just 15 days until a potential state government shutdown, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer formally entered the state budget fray on Tuesday morning in Lansing.

In a story published Sept. 16, 2025, about the House voting on bills on the Washington criminal justice system, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a bill would replace the members of the Judicial Nomination Commission with presidential appointees.

Democratic leaders are lashing out at a stop-gap spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the month.

Lawmakers in Lansing have about two weeks to pass a state budget. However, the state House and Senate appear to be at a stalemate.

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.

North Carolina's Republican legislative leaders are pushing for stricter pretrial release laws after a Ukrainian refugee was fatally stabbed on a Charlotte train.

President Donald Trump’s emergency order that federalized Washington’s police force is set to expire.

Two teenagers have been arrested on murder charges in the killing of a congressional intern who was struck by stray bullets during a shooting in the nation’s capital.

It's an issue uniting the left and the right.

Michigan Democrats accused Republicans Wednesday of defunding police services in a new state budget plan, highlighting cuts to training programs and community safety initiatives as an October 1 government shutdown deadline looms.

Just hours after, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer convened a crucial meeting with legislative leaders on Tuesday to discuss the state budget stalemate.

The NCAA is considering a rule requiring incoming Division I athletes to disclose name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals from high school or junior college.

A Democratic U.S. lawmaker sent a letter to leaders at the more than 350 Division I schools across the country, warning of a two-tier college system with haves and have-nots if a proposed bill to regulate the industry passes without changes.

In the midst of a state budget impasse, Republican House Speaker Matt Hall used a press conference in Lansing on Thursday morning to push back against what he claims are Democratic falsehoods about the House’s budget, which faces a deadline of Oct. 1.

Michigan lawmakers took a significant step toward modernizing the state’s Amber Alert system as two bills, collectively known as “The Rowan Act,” received unanimous approval from the House committee on Veterans and Families.

A California hearing on Democrats' redistricting effort turned into a shouting match Tuesday.

Democrats have unveiled a proposal that could give California’s dominant political party an additional five U.S. House seats in a bid to win the fight to control Congress next year.

The Voting Rights Act was signed into law 60 years ago but has been slowly eroding for more than a decade.

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wants George Santos' seven-year prison sentence to be commuted.

Texas Democrats have fled the state in an effort to keep Republicans from approving a new U.S. House map that could boost their slim congressional majority next year.

Democrats are launching a nationwide summer blitz designed to force vulnerable Republicans to defend President Donald Trump’s big tax and spending bill, especially Medicaid cuts.

The wave of lawsuits from college athletes seeking another season of eligibility seems to be slowing down.

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

Redistricting usually happens after the once-a-decade population count by the U.S. Census Bureau or in response to a court ruling.

Statehouses across the U.S. are addressing long-standing bathroom disparities for female lawmakers.

A House Republican is seeking to censure Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey over an incident stemming from a congressional oversight visit to a new immigration detention facility in her state.

A House subcommittee has voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

Texas Republicans are poised to redraw the state’s congressional map during a special session that starts Monday.

The number of people still missing in a Texas county ravaged by deadly flooding over the Fourth of July holiday weekend now stands at three, down from nearly 100.

President Donald Trump has signed the GENIUS Act into law, setting new regulations for stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency tied to assets like the U.S. dollar.

In Alaska, a public radio station general manager took a moment from a busy day warning her community about a possible tsunami for a special task — sending a text message to Sen. Lisa Murkowski urging her to vote against a measure to strip federal funding of NPR and PBS.

A popular restaurant in Michigan is opening its 13th location. Here's what to know.

A Michigan lawmaker is continuing to push for students to learn to read and write cursive in schools.

House Republicans are struggling with cryptocurrency legislation that they had expected to pass during what they dubbed “crypto week.”.

The University of Michigan is under federal scrutiny after two Chinese scientists linked to the school were separately charged with smuggling biological materials into the United States.

A man accused of killing two women at a Kentucky church on Sunday had been scheduled for a domestic violence hearing the following day.

Dartmouth College and the University of Notre Dame say they're ending their participation in a Chinese scholarship program.

President Donald Trump has signed his tax and spending bill into law after Republicans muscled it through Congress.

House Republicans strained through a day of starts and stops trying to advance President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts package.

The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” required a tie-breaking vote to pass the Senate, and there are numerous concerns over its potential impact on people’s health.

The NCAA’s House settlement era has launched, with athletic programs across the country free to start paying millions to their athletes in the biggest change in the history of college athletics.

At some 887 pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Republicans “got the job done” in passing President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts.

At some 940 pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations.

At some 940-pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations.

College sports leaders seeking antitrust and other protections from Congress have a potential bargaining chip: School assurances that they will provide funding for their increasingly imperiled Olympic programs, by far the biggest pipeline of talent for Team USA.

One key issue stalling progress on President Donald Trump’s big bill in Congress is particularly daunting.

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President Donald Trump says “NO ONE GOES ON VACATION” until the big, beautiful bill is on his desk by the Fourth of July deadline.

Texas will require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a new state law that will make the state the nation’s largest to attempt to impose such a mandate.

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House and Senate Republicans are taking different approaches when it comes to the tax cuts that lawmakers are looking to include in their massive tax bill.

President Donald Trump’s tax and budget bill would increase deficits by $2.8 trillion over the next decade after factoring in other economic effects.

A proposal by Senate Republicans would adjust the pace at which some crucial home energy efficiency and electric vehicle tax credits are phased out in timelines different from what House Republicans proposed in the multitrillion-dollar tax bill they passed last month.