Notable new books for the fall season range from Emma Cline's novel about a dying man's final journey to former President Joe Biden's White House memoir.

Election news will likely fill the headlines this fall, but among book buyers fiction will likely have top billing.

The Army's top general has directed a Europe-based unit specializing in drone warfare to revert to traditional infantry roles.

Pentagon data shows more than 750 U.S. troops have been wounded during operations against Iran.

Florida Democratic voters have delivered an upset by nominating democratic socialist state Rep. Angie Nixon over moderate Alex Vindman, a former national security official.

Florida Republicans have settled on Byron Donalds, a congressman, as their candidate for governor, and that now makes eight Black major party nominees for governors this year.

President Donald Trump has been promoting new data showing U.S. prescription drug prices fell 0.8% in July and are down 3.1% from a year ago.

A U.S. judge has blocked plans to move the FBI's headquarters to a federal office building in Washington.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pitching a plan to help shield local police officers who make immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty misconduct.

The number of people worth more than $100 million whom President Donald Trump has appointed to his administration is more than four times the combined total of the three previous presidents.

President Harry Truman famously kept a “The Buck Stops Here” sign on his White House desk.

Democrats seeking the party’s presidential nomination in 2028 will need to prove themselves early on in states where Black and Latino voters and union members are key supporters.

Dr. Anthony Fauci has declined a request to appear voluntarily before a second Senate panel.

A judge has dismissed Nevada’s fake electors case.

Democrats are gathering to finalize their 2028 presidential primary calendar this week, setting the stage for a wide-open contest to succeed President Donald Trump and chart a path ahead as the party’s voters oscillate between progressive and more moderate candidates.

Results in Democratic primaries in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Connecticut have reiterated that Democratic voters are hungry for change, even as they remain divided over the party’s ideological future.

President Donald Trump says he slipped away from Air Force One after a trip last month in Turkey because the Secret Service and military wanted him on a “different plane” due to a threat.

Iran is rejecting comments by President Donald Trump, who said that since Iran is seeking compensation as part of any peace talks, he’ll demand the same.

The Democratic Party's ideological divide remained unresolved even as the establishment candidate eked out a narrow win in the Wisconsin governor's primary over a democratic socialist.

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won the Minnesota Democratic Senate primary in the latest victory for an insurgent progressive over the party’s establishment.

Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says he'll sue the Trump administration to get his security clearance restored.

Embattled Republican Rep. Max Miller is staying in the race for his Ohio congressional district.

President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Todd Blanche, has been sworn in as attorney general after a bruising confirmation fight that exposed bipartisan concerns about the Justice Department’s direction under the Republican president.

Fresh on the heels of Abdul El-Sayed’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary win in Michigan, Wisconsin voters will decide another high-profile clash between the party’s establishment and progressive wings in a gubernatorial primary on Tuesday.

Vermont Democrats will try on Tuesday to do something they’ve been unable to do in five previous attempts: nominate a gubernatorial candidate who can beat Republican Gov. Phil Scott.

The Democratic Senate primary in Minnesota is heating up and immigration has become a central issue.

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed says he's spoken with Barack Obama and hopes the former president will campaign with him.

The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma opened its new Harrah’s-branded casino in April.

Former U.S. President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body and is causing him pain, even as he continues to speak out on public issues.

Troy Jackson's path to politics started during his time as a logger in Maine's north woods.

Three ex-presidents have joined an all-star roster of historians in contributing to a series of essays about presidents back to George Washington.

The Pentagon has revoked former U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall's access to classified information.

The Trump administration is moving ahead with its efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, two months after the Supreme Court allowed her to retain her job while she fights the president’s effort to terminate her over mortgage fraud allegations that she has denied.

Michigan Democrats are showing unity behind their statewide candidates.

Scott Colom is a Black man and a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate in Mississippi, a state traditionally led by white conservatives.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the public should not expect to quickly see footage of every critical incident.

President Donald Trump’s administration plans to overhaul Head Start, a key early education program for the nation's neediest children.

A Senate committee has voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress and refer him to the Justice Department for potential prosecution over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing last week on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Senate committee has voted along party lines to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Construction crews have taken apart the massive granite seal for the new White House helipad, signaling potential delays.

Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment before Congress will be put to the test this week.

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration improperly ended a multi-billion-dollar program for clean energy projects.

The Democratic Senate race between Rep. Haley Stevens and former public health official Abdul El-Sayed is one of the clearest tests yet of the party’s future.

An association of thousands of FBI agents is backing a lawsuit filed by three bureau employees who were fired last year for their roles in an investigation into President Donald Trump’s efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election.

A group of eight South Korean students have been detained for allegedly breaking into a U.S. air base in South Korea.

Michigan voters will decide a competitive Democratic U.S. Senate primary Tuesday in a contest that will have major implications for control of the chamber next year.

President Donald Trump's administration is planning to overhaul the Head Start program.

Kay Granger, the first Republican woman from Texas to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and who served for nearly three decades, has died.

National Democratic Party Chair Ken Martin is said to be in survival mode.

The two-month tenure of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence will officially come to an end on Monday.

President Donald Trump is threatening to push forward with a fund to compensate his allies if two Republican holdouts won’t support his nominee for attorney general.

A new AP-NORC poll shows most Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth fighting.

The National Urban League's latest “State of Black America” report warns that the American Dream may be slipping away for many Black Americans.

President Donald Trump says car companies are thriving due to tariffs and other key policies he's instituted as president.

The U.S. Postal Service is emerging as a pivotal player as the midterm elections approach.

A panel of federal appellate judges has refused to block President Donald Trump's executive order on mail voting.

Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is calling on Sen. Mitch McConnell to prove he is fit to continue serving in office or resign.

Newly released audio tapes appear to show Joe Biden sharing classified information with a biographer and sometimes claiming memory lapses during interviews that occurred before his election to the presidency in 2020.

The Senate has confirmed Jay Clayton to become head of the nation’s intelligence agencies.

President Donald Trump remembers Sen_ Lindsey Graham as “a giant of the United States Senate" and a "true American original.”.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris has endorsed Maine's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Troy Jackson, who became the party's nominee over the weekend.

The Clinton Foundation has launched a new initiative to develop nonpartisan policy solutions with state and local governments.

Democrat James Talarico is challenging Republican Ken Paxton in a closely watched U.S. Senate race in Texas.

President Donald Trump says his economic policies have revived the auto industry and American manufacturing.

Economics has a term for what U.S. grocery prices have done in recent years.

Living through the biggest jump in grocery prices in a half-century has many Americans changing their eating and food shopping habits.

Joe Biden has dropped a lawsuit in which he sought block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before the Delaware Democrat was elected president.

Democrats have selected South Carolina to hold the first presidential nominating contest in 2028.

Ford and Chinese automotive company Geely Auto announced plans on Thursday to jointly manufacture low- and zero-emission vehicles at Ford’s Valencia, Spain factory.

More than two dozen states have sued the Trump administration after it required them to comply with election and immigration conditions to get billions of dollars in federal funding for disasters.

A key Republican lawmaker says he believes that special counsel Jack Smith may have lied to Congress while testifying about his investigation of President Donald Trump and that the Justice Department should consider prosecuting him.

A new report from the Council on Criminal Justice shows an 18% decrease in the homicide rate across 30 American cities from 2025 compared to the same period in 2026.

Federal health advisers are recommending broader access to controversial chemicals called peptides.

Amish Shah has won the Democratic primary for an open congressional seat in Arizona.

Republican Steve Hilton has kicked off his general election campaign for governor against Democrat Xavier Becerra.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s new initiative to test and treat troops for low testosterone is facing scrutiny from a federal judge.

The Trump administration has forged a new agreement with Saudi Arabia that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program.

As midterm campaigning heats up, both major political parties face unexpected challenges.

The Senate Intelligence Committee has advanced the nomination of Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the nation’s intelligence agencies.

A federal appeals court has upheld White House adviser Peter Navarro’s convictions for defying a subpoena for records from the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Iran war has cost $37.5 billion, so far.

Joe Biden disagrees with an appeals court's rejection of his effort to block the release of audio recordings of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter.

The U.S. and Iran are back to bombing every day in a bid to control the Strait of Hormuz.

Democrats could vote as early as this week on the order of their primary calendar for the 2028 presidential election, although the decision wouldn’t be final until the full Democratic National Committee agrees.

Former Maine lawmaker and logger Troy Jackson is set to become the state's Democratic Senate nominee after Graham Platner's exit.

According to an Associated Press analysis, more than 4.2 million people across the country defaulted on student loans between April 2025 and March 2026.

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff has attracted national attention and praise from across the political left with his sweeping indictments of President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump has shifted his tone on former President Jimmy Carter, whom he once sharply criticized.

The U.S. Interior Department has canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be threatened with extinction.

President Donald Trump has released a trove documents that he claims prove voter fraud and foreign interference in the 2020 election.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has warned state officials they could lose funding or face investigations if they don't follow President Donald Trump’s election security demands.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has pledged to aggressively pursue voter fraud cases at the White House complex after President Donald Trump revived debunked election theories in a primetime speech.

To air or not to air.

President Donald Trump said in a speech to the nation that he's using federal power to secure elections from being “stolen.”.

The Trump administration is drastically shortening visas for foreign journalists in the U.S. The new rule announced by the Department of Homeland Security limits visas to 240 days, down from up to five years.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Labor is trying to win over U.S. senators.

The U.S. Treasury last year swelled with revenue from President Donald Trump’s double-digit taxes on imports from almost every country on earth.

President Donald Trump addressed the nation on topics that included elections and voting machines, revisiting long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden.

President Donald Trump is making a primetime address to the nation that's expected to include discussion of election issues.

President Donald Trump has used a primetime address to question the legitimacy of U.S. elections and push for more restrictive voting laws.