President Donald Trump is endorsing Republican Steve Hilton for California governor, reordering a wide-open race.

Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon has won a Supreme Court order that’s expected to lead to the dismissal of his criminal conviction for refusing to testify to Congress.

A black banner hangs over the border crossing and portraits of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stare down, promising vengeance against the United States and Israel.

Wisconsin voters will choose a new state Supreme Court justice on Tuesday in an election that will either maintain or expand the court’s liberal majority.

Skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers and rising household electric bills are injecting a wave of attention into who is getting elected to watch over electric utilities.

Voters in a northwest Georgia congressional district will elect a new representative on Tuesday to replace Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned in January following a public rift with President Donald Trump.

Ukrainian officials say a Russian drone attack on Odesa has killed two women and a toddler.

Billions of dollars in tariff refunds could be on the way for American companies but getting that money back will be anything but simple. Experts also warn consumers probably won’t see a dime.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Monday that Israel attacked the South Pars petrochemical plant at Asaluyeh in Iran.

Israel has attacked a major petrochemical plant in Iran's South Pars natural gas field and killed a top Revolutionary Guard commander while vowing to hunt down more top officials.

The U.S. stock market is making only hesitant moves, while oil prices are flip-flopping.

The Trump administration has taken a new tack in celebrating Easter.

Congo will receive some deportees from the U.S. as part of a new deal under the Trump administration’s third-country program.

The U.S. Secret Service says it's investigating overnight reports of gunfire near Lafayette Park, which is across the street from the White House.

The Trump administration has shut down the CIA World Factbook, and there's much lamenting about the demise of a free source that many people used to check basic facts about countries.

Democrat Graham Platner is attracting support for his Maine Senate campaign from voters willing to forgive his past transgressions and embrace his populist message.

U.S. President Donald Trump repeated his threat to hit Iran’s critical infrastructure hard if the country’s government doesn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz by his Monday deadline.

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued an expletive-filled threat to escalate strikes on Iran if it doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday deadline.

An immigrant family is grappling with the ordeal suffered by a 3-year-old girl who endured alleged sexual abuse while her father fought for five months for her release from federal custody.

Cheryl Miller and other women’s basketball trailblazers, including Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman and former UCLA standout Ann Meyers Drysdale, spoke about the state of college sports at “The AP Top 25 Fan Poll Experience."

The Trump administration is arguing that a judge’s order to halt construction of a $400 million ballroom creates a security risk for the president.

The Trump administration has revoked the green cards or U.S. visas of at least four Iranian nationals connected to the current or former Iranian government, including two who have been detained by immigration authorities and are to be deported.

A federal judge has halted efforts by the Trump administration to collect data that proves higher education institutions aren’t considering race in admissions.

President Donald Trump claims that the United States has, in his words, “completely decimated” Iran.

U_S_ President Donald Trump has again warned Tehran over his Monday deadline to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz and allow ship traffic to flow again, and Iran has responded by threatening to open “the gates of hell.”.

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened Iran over his Monday deadline to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz so ship traffic can flow again.

Hollywood has driven how Americans envision little green men with big eyes and bigger heads.

For generations, human beings have wondered: What would alien life from another planet be like.

Moms for Liberty made a name for itself at the local level, fighting to win control of school boards as it battled “woke indoctrination” in the classroom.

Iran shooting down two American military jets marks an exceedingly rare assault for the U.S. that hasn't happened in more than 20 years.

China is stepping up its diplomacy as the Iran war drags on.

The Trump administration said Friday it is rejoining two agencies that were split up in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf oil spill.

President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at fixing college sports that would give federal agencies authority to cut funding at schools that don’t comply with mandates covering transfers, eligibility and pay-for-play in the rapidly changing industry.

Families wrapped their arms around freed loved ones outside Cuban prisons on Friday.

The Supreme Court's spokeswoman says Justice Samuel Alito fell ill at an event in Philadelphia last month and was treated for dehydration before returning home to suburban Washington.

Pam Bondi is out of her job after failing to deliver criminal cases against President Donald Trump’s political enemies.

Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar says an upcoming election against pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is a “referendum” on Hungary’s future.

A rural Nebraska family’s lifeline hospital now sits at the center of a national fight over Medicaid cuts.

Donald Trump won the presidency by promising to lower costs and end wars.

The Georgia General Assembly has ended its annual session without a plan for new equipment to overhaul the state’s voting system by a July deadline.

Two U.S. military planes were shot down in separate incidents on Friday, escalating tensions in the ongoing conflict.

One crew member has been recued after an American aircraft was shot down in Iran.

U.S. futures were trading modestly lower following surprisingly strong jobs data from the federal government.

After Pam Bondi became U.S. attorney general last year, conservative influencers, online sleuths and others who wanted the government to disclose all it knew about Jeffrey Epstein thought they might have a champion in the Department of Justice.

President Donald Trump has proposed boosting defense spending to $1.5 trillion in his 2027 budget released Friday, the largest such request in decades, reflecting his emphasis on U.S. military investments over domestic programs.

The Cuban government says it will release 2,010 prisoners in a move that comes while the Trump administration puts extreme pressure on the island’s government with a suffocating oil blockade.

Before picking Todd Blanche to help lead and now run the Justice Department, President Donald Trump was his client.

The federal government is suing Connecticut, Arizona and Illinois, challenging their efforts to regulate prediction market operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket.

Federal officials have arrested eight people they say were involved in various health care fraud schemes totaling $50 million in and around Los Angeles.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has accused China of “bullying” by detaining or holding up dozens of Panama-flagged ships.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that could slap long-threatened pharmaceutical tariffs of up to 100% on some patented drugs from companies that don’t reach deals with his administration in the coming months.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ousted the Army’s top uniformed officer and two other generals as the U.S. wages a war against Iran.

A drone maker backed by President Donald Trump’s two oldest sons is trying to win contracts with Gulf countries under threat by Iran and protected by the U.S. military led by their father.

The Trump administration has scaled back its plans to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could eventually lead to new limits on those substances for water utilities.

American employers added a surprisingly strong 178,000 new jobs last month, rebounding from a dismal February.

President Donald Trump said Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general.

The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s order blocking the federal government from taking punitive measures against artificial intelligence company Anthropic after a dispute with the Pentagon over military use of AI.

Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student fighting deportation, have asked Judge Emil Bove to step aside from an appellate panel that could weigh in on his case because of Bove’s previous role as a top Justice Department official involved in investigating student protesters.

According to documents viewed by The Associated Press, a three-judge panel says the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court can potentially resume his duties following a sexual misconduct investigation.

Russia plans to send a second oil tanker to Cuba, according to Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilyov.

President Donald Trump says Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general.

Iranian soccer has had a good week on its troubled path to playing World Cup games in the United States in June.

A Colorado appeals court has ruled that a former county clerk convicted in a scheme that attempted to find proof of fraud in the 2020 presidential election should be resentenced.

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been damning of the U.K.’s naval capabilities.

President Donald Trump's new White House ballroom has gotten final approval from a key commission.

U.S. gas prices are climbing fast, and drivers are paying the highest pump prices since 2022 as the Iran war shakes oil markets.

President Donald Trump has used his first major address since launching his war in Iran to assure Americans all his military objectives will be completed “shortly” and urge a skeptical electorate to give him more time.

There has been little sign Friday of the war in the Mideast winding down as Israel says it faced incoming fire from Iran, and Kuwait and Bahrain also reported being under attack.

Artificial intelligence-generated content is everywhere these days, making it increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction, particularly when it comes to breaking news.

Britain has accused Iran of holding the global economy hostage as diplomats from over 40 countries discuss ways to press Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

A bipartisan group of senators is aiming to relieve high insulin costs for more Americans.

The U.S. Army’s top uniformed officer has been asked to step down by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

President Donald Trump says he'll soon sign an order to pay all Department of Homeland Security employees who have gone without paychecks during the partial government shutdown that has reached 48 days.

Stocks overcame early losses to finish with slim gains and close out their first winning week since the start of the Iran war.

Democrats have sued to block President Donald Trump's latest executive order restricting mail voting.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has rescinded a rule that DHS expenditures over $100,000 be personally approved by his office.

President Donald Trump sought to explain his rationale for the war against Iran in a primetime address Wednesday.

The criminal trial of a former congressman is offering a glimpse into the prehistory of the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has asked President Donald Trump to declare a major disaster to help communities recover after four tornadoes touched down in Southwest Michigan early last month.

The U.S. has lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez.

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune have announced a plan to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security and try to end a record partial government shutdown.

President Donald Trump has attended oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court, marking a first for a sitting president.

U.S. health officials have approved a new weight-loss pill from Eli Lilly.

King Charles III will deliver an address to Congress during his visit to Washington in late April.

French President Emmanuel Macron has held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Japan.

A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump isn’t immune from civil claims that he incited a mob of his supporters to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Russia’s Defense Ministry claims its forces have taken control of the entire Luhansk region in Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO.

Pollution levels in Iowa's water have been abnormally high this winter.

The U.S. Supreme Court has finished hearing arguments over the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to someone in the country illegally or temporarily.

Democrats in North Carolina are scrambling to turn out rural Black voters and say the party cannot win the state without them.

Global leaders have been scrambling to contain the rising cost of oil and gasoline since the start of the Iran war.

President Donald Trump says U_S_ forces will “finish the job” in Iran soon as “core strategic objectives are nearing completion.”.

Amsterdam is marking 25 years since the world's first gay marriages were celebrated in the Netherlands.

Chang Ung, a former North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee who once led sports exchanges with rival South Korea including joint marches of their athletes at the Olympics, has died at 87.

A U.S. resident of 27 years who was deported to Mexico by the Trump administration has returned home to Sacramento.

Democrats have run California for years.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance are both seen as the Republican Party’s strongest potential candidates in the next presidential election, but the Iran war could prove to be a political millstone for them.

TMZ is turning its celebrity lens on Congress, tracking lawmakers on recess as a nearly six-week Department of Homeland Security shutdown drags on.