The Trump administration is arguing the government could detain and deport British people under an 18th century wartime act if a president found there was a “British invasion” corrupting young Americans.

The Trump administration is ending the use of abortion-derived fetal tissue in research funded by the National Institutes of Health.

President Donald Trump's budget office is telling government agencies to compile data on federal money sent to a group of 14 mostly Democratic-controlled states and the District of Columbia.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills challenged federal immigration officials to provide arrest warrants, real-time numbers and information about detainees amid a sweeping enforcement operation, saying the state has been left in the dark as fear spreads in immigrant communities.

President Donald Trump is suing JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon for $5 billion.

Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon has announced her candidacy for the Florida U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Ashley Moody in the 2026 election.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced after speaking with President Donald Trump in Davos, Switzerland, two days of trilateral meetings involving the U.S., Ukraine and Russia.

President Donald Trump’s ambitions for the “Board of Peace” to play a role in global conflicts beyond Gaza appear to be the latest U.S. attempt to sidestep the U.N. Security Council.

A judge has thrown out the boundaries of New York City's only Republican congressional seat, ordering a redrawing due to unconstitutional vote dilution of Black and Hispanic residents.

Maine is seeing an increase in immigration enforcement activity this week.

President Donald Trump’s plans for bringing homeownership within reach of more Americans involve pushing for lower interest rates on home loans and credit cards, and banning large institutional investors from buying single-family homes.

The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colleges.

Former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya has launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Democrats are rethinking their midterm election strategy due to the controversial immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

A man charged with vandalizing Vice President JD Vance's Ohio home has pleaded not guilty.

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

Doctors say immigrant patients are missing key medical appointments, afraid to come to medical clinics amid the Trump administration’s sweeping Minnesota immigration crackdown.

Israeli settlers are celebrating the inauguration of a new settlement in the West Bank on land where Israel and the U.S. once hoped to build a hospital for Palestinian children.

A federal judge in Miami has rescheduled a hearing for a Florida congresswoman charged with conspiring to steal $5 million in federal COVID-19 disaster funds.

Fresh off an endorsement from President Donald Trump, Rep. Julia Letlow of Louisiana is launching a U.S. Senate bid against fellow Republican and second-term Sen. Bill Cassidy.

On the anniversary of his inauguration, President Donald Trump is heading to the World Economic Forum in Davos, an annual gathering of the global elite.

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

The New York Stock Exchange is working on a digital platform that would enable investors to trade digital tokens around the clock.

Communities across the U.S. held parades, panels and service projects for the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

What sounds like President Donald Trump narrating a new Fannie Mae ad actually is an AI-cloned voice reading text, according to a disclaimer in the video.

Virginia’s governors traditionally wear morning suits for their inaugurations.

The White House has announced that U.S. Vice President JD Vance will lead an American delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics.

President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” that was initially seen as a mechanism focused on ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is taking shape with ambitions to have a far broader mandate of other global crises.

As its immigration crackdown in Minneapolis intensifies, the Trump administration is leaning into messaging that borrows from phrases, images and music about national identity that have become popular among right-wing groups.

President Donald Trump has demanded a 10% cap on credit card interest rates by January 20.

President Donald Trump has made lots of promises during the first year of his second term in the White House.

Sen. Thom Tillis isn't holding back in his final year in Washington.

Abigail Spanberger has become Virginia's first female governor after centuries of men holding the state's top office.

President Donald Trump says he's ready to restart U.S. mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia over Nile River water sharing.

The Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who default on their payments, backing off a measure that threatened to deliver a financial blow to millions of Americans.

Four-term Texas Sen. John Cornyn is in the political fight of his career.

As Attorney General Pam Bondi approaches her first anniversary on the job, the firings of career attorneys have defined her turbulent tenure.

President Donald Trump isn't waiting for future generations to decide to name important things in his honor — he's doing it himself.

A federal judge has dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against California that sought detailed voting records and personal data on the state’s 23 million registered voters.

A group of Democratic U.S. senators is voicing concern over U.S. Postal Service processing changes and what those could mean for voting with mail ballots.

Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema allegedly had a romantic relationship with a member of her security detail, leading to the breakup of his marriage.

The Justice Department’s investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has brought heightened attention to a key drama that will play out at the central bank in the coming months: Will Powell leave the Fed when his term as chair ends, or will he take the unusual step of remaining a governor.

Congress is halfway home in approving government funding for the current budget year that began Oct. 1 after the Senate overwhelmingly passed a three-bill package on Thursday.

Betsy McCaughey, a conservative commentator and former New York lieutenant governor, is running for governor of Connecticut.

Federal immigration agents deployed to Minneapolis have used aggressive crowd-control tactics — including pointing rifles at demonstrators and deploying chemical irritants — actions the government says are necessary to protect officers from violent attacks and growing protests.

A top ICE official has resigned her job in a bid to oust the longest-serving woman in Congress this fall.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is trying to project political influence even as his term nears its end.

Wisconsin Democrats are hoping to flip majority control of the Legislature and retain the governor's seat this year.

The Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court raised 10 times as much last year as her Republican-endorsed opponent, putting in stark relief the challenge conservatives face in winning the race in the battleground state.

The U.S. is imposing new sanctions on Iranian officials accused of repressing protests against Iran’s theocratic government.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has discussed her country’s future with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.

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.

President Donald Trump’s second term has been eventful, but you wouldn’t know it from his approval numbers.

The Alaska Court of Appeals is deciding whether to dismiss felony voter misconduct charges against Tupe Smith, an Alaska resident born in American Samoa.

Israel plans to honor the late Charlie Kirk for his efforts against antisemitism.

Press freedom advocates are concerned this week's raid on a Washington Post journalist's home will deter reporting on government actions and silence whistleblowers.

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

The House GOP’s new Select Committee on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack has held its first hearing, but it's clear the trauma of that day still lingers.

The Liberian man arrested over the weekend after heavily armed immigration agents used a battering ram to break through the front door of his Minneapolis home had been checking in regularly with federal authorities for years, his attorney said.

Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has argued for years that the Venezuelan government has intentionally orchestrated mass migration into the United States.

An Oval Office ceremony meant to celebrate milk was overshadowed by President Donald Trump making news on other fronts.

The Department of Homeland Security is making it easier for visa-holding religious workers to serve U.S. congregations with less disruption.

A panel of federal judges has sided with California in the fight over a new U.S. House map approved by voters.

A district attorney, a state senator and a trash-hauling entrepreneur are among the 22 candidates bidding to succeed former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in a Georgia congressional seat.

Reproductive rights advocates have dropped a lawsuit against the Trump administration after officials agreed to restore millions in federal funding for family planning services.

The Supreme Court is reviving a Republican challenge to a law allowing the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump.

The Trump administration placed new security requirements on Nividia’s semiconductor sales to China, but essentially greenlighted the export of its powerful H200 artificial intelligence chips to Chinese buyers.

The Senate sidelined a war powers resolution Wednesday that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to carry out further military attacks on Venezuela, as the president put intense pressure on his fellow Republicans to vote down the measure.

Judges on a Colorado appeals panel expressed skepticism about the sentence for a former county elections clerk convicted of orchestrating a breach of election equipment.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he expects President Donald Trump to interfere with the midterm elections.

Senate Democrats are expressing optimism they'll be able to flip the chamber this year after it looked all but impossible last year.

Michigan voters were asked in a recent poll who they would vote for in the upcoming U.S. Senate election.

A former Republican lawmaker in South Carolina has been sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison for sending videos of children being sexually abused on social media.

A proposal to tax the accumulated wealth of California billionaires has ignited a political uproar in Silicon Valley and across the state.

President Donald Trump has claimed control of Venezuela, escalated threats to seize Greenland and increased immigration raids in the U.S. These actions have created turmoil as voters prepare for midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.

A demonstrator was hit in the face with a projectile fired by a federal officer at close range during a protest in Southern California.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has delivered her State of the State address, pitching proposals to fight President Donald Trump's agenda while also moving to capture progressive excitement surrounding Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Michigan voters were asked in a recent poll how they felt about the 2026 gubernatorial race.

A top Justice Department official says there is not currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis.

Georgia lawmakers are moving to void a Savannah ordinance that fines or jails people for leaving guns in unlocked cars.

A jury has convicted a former Navy SEAL with neo-Nazi beliefs of transporting fireworks across state lines with plans to shoot explosives at police during last year’s “No Kings” protest in San Diego.

Wall Street's relationship with the Trump administration is souring.

The Democratic National Committee plans to spend millions of dollars to consolidate voter registration efforts, traditionally handled by nonprofits and individual campaigns.

News personality Chris Cuomo is returning to the satellite radio network SiriusXM, putting him on the air with both morning and evening talk shows.

President Donald Trump promoted his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, as he tries to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are hurting Americans’ pocketbooks.

Michigan voters were asked in a recent poll how they felt about President Donald Trump’s second term so far.

Michigan voters were asked in a recent poll how they felt about President Donald Trump’s second term so far, specifically about his economic policies.

President Donald Trump is defending his tariffs, using a major economic speech in Michigan to argue that they boost domestic manufacturing despite many Americans fears about rising prices.

Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist is ending his run for governor and launching a campaign for secretary of state, saying concerns about democracy and election security drove his decision.

Democrats are looking to expand their hold on the nation's governorships in the midterm elections in November.

President Donald Trump has dramatically escalated his confrontation with the Federal Reserve.

Plaintiffs' attorneys are asking a federal judge to intervene after three Democratic members of Congress were blocked from visiting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Minnesota over the weekend.

The Trump administration’s criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has sparked a backlash that may undermine the White House’s goals.

New polling from Gallup shows that Americans are increasingly identifying as political independents and rejecting the labels of the two major political parties.

Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing the federal government to stop surge by federal immigration authorities.

Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist announced he withdrew his name from the 2026 gubernatorial race. Instead, he’s running for Secretary of State.

For thousands of Venezuelans living in the U.S., the days since the Trump administration ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro have brought a mixture of joy and trepidation.

Five years after video of George Floyd's killing on a Minneapolis street, video of another law enforcement action in the northern city is central to another American debate.

Longtime New Jersey legislator and former acting governor Richard “Dick” Codey has died.

Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election — and recently, the downfall of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.