The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to dismiss its own lawsuit that aimed to stop California from processing up to 20,000 ballots it suspected were mailed to noncitizens.

Billionaire Leon Black has filed a federal defamation lawsuit against California Rep. Robert Garcia for public comments the Democratic congressman made tying him to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

U.S. President Donald Trump will cut South Africa and Rwanda from the AGOA trade agreement at the end of the year as punishment for not meeting certain criteria.

The Kennedy Center has announced that Paul Anka, David Foster, Andy Garcia, David Mamet and Barbara Mandrell will be honored at this year's Kennedy Center Honors.

Kamala Harris has been campaigning for Democratic candidates across multiple states during the final stretch of the midterm elections.

President Donald Trump rallied with Republican supporters in Florida on Friday while former President Bill Clinton spoke to Democrats just two states over in Mississippi.

The U.S. Justice Department has issued subpoenas to California officials in an escalation of its scrutiny of local election administration.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is drawing big crowds as she campaigns for progressive Democrats before the Nov. 3 election.

A new report shows President Donald Trump's administration has sharply increased deportations over the past year.

When Vice President JD Vance speaks on the campaign trail about the high costs Americans are facing, he often says he understands that people are hurting.

Some of the students furious over the handling of an alleged fraternity house gang rape at Cornell University are directing their ire at the school’s president.

The world lost a prominent and celebrated voice for the women’s movement in September with the death of author and activist Gloria Steinem.

Dennis Hastert, who served as House speaker longer than any other Republican but later was sent to prison in a hush-money case, has died.

The People's House museum exhibit in Washington has updated its replica Oval Office to match Donald Trump’s flashier and more golden design choices from his second term.

President Donald Trump's campaign rally on the Choctaw Nation puts him in rare company.

President Donald Trump has attended the Presidents Cup for the second time.

New players hit the United Nations General Assembly sidelines this week as humanitarian groups searched for a counterweight to foreign aid cuts.

Prince Harry says that artificial intelligence chatbots designed to provide companionship are even more dangerous to young people than social media.

Former President Bill Clinton opened this year’s Clinton Global Initiative conference, calling on attendees to promise to “step into the void created by retreating governments” following cuts by the United States and other nations to foreign assistance.

A federal judge who blocked the creation of a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” for compensating President Donald Trump’s political allies isn't swayed by a government attorney’s assurances that the concept is abandoned.

The Obamas’ pet dog Sunny has died.

The House Oversight Committee has voted to recommend holding billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress in the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.

Political strategist Khalil Thompson is on a mission to understand why some Black men leaned Republican in recent elections.

Several dozen presidential briefing documents have been declassified on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Americans are commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity.

Billionaire investor Leon Black is refusing to appear for a sworn deposition before Congress relating to its investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Donald Trump frequently hints at seeking a third presidential term, even wearing 2028 campaign hats.

Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker of Kansas has died.

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.

The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to rescind a quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging and other development on national forest lands, drawing the ire of environmentalists nationwide.

President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea does not just slight a longtime ally.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been convicted of first-degree murder in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur.

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.

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

Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland says he's concerned that President Trump might use federal power to influence the fall elections.

President Donald Trump is leaving behind the gold-accented White House on Friday for a Cabinet meeting at rustic Camp David in Maryland’s mountains.

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration cannot deny immigrants detained inside the United States a chance for release on bond.

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

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

Americans are waiting longer for disaster aid under President Donald Trump, with delays often lasting weeks or months.

Goldman Sachs’ former top lawyer Kathryn Ruemmler is facing skepticism from lawmakers as she testifies about her ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

In a story published July 13, 2026, about national monuments in Utah, The Associated Press erroneously reported the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.

Lindsey Graham was the garrulous son of South Carolina pool hall owners and he rose to become a prominent senator and fixture on the global stage.

President Donald Trump has offered a running commentary on his predecessors, his physique, and how he’s spending his time in the White House on second lady Usha Vance's podcast where guests are supposed to read picture books to children.

Mark Sherman has covered the Supreme Court for The Associated Press for 20 years during some of the most momentous decisions in history.

The NBA is going back to college this coming season, bringing the NBA Cup championship game to Butler’s historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

The House Oversight Committee has served subpoenas to a billionaire investor who made payments to Jeffrey Epstein.

Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan has died at the age of 100.

Former President Barack Obama formally opened his presidential center in Chicago on Thursday with a call to defend democracy.

Ann Patchett has received the Ambassador Richard C.

Franklin Roosevelt helped launch the modern system of presidential libraries in the late 1930s.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is using his bully pulpit to call for an end to the death penalty in his state.

Vice President JD Vance writes about his religious journey in a new book, "Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith."

Bill Gates says he made an error in judgment by ever meeting with Jeffrey Epstein as the Microsoft co-founder faces questions behind closed doors from lawmakers about his relationship with the disgraced financier.

Rahm Emanuel has been making moves in New Hampshire, hinting at a possible return to Washington politics.

South Carolina voters will choose nominees for governor and other state and federal offices in a primary election on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to Stephen Buyer, a former Republican congressman from Indiana who served nearly two years in prison for making illegal stock trades based on inside information after he left office.

June is Pride Month across the U.S. But in some Republican-controlled states it's now officially Fidelity, Nuclear Family or Strong Families Month.

The wife of late boxing legend Muhammad Ali says his legacy of compassion endures 10 years after his death.

Public demand and the increasingly outspoken calls from the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse have driven Congress to mostly set aside party politics in an effort to search for accountability.

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi has finished her interview with House lawmakers about the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files.

President Donald Trump has wrapped up a three-hour visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what the White House describes as preventive medical and dental exams.

Barney Frank has died.

Recent presidents have stayed away from trading stocks in companies whose fortunes they could lift or scuttle with the stroke of a pen.

The Trump administration is expanding its fraud-busting initiative in federal health programs.

American presidents have navigated a verbal tightrope for nearly 50 years regarding official U.S. policy toward Taiwan and China.

President Donald Trump is promising to release new UFO records that he says will be “very interesting.”.

President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be recalibrating its centerpiece policy of mass deportations after a series of major immigration enforcement operations in American cities soured the public’s mood on it.

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration cannot jail immigrants without a chance for a bond hearing, citing “serious constitutional questions.”.

An appeals court has ruled that the Defense Department can require journalists to be escorted on Pentagon grounds while the Trump administration appeals a judge’s decision to block its enforcement of a press access policy challenged by The New York Times.

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner has produced viral moments that were funny, cringeworthy or undeniably tense and that endure across social media.

Josh Shapiro may be heavily favored to win reelection as Pennsylvania governor, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot on the line for him this year.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had an old friend drop by on the final day of preparations for the NFL draft: former President Bill Clinton.

Four debut novelists are among the six finalists for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction, announced Wednesday.

The Navy is reviewing the design and costs of its Ford-class aircraft carrier, one of its most high-tech and expensive warships.

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton finished the Boston Marathon on Monday and her parents were waiting at the finish line to congratulate her.

President Donald Trump is more overtly leaning into some of the spoils of his office in his second term, drawing comparisons to French Queen Marie Antoinette from political opponents.

For the Trump family, business is booming.

Donald Trump has made a public flex of his political influence abroad on a scale that few, if any, U.S. presidents have, trying to marshal power he’s used domestically to sway races around the world.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris says she’s actively considering another presidential bid.

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.

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

A New York Times attorney claims the Pentagon has flouted a court order blocking it from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters’ access to the Defense Department’s headquarters.

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has returned to a New York courtroom as he seeks to have his drug trafficking indictment thrown out over a geopolitical dispute over legal fees.

Tom Kean Jr.'s bid for a third term representing New Jersey's 7th Congressional District offers a window into the larger battle for control of the narrowly divided House.

Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime personal attorney testifies to a House committee that he was unaware of the late financier’s sexual abuse of underage girls at the time it was happening.

Dolores Huerta has dedicated her life to breaking down barriers and cemented her place in history as one of the nation’s most influential labor leaders, civil rights icons and feminist activists.

Dolores Huerta and the late César Chavez are both credited with leading a movement that got growers to negotiate for better wages and working conditions for farm workers.

President Donald Trump says a former president has told him that he now wishes he had attacked Iran when he occupied the Oval Office.

Every day more than $4 billion worth of goods cross the United States’ borders with Canada and Mexico – U.S. auto parts headed for car factories in northern Mexico, cartons of Mexican avocados bound for California supermarkets, Canadian aluminum destined to become cans of Campbell Soup.

Through its social media feed, the White House has sent out a series of pumped-up videos that mix real Iran war explosions with movie action heroes, video game footage and sports heroes.

Many voters are frustrated by rising prices for essentials like housing.

The New York Times is urging a federal judge to block a Pentagon policy that has limited access to the building for journalists from many mainstream news outlets.

From former presidents to an NBA Hall of Famer to prominent church pastors, stories of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.’s influence on politics, corporate boardrooms and picket lines loomed large at a celebration honoring the late civil rights leader.

Democrats are gearing up for a bruising presidential primary as they argue over how to rebuild a winning coalition.

The House Oversight Committee has voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions over the Justice Department’s handling of files related to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation.

A House committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein labored for six months to question former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Former President Bill Clinton has finished his testimony before members of Congress for their investigation over convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Democratic lawmakers say former President Bill Clinton has tried to answer every question during a deposition over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.