Some Democrats are promising to push for more clean energy to help tackle rising energy costs when they take control of Congress in January.

House Democratic leaders are placing an early emphasis on healthcare as they discuss their immediate priorities upon the swearing in of a new Congress on Jan. 3.

Democrats are set to take control of Congress and are focusing on reining in President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

Democrats have won control of both legislative chambers in Arizona and retained the governor’s office, giving the party its first trifecta in the state since 1966.

Opposition to artificial intelligence data centers was part of midterm races across the U.S., with campaigns featuring them in hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of TV ads and many winners pledging to clamp down on the energy-hungry behemoths.

In his first public appearance after an election that soundly repudiated his policies, President Donald Trump turned to a topic that wasn't his policies or politics.

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña is under criminal investigation following the collapse of a major digital bank, as the South American leader prepares to defend himself before the Senate against possible removal from office on Friday.

President Donald Trump acknowledges the Iran war impacted the midterm elections but says he's not considering replacing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth despite voter dissatisfaction with it.

Democrats have won control of Congress in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.

Findings from The AP Voter Poll reveal that most voters are exhausted and exasperated by President Donald Trump.

From building a home-services business to securing a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Joe Strada is headed to Washington after winning Tuesday’s election for Florida’s 11th Congressional District.

U.S. stocks soared after President Donald Trump’s party lost its sole control of Washington in the midterm elections.

The AP Voter Poll suggests that President Donald Trump's 2024 coalition may be faltering in this year's midterms, with young voters and Hispanic voters appearing to move away from the GOP.

At stake in this year's election was which party would control Congress.

India’s opposition parties have renewed calls for the resignation of the country’s election chief.

Democrat Shomari Figures of Alabama is one of several Black members of Congress who've had their House districts redrawn by Republicans in the wake of the Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Act.

There’s been a lot of talk this midterm election season about socialism.

A judge has ordered the federal government to pull three taxpayer-funded Trump administration ads from television, social media and elsewhere that she says appear to have been made for political or propaganda purposes.

Get ready to fall back.

The cost of the Iran war to American taxpayers has grown to an estimated $47.1 billion.

When President Donald Trump launched his war on Iran, he said it would last a matter of weeks.

Court records show a 37-year-old Illinois man is charged with sending threatening letters to members of Congress containing a white powder, including one with a note reading “HAH enjoy the gift.”.

Lawmakers reviewing the issue of sexual harassment on Capitol Hill say they're disturbed by what they've found.

The U_S_ Treasury Department has proposed a rule to crack down on American high-tech investments in China, Russia, North Korea and other “countries of concern."

A new AP-NORC poll shows voters from both major political parties want the next Congress to focus on making life more affordable and ending the war in Iran.

Justice Elena Kagan says decisions by her conservative Supreme Court colleagues have increased political polarization and weakened democracy in the U.S. She spoke Tuesday, two weeks before the midterm elections, criticizing rulings that weakened the Voting Rights Act and campaign finance regulations.

People who want the right to distill spirits in their private homes are celebrating the Supreme Court's decision to hear their case.

President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to waive sanctions on Russia is drawing outrage and concern from members of Congress.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that puts on hold a sweeping new sanctions package targeting the Russian economy, telling Congress the pause was in the national interest.

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Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey says the league is considering its own rules for college sports if Congress doesn't establish national standards.

A 1988 law designed to protect the privacy of movie rentals in the age of Blockbuster Video is getting a fresh look from the Supreme Court.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed an executive order allowing the state's colleges and universities to let athletes who graduated high school in 2022 play a fifth year.

Victor Martinez runs a Spanish-language radio station in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley and talks about voters' frustration with everyday realities like higher fuel prices and inflation ahead of next month’s midterm election.

A bipartisan group of six senators are calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to “immediately reverse course” on a plan to purchase diesel from Russia as part of an effort to lower high fuel prices.

Authorities have increased security in New Delhi and announced transport restrictions ahead of a planned demonstration by India’s “Cockroach” movement.

An area of distinctive rock spires in southeastern Arizona is poised to become the nation’s newest national park.

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has been detained by police during a protest against the country's election chief.

President Donald Trump is promising more payments to voters just ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

America’s multibillion-dollar market for impairing hemp products faces potential elimination before the end of the year.

Ukraine will present the Trump administration and Congress this week with a wish list of Russian companies, vessels and individuals it would like to see hit with U.S. sanctions under a new law signed by President Donald Trump this month.

In Brazil, candidates like Plínio Trump bring a surreal element to elections by impersonating famous figures.

President Donald Trump is not permitted to withhold beyond the end of the fiscal year more than $800 million in spending approved by Congress.

A federal judge is blocking the authority of President Donald Trump’s administration to withhold some federal counterterrorism funding from states that don’t meet its election administration demands.

House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda if the party sweeps control in the November elections.

President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress.

Despite increasing political anxiety over Iran war, senators narrowly rejected a war powers resolution.

The Energy Department says it will spend almost $2 billion to try to squeeze more electricity out of the nation’s aging and stressed power grid.

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's relationship to the rich and powerful has surfaced in congressional contests across the country.

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar are introducing legislation that would ban artificial superintelligence, pause development of advanced AI systems and create a new Department of Artificial Intelligence.

The Trump administration plans to limit refugee admissions in 2027 to 17,500 mostly white South Africans.

Bolivia’s conservative government has won congressional backing for an international loan and moved to end diesel subsidies, risking political backlash.

The U.S. military’s price tag for the Iran war has grown to $43.6 billion as of Sept. 3.

A federal judge has ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it as President Donald Trump has threatened.

For a third time, the U.S. House has voted to end the war in Iran.

The war against Iran has cost the U.S. more than $38 billion through Aug. 1 and will continue to cost up to $3 billion a month or more.

The loved ones of the 67 people killed in last year's collision between an airliner and Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., have a message for Congress and regulators.

The Kennedy Center board has voted to close most of the iconic performing arts venue just hours after a federal judge blocked the institution from returning President Donald Trump’s name to the building.

The technology industry is urgently warning about the potential harm of artificial intelligence, but political inaction in Washington poses a challenge.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says Congress would have to approve President Donald Trump's proposal to send $5,000 to each American adult if the Republican Party maintains control of the House and Senate in the November election.

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration’s policy of holding immigrants without a chance for release recalls some of the darkest moments in the nation's history.

Florida’s District 7 seat came open after Rep. Cory Mills lost his primary, and neither Elijah, a former television anchor, nor Dalton, a retired Navy captain and former NASA chief of staff, has held elected office before.

The Supreme Court is allowing the White House to continue construction on President Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project while his administration appeals a judge’s order halting the work.

The federal government has agreed to extend the pause on border construction in Big Bend National Park until mid-September.

Hours after Lindsey Graham's funeral last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told U.S. lawmakers his country needed the Russia sanctions bill they were considering, as a morale booster in the long war.

Two senators who are set to retire have embarked on a mission to save tens of millions of Social Security beneficiaries from a projected 22% cut in their benefits, starting in just six years.

President Trump has submitted an agreement to Congress aimed at boosting Saudi Arabia's civilian nuclear program.

Florida chef Elijah Button faces a tough situation after losing his Affordable Care Act health insurance due to a premium hike.

Robert White Jr., the District of Columbia's presumptive delegate to Congress, has unveiled a plan to counter Republican interventions in the city's affairs.

The Lake County Supervisor of Elections Office has completed its machine recount in the Republican primary for U.S. House District 11 — and the race is almost exactly where it started.

The Trump administration has notified Congress of its plans to pay more than $800 million of the several billion it owes to the United Nations.

California state Sen. Aisha Wahab has secured victory in a special election to serve the rest of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s House term, which ends in January.

Federal agents have seized electronic devices from former Rep. Eric Swalwell and searched his Washington home as part of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by the ex-Democratic congressman from California.

Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former congresswoman Mary Peltola have advanced to November’s general election.

Brazil's Supreme Court is set to decide cases that could reshape protections for the Amazon rainforest and Indigenous communities.

The Senate has passed a short-term measure to keep federal agencies funded into early December and avoid a government shutdown during campaign season.

A federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration must stop construction of the $400 million White House ballroom because Congress has not approved the project.

Six years after the world was thrust into a global pandemic, Republicans in power aren’t leaving it in the past.

Republican Rep. Max Miller of Ohio is resisting pressure to exit his reelection campaign for Congress, even as anxiety over his electability is growing within his own party.

Michael Fuqua couldn't immediately recall the name of the candidate he voted for in Michigan's 13th Congressional District primary.

Florida Republican Congressman Randy Fine spoke one-on-one with News 6 anchor Lauren Melendez about affordability, immigration, and focusing on President Trump's agenda.

President Donald Trump's administration has informed Congress that it intends to close five smaller U.S. embassies, consulates and other diplomatic missions in Africa, Asia and the Western Hemisphere.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Monday he asked Congress to open an impeachment inquiry into a circuit judge, citing her past work for the Southern Poverty Law Center and fraud allegations.

A left-leaning group is spending $6 million to organize Latino voters in Texas.

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The Trump administration is preparing to ramp up funding by hundreds of millions of dollars for programs designed to counter China’s growing influence worldwide.

The stage is in battleground Pennsylvania.

House leaders are sending lawmakers home for the August recess after one of the rockiest sessions in recent memory to campaign for reelection.

The House has approved legislation that would bar members of Congress from purchasing individual stocks.

The House has passed a defense policy bill that incorporates President Donald Trump’s request for a historic $1.15 trillion in spending for the Pentagon.

The House adopted a Republican-only $95 billion budget proposal, a long-shot effort to fund the Iran war and other White House priorities.

Ava DuVernay has announced a documentary for Netflix on the 14th Amendment, which gave liberty and rights to formerly enslaved people following the Civil War, and which has come under legal attack from President Donald Trump.

The twice-yearly changing of the clocks could be a thing of the past if legislation currently in Congress that calls for permanent daylight time makes it through.

House Republicans have unveiled a $95 billion plan focused on boosting defense, aiding farmers and enacting stricter voter registration rules.

There will be no turning back the clock if the House has its way.

Senate Democrats have blocked a $1 trillion annual defense bill in protest of President Donald Trump’s war against Iran.

Lawmakers in the Senate have unveiled a bipartisan proposal to address Social Security's looming insolvency.

A Democratic senator says whistleblowers have alleged numerous problems with rushed reconstruction of the Kennedy Center.

Homeland Security has not fulfilled its promise to equip all officers with body cameras, despite receiving significant funding.