President Donald Trump says he's offered the job of White House press secretary to his friend and UFC boss Dana White.

A federal judge says she intends to appoint an ex-top federal prosecutor in the nation’s capital during President Donald Trump’s first term to investigate whether she was purposefully misled by lawyers and administration officials in a lawsuit challenging the renovation of a historic public golf course along the Potomac River.

Melania Trump has announced that Louisiana State University has raised $7.2 million to endow scholarships for students who were once in foster care.

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.

Democrat Scott Colom hasn't won Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race, but the local prosecutor was welcomed as a historic figure as he strolled through the Jackson business district where civil rights leaders once organized.

Young voters voted overwhelmingly for Democrats in the midterm elections, driven by economic concerns and disillusionment with President Donald Trump’s war in Iran.

Republicans are reeling from the midterm elections and facing a crisis.

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

The U.S. Secret Service says a suspect has been taken into custody and charged after officers found him in a vehicle near the White House with multiple guns, claiming he heard voices in his head telling him to kill President Donald Trump.

Beijing has confirmed for the first time that it is discussing a historic meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. military has carried out new limited strikes on Iran, targeting air defense systems.

Nearly 2,500 votes separate Democrat Scott Colom and Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the tight race for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, and votes are still being counted.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make his first international trip since the midterm elections that dealt the Republicans a severe blow.

Pope Leo XIV says that he was “proud to be an American and to exercise the right” to vote in U.S. midterm elections that gave control of Congress to the Democrats in a repudiation of U.S. President Donald Trump and his policies.

Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy says he has been discharged from the hospital after suffering a stroke last weekend and will miss “several weeks” of votes in the Senate as he recovers in a rehabilitation facility.

President Donald Trump's White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is stepping down and will be replaced by Stephen Miller, a key member of Trump’s inner circle.

A federal court has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from breaking ground for his towering memorial arch.

The top federal prosecutor in Miami who had been tasked with overseeing an investigation into foes of President Donald Trump has resigned.

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.

President Donald Trump says Stephen Miller is replacing Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, mere days after Republicans lost control of Congress in the midterm elections.

Clergy members and other Democratic candidates with a Christian message helped their party flip control of Congress.

Latino voters moved sharply to the left in the midterm elections, helping Democrats achieve significant victories in Texas and in key House races nationwide.

President Donald Trump has transformed the Supreme Court with a conservative supermajority but now faces a Democratic-led Senate ready to challenge his judicial picks.

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.

AI stocks bounced back and recovered some of their sell-off from earlier in the week.

Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett says he wants to replace Sen. Marsha Blackburn when she becomes governor in January.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed off on the National Guard ramping up its presence in the nation’s capital in military vehicles and boats as troops deepen their integration with local law enforcement.

President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation that he says will preserve the Oval Office and Cabinet Room as a national monument, his first official action after his party was swept aside in midterm elections on Tuesday.

The Trump administration has escalated its economic campaign against Cuba.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is vowing that Democrats will not allow President Donald Trump to put “a right winger” on the Supreme Court once they take power, raising the possibility that his party could block a presidential nominee if there were a vacancy in the next two years.

Democrats won sweeping victories in the midterm elections, but the results did little to settle the debate over their party’s future.

Harmeet Dhillon, a conservative attorney who oversaw a radical reshaping of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, celebrated the mass departures of career lawyers and spearheaded sweeping investigations into elite universities, says she has resigned from her post.”.

Court documents reveal President Donald Trump's administration held secret talks with Iran about deporting Iranians during the ongoing war.

President Donald Trump sayd he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy at the White House but did not meet with Ukrainian officials who were also visiting on Thursday.

Strong turnout among Black voters helped propel several Black candidates to surprise victories in the midterm elections and led to razor-thin losses in other races.

President Donald Trump seems more concerned with his Washington beautification projects than his party’s midterm election wipeout.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from breaking ground on a towering memorial arch for 14 days.

Corruption topped the list of concerns for voters who ousted Republicans and handed Democrats control of Congress in the midterm elections.

Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has become the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate — a significant milestone for Muslim Americans.

Russia and Ukraine traded airstrikes as talks wrapped up in Brussels on Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction and security guarantees.

President Donald Trump was publicly humbled by inflation in the midterm elections, as public anger over rising prices caused a blistering set of losses for Republicans.

President Donald Trump faces a tough decision on his unpopular war against Iran after the Republican Party's midterm losses.

A brutal sell-off swept through Wall Street, led by stocks tied to the buildout of AI data centers.

Alaskans have settled in to await more results for key races on the general election ballot that are not yet called.

Vice President JD Vance publicly broke from President Donald Trump’s defense of the Iran war in the wake of the Republican Party’s deep losses in the midterm elections.

Just a handful of races for Senate and governor have not yet been called by The Associated Press as of noon Eastern time on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump reacted to Republicans' midterm election losses by showcasing the new White House ballroom.

In a story published Nov. 4, 2026, about state legislative elections, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of the director of elections and redistricting at the National Conference of State Legislatures.

House Speaker Mike Johnson will be stepping aside from Republican Party leadership after the GOP’s wipeout in the midterm elections, declining to run for House minority leader in the new Congress.

Leaders in Europe and elsewhere have expressed relief that U.S. midterm election results could signal a shift away from President Donald Trump's "America first" policies.

Democratic candidates made up significant ground among key demographic groups in the 2026 midterms, according to The AP Voter Poll, reversing many of the gains President Donald Trump made with the traditional Democratic coalition in the 2024 presidential election.

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.

The midterm election blowout has set up a new era in Washington.

Republicans' plan to redraw congressional districts to their advantage failed to work in the midterm elections.

Voters have dramatically shifted the political landscape by electing Democrats in traditionally Republican states.

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

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

The Justice Department has escalated its investigation over a Senate candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent, issuing a letter to a prominent Democratic attorney in Washington and others that they may be targets of the criminal inquiry.

The Trump administration has urged the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling allowing a state-funded preschool program in Colorado to exclude Roman Catholic schools if they don’t comply with equal-opportunity requirements.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. will stop providing $4 billion in aid each year to Israel in 2027 but will keep selling arms to its closest Middle East ally.

Many in the Middle East remain on edge after the United States carried out limited strikes on Iranian targets just hours before Tuesday’s midterm elections in the U.S. The strikes in the Strait of Hormuz are raising more questions about what’s coming next.

Experts say that a promising drug that offers complete protection against HIV and requires only two shots a year isn't getting to enough people.

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

Voters have punished Trump’s allies in swing states and Republican strongholds alike, giving Democrats key victories nationwide and control of the House and Senate.

President Donald Trump had escalated efforts to interfere in how states run their elections in the weeks leading up to Election Day.

For Donald Trump, his party’s resounding midterm losses pave the way for investigations and potential impeachments that will put the Republican president on the defensive in his final two years in office.

Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, delivering a decisive rebuke of Republican governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of congressional resistance to President Donald Trump.

A rebound for some influential Big Tech stocks helped lift the U.S. market despite a drop for Apple and mixed trading elsewhere on Wall Street.

A judge has complicated President Donald Trump’s efforts to plow forward on construction of a memorial arch, setting multiple notification deadlines before any work can begin.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Harvard University over its alleged failure to provide admissions records that the Justice Department demanded to ensure the Ivy League school stopped using affirmative action in admissions.

The president of the International Criminal Court has accused the Trump administration of trying to obstruct international justice by imposing penalties on the tribunal and has vowed that it would not succeed.

President Donald Trump stood silently while triumphant music played as he held up a poster showing an image of the algae-clogged pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has met with his Venezuelan counterpart in Washington.

As midterm campaigns careen toward their conclusion, Democrats are pushing through intraparty divisions to stay focused on voters’ economic frustrations.

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.

The Supreme Court has rejected a push for California to set aside thousands of mail ballots from people President Donald Trump’s administration claims are noncitizens.

A federal judge in Washington has dismissed a criminal complaint against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about Hunter Biden, citing what he calls “weaponization” of President Donald Trump's Justice Department.

President Donald Trump’s administration appealed to the Supreme Court on Monday in its push to sideline thousands of disputed California mail ballots the day before the pivotal midterm elections.

There's plenty of angst among U.S. voters on the eve of Election Day.

US has conducted defensive strikes on some Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz, US official says.

A morning rally for U.S. stocks petered out as the tech and AI industries remained shaky following their sell-off last week.

The Justice Department is urging a federal judge to consider whether to hold an immigrant rights group in contempt of court for disclosing the results of its analysis of a dataset of alleged noncitizens registered to vote in California.

President Donald Trump is suggesting he'll make his closing pitch for the midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

President Donald Trump is closing out the last days of the volatile midterm campaign with rallies in Iowa and Kansas, two states he has handily won in the past.

The United Arab Emirates hopes for a diplomatic breakthrough in Qatar-led mediations to prevent a new confrontation between the U.S. and Iran.

Sen. Chris Murphy is in the hospital after having a stroke.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he had a constructive conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump about a potential trade deal.

A federal judge has dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses.

Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s former opponent in the U.S. Senate primary, Haley Stevens, has stunned party officials by endorsing Republican Mike Rogers.

President Donald Trump has wrapped up the final weekend of a turbulent midterm campaign with rallies in Iowa and Kansas.

People signing up for health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act for 2027 should expect higher premiums and fewer options.

Iran's top diplomat hopes there is “rationality” on the U.S. side as diplomatic efforts aim to prevent a return to all-out war.

The Trump administration’s online accounts have circulated images of a pumpkin carved with a sombrero design and a fake Halloween-themed background around a Black man apparently accused of food assistance fraud.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Trump administration did not help Flávio Bolsonaro leave Brazil after his election defeat.

Alaska’s Republican-run state government is urging a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed at President Donald Trump’s direction to stop the certification of a possible Democratic win in that state’s pivotal U.S. Senate race.

A federal judge has dismissed President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico were making closing arguments Saturday in a tossup Texas U.S. Senate race that has become a key measure of voters’ frustration with Trump’s leadership and his loyalists in the Republican Party.

More than 4 in 10 names flagged as possible noncitizen voters in California by the Trump administration can’t even be found on the state’s voter rolls.

London police say that 139 people have been arrested at a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in support of the banned group Palestine Action.