The Senate is set to confirm Jay Clayton to become head of the nation’s intelligence agencies, ensuring that a permanent director is in place as the midterm elections approach.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, the son of pool hall owners who rose to become one of the more influential politicians in the United States, will be eulogized in Washington.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris has endorsed Maine's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Troy Jackson, who became the party's nominee over the weekend.

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

Democrat James Talarico is challenging Republican Ken Paxton in a closely watched U.S. Senate race in Texas.

President Donald Trump says his economic policies have revived the auto industry and American manufacturing.

Living through the biggest jump in grocery prices in a half-century has many Americans changing their eating and food shopping habits.

Economics has a term for what U.S. grocery prices have done in recent years.

Joe Biden has dropped a lawsuit in which he sought block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before the Delaware Democrat was elected president.

Democrats have selected South Carolina to hold the first presidential nominating contest in 2028.

Ford and Chinese automotive company Geely Auto announced plans on Thursday to jointly manufacture low- and zero-emission vehicles at Ford’s Valencia, Spain factory.

More than two dozen states have sued the Trump administration after it required them to comply with election and immigration conditions to get billions of dollars in federal funding for disasters.

A key Republican lawmaker says he believes that special counsel Jack Smith may have lied to Congress while testifying about his investigation of President Donald Trump and that the Justice Department should consider prosecuting him.

A new report from the Council on Criminal Justice shows an 18% decrease in the homicide rate across 30 American cities from 2025 compared to the same period in 2026.

Federal health advisers are recommending broader access to controversial chemicals called peptides.

Amish Shah has won the Democratic primary for an open congressional seat in Arizona.

Republican Steve Hilton has kicked off his general election campaign for governor against Democrat Xavier Becerra.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s new initiative to test and treat troops for low testosterone is facing scrutiny from a federal judge.

The Trump administration has forged a new agreement with Saudi Arabia that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program.

As midterm campaigning heats up, both major political parties face unexpected challenges.

The Senate Intelligence Committee has advanced the nomination of Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the nation’s intelligence agencies.

A federal appeals court has upheld White House adviser Peter Navarro’s convictions for defying a subpoena for records from the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Iran war has cost $37.5 billion, so far.

Joe Biden disagrees with an appeals court's rejection of his effort to block the release of audio recordings of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter.

The U.S. and Iran are back to bombing every day in a bid to control the Strait of Hormuz.

Democrats could vote as early as this week on the order of their primary calendar for the 2028 presidential election, although the decision wouldn’t be final until the full Democratic National Committee agrees.

Former Maine lawmaker and logger Troy Jackson is set to become the state's Democratic Senate nominee after Graham Platner's exit.

According to an Associated Press analysis, more than 4.2 million people across the country defaulted on student loans between April 2025 and March 2026.

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff has attracted national attention and praise from across the political left with his sweeping indictments of President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump has shifted his tone on former President Jimmy Carter, whom he once sharply criticized.

The U.S. Interior Department has canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be threatened with extinction.

President Donald Trump has released a trove documents that he claims prove voter fraud and foreign interference in the 2020 election.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has warned state officials they could lose funding or face investigations if they don't follow President Donald Trump’s election security demands.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has pledged to aggressively pursue voter fraud cases at the White House complex after President Donald Trump revived debunked election theories in a primetime speech.

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President Donald Trump said in a speech to the nation that he's using federal power to secure elections from being “stolen.”.

The Trump administration is drastically shortening visas for foreign journalists in the U.S. The new rule announced by the Department of Homeland Security limits visas to 240 days, down from up to five years.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Labor is trying to win over U.S. senators.

The U.S. Treasury last year swelled with revenue from President Donald Trump’s double-digit taxes on imports from almost every country on earth.

President Donald Trump addressed the nation on topics that included elections and voting machines, revisiting long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden.

President Donald Trump is making a primetime address to the nation that's expected to include discussion of election issues.

President Donald Trump has used a primetime address to question the legitimacy of U.S. elections and push for more restrictive voting laws.

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

President Donald Trump has endorsed MyPillow founder Mike Lindell for Minnesota governor, praising him as “one of America’s greatest and most hard working Patriots.”.

A lead U.S. negotiator for the release of hostages captured by Hamas during the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel will have a book out this fall.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is confronting skeptical questioning at a Senate confirmation hearing about the creation of a fund to compensate allies of President Donald Trump and a tax immunity deal for the president.

Former President Joe Biden plans to publish his memoir, "Promise Me, America," this fall.

President Donald Trump’s pick to head the nation’s intelligence agencies is struggling to win Democratic support.

President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections.

Senator Ron Wyden has accused Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of breaking the law by urging third-party candidates to drop out of Iowa congressional races.

The sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham is renewing focus on the country’s aging lawmakers.

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.

A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system’s operator to pay a civil penalty of nearly $27 million over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022.

A federal judge has dismissed the remnants of the government’s landmark case against far-right Proud Boys members who were convicted of seditious conspiracy.

President Donald Trump says he's ordered the U.S. military to destroy Iran if he were to be assassinated.

The Trump administration has finalized a rule that changes how agencies enforce the Endangered Species Act.

A federal trial is scheduled to start in February for a Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs near the national headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties in Washington on the eve of Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

Graham Platner's bid for Maine Senate may be all but over, but it's likely other candidates will find themselves on a similar path in the future.

A new accusation that Graham Platner once sexually assaulted a woman he was dating has rocked the U.S. Senate race in Maine and cast fresh doubt on Democrats’ path to a Senate majority.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by a conservative activist to obtain guardianship records in an effort to find ineligible voters in the presidential battleground state.

A new AP-NORC poll reveals a dramatic erosion of support for Israel, after decades of bipartisan backing.

A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s mass pardons for supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol don’t apply to a Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs near the national headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.

The relationship between Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino has been long in the making and is now at the center of one of the great World Cup controversies.

President Donald Trump says he's building a granite helipad on the White House lawn.

President Donald Trump has rung the opening bells for the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq from the Oval Office.

President Donald Trump has berated and belittled many of the European leaders who are expected to attend the upcoming NATO summit in Turkey.

The FBI has asked its field offices across the country to dedicate more than 200 staffers to its investigation of the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County.

The United States is rapidly building what it calls a “smart wall” on the Mexico border, combining tall steel fencing with advanced technology like sensors and cameras.

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A federal filing shows President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion from his crypto businesses last year, locking in profits while his investors were socked with losses.

The Supreme Court is rejecting a Republican-led attack on state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump.

The Supreme Court says it will consider Arizona voting laws passed in the wake of the 2020 election that impose proof-of-citizenship requirements for voter registration and regular purging of state voter rolls.

Kara Swisher is expanding her influence from tech journalism to politics.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that Americans have grown less proud of the country’s history or the way its democracy works over the past several years.

The Democratic Party is confronting its long-standing dilemmas over identity and ideology as it wrestles with populist challengers in communities of color.

A new report by a Trump administration commission suggests replacing the idea of separating church and state with the idea of building bridges between them.

Fear is ricocheting through Haitian communities across the United States after the Supreme Court decided to allow the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disasters.

A federal judge has halted President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to create a federal voter list and limit who can receive a mail ballot.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to potentially revive an immigration policy once used to turn back migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Trump administration has reached a multi-state settlement with chemical giant Chemours Co. over years-long, illegal discharges of synthetic “forever chemicals” used to make products resistant to water, grease and stains.

Democratic congressional primary results in New York City are accelerating the party's debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Olympian Jessie Diggins visited Capitol Hill with her four medals in hand to advocate for clean air, clean water and a healthy planet.

A judge has barred the federal government from making arrests at immigration courts, a practice that took hold shortly after President Donald Trump took office last year.

A federal appeals court has allowed the Trump administration to resume carrying out speedy deportations of undocumented migrants across the United States.

Georgia will stick with an embattled vote-counting method that relies on QR codes for this year’s midterm elections after state lawmakers passed legislation that put off making changes until 2028.

The Justice Department has withdrawn subpoenas that sought to compel reporters at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal to testify before a grand jury.

President Donald Trump visited a Mack Trucks facility in Pennsylvania, for a speech meant to focusing on the economy.

Legislation to keep Georgia’s embattled vote-counting method in place for this year’s midterm elections is facing strong opposition from state Democrats.

Watch Duty, a free cellphone app that tracks fires, became a vital tool for millions during the 2025 LA fires.

A federal judge has rejected former President Joe Biden’s attempt to block the Trump administration from releasing to a conservative group the recordings that Biden made with a ghostwriter.

Events are set up across Central Florida this weekend in honor of Juneteenth. The federal holiday marks the day that Union soldiers on June 19, 1865, told enslaved Black people in Texas that they were free, thus marking the end of slavery in the United States.

One of the few Black-owned banks in the U.S. is introducing a debit card aimed at helping single mothers who live in government subsidized housing escape poverty.

As people gathered to celebrate Juneteenth at events across the U.S., former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama welcomed the first visitors to his presidential center.

The Supreme Court has ruled against a broad federal ban on gun ownership by marijuana users.

Taiwan's top diplomat in the U.S. says the island needs American weapons to bolster its self-defense against the growing threat from China.

The U.S. Department of Labor is telling states they have to combat fraud, waste and abuse in their unemployment insurance programs.

For the first time in a generation, Washingtonians are waking up to a general election lineup that doesn't include Eleanor Holmes Norton as delegate.

President Donald Trump seems to be testing their friendship as he pressures Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to sink the agreement with Iran to end the war.

President Donald Trump’s attorney for the 2020 campaign in Wisconsin and two former aides have all pleaded not guilty to felony forgery charges for their roles in a fake elector scheme designed to overturn Trump’s loss in the swing state.

President Donald Trump’s preferred candidates are having mixed results in Tuesday’s primaries, securing the Republican nominations for U.S. Senate in Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma but not for Georgia governor.