Mike Duggan is stepping down as Detroit mayor at the end of the year after three terms in office.

Republicans in the Indiana Senate are facing threats as President Trump pushes for lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional map.

The Trump administration is bringing back dozens of Education Department staffers who were slated to be laid off.

The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into whether U.S. airlines complied with an emergency order to cut flights at 40 major airports during the recent government shutdown.

Vanity Fair is parting ways with West Coast editor Olivia Nuzzi amid controversy over her past coverage of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. A statement Friday from Nuzzi and the magazine says they have mutually agreed to let her contract expire at the end of the year.

Rep. Darrell Issa tells the Associated Press he isn’t moving to Texas to run for Congress.

A federal judge has questioned the Trump administration’s authority and need to maintain command of California National Guard troops it first deployed to Los Angeles in June following violent protests.

Members of Congress now know that the U.S. military fired upon two people clinging to the wreckage of a boat allegedly carrying drugs — and they want answers.

The Social Security Administration plans to cut foot traffic to its field offices by 50% next year.

Indiana state House lawmakers have passed a new congressional map that could net Republicans two seats.

A prosecutor says the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack told investigators he was “disappointed” in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

President Donald Trump has finally met with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

The man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack confessed to the act in interviews with investigators.

The draw ceremony for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is underway at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. A record 48 teams will take part in the tournament field this summer.

A federal judge has ordered the release of Florida grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, citing the transparency law President Donald Trump recently signed.

Former mayor of Orlando Glenda Hood was honored as the city renamed a park along Lake Baldwin.

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts.

One of the latest bills on file aims to change language rules for workplaces across the state.

This week, four proposed constitutional amendments in Florida took another step closer toward becoming reality after getting approved by lawmakers.

The Justice Department has failed to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump.

The Supreme Court is allowing the challenged Texas congressional redistricting plan to be used in next year’s election, despite a lower-court ruling that the map likely discriminates on the basis of race.

A Missouri appeals court panel has ordered new wording for a ballot measure seeking to roll back abortion rights in the state.

Rank-and-file Republicans in the House are increasingly going public with anger towards their leadership.

A special congressional election in Tennessee this week highlights the power and consequences of partisan gerrymandering.

Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is staying in California.

President Donald Trump plans to visit Pennsylvania next week to highlight his efforts to reduce inflation.

Two Black men who were fired by President Donald Trump from the National Transportation Safety Board and the U.S. Surface Transportation Board accused the administration Thursday of discriminating against them as part of a pattern of dismissing Black leaders.

The New York Times is suing to try to stop the Pentagon from imposing new rules on journalists who cover the military.

A law enforcement officials says the FBI has made an arrest in its nearly 5-year-old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lambasted the potential for abuse in the rising realm of artificial intelligence and called for an “AI Bill of Rights.”

From the election of Zohran Mamdani to the intrigue surrounding the jewel heist at the Louvre, keeping up with this year’s news also left some Americans struggling with pronunciations.

A new survey of Affordable Care Act health insurance enrollees finds that many are already struggling with the high cost of health care.

The proposal would give students in public schools more rights — though it will have to amend the state constitution to do so.

If approved, the new bill is set to take effect next year.

A Navy admiral has told lawmakers that there was no “kill them all” order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the boat attack in the Caribbean, but the video of survivors being killed has alarmed lawmakers, That disclosure Thursday comes as Congress scrutinizes an attack on an alleged drug boat in international waters near Venezuela.

Florida is poised to join the wave of states debating how they might reshape congressional voting districts, as political parties grapple for an edge in next year’s midterm elections.

After a ruling last week allowed Florida to begin enforcing a 2024 law designed to prevent children from having access to certain social-media sites, tech industry groups Wednesday asked a federal appeals court to quickly hear arguments about whether the law violates First Amendment rights.

A Florida House committee is meeting on Thursday as state lawmakers inch their way toward a possible mid-decade congressional redistricting.

Even for a president who has long made clear he’s no fan of Somalia, the latest round of contempt from Donald Trump was a shock in the country’s largest Somali community in Minnesota.

In heavily Democratic California, one prominent Republican U.S. House member is considering an audacious maneuver — moving to Texas to run for Congress.

Proposed changes to Tavares' garage sale ordinance that would require residents to obtain permits and could impose fines on those who violate the new rules, went back before the City Council on Wednesday.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is embracing his love for travel in his final month in office.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday he would push a new requirement that the Federal Reserve’s regional bank presidents live in their districts for at least three years before taking office, a move that could give the White House more power over the independent agency.

Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar of Texas is thanking President Donald Trump for pardoning him and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case.

Billionaire spacewalker Jared Isaacman is back before the Senate after being yanked and then renominated by President Donald Trump for NASA's top job.

Republicans have held onto a conservative U.S. House district in Tennessee.

The Pentagon’s watchdog has found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced $112 million in grants for water-quality improvements along the Gulf Coast and for some Central Florida utilities companies.

A progressive group is targeting two Senate Democrats and an independent senator who voted to confirm some of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees.

A Palm Bay councilman censured over controversial social media posts against Indian immigrants is asking a federal judge to halt his punishment from the city.

The Florida Department of Education has released its list of books removed from classrooms across the state.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from making widespread immigration arrests in the nation’s capital without warrants or probable cause that the person is an imminent flight risk.

The U.S. Justice Department is suing six more states in its ongoing campaign to obtain voter data and other election information.

President Donald Trump's tax legislation included a provision called "Trump Accounts," which gives $1,000 to every newborn if their parents open an account.

The White House and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee have each lent support for a bill designed to regulate college sports that has been criticized by opponents as a giveaway to the NCAA and its most powerful schools.

The Pentagon press secretary has held her first briefing since most nonpartisan news outlets were replaced by friendly media representatives willing to accept new rules imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

President Donald Trump's latest Cabinet meeting lasted over two hours.

President Donald Trump announces National Guard troops will soon head to New Orleans.

The board of the South Florida college that’s giving away a valuable piece of property for Donald Trump’s future presidential library redid its vote to transfer the land.

Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S. The operation, which could begin soon, targets people in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area with final deportation orders.

Costco is joining other companies that aren’t waiting to see whether the Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump’s most sweeping import taxes.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Warner has announced he’ll seek reelection in what will be a critical race for a narrowly divided Senate.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday defended the secondary strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea, citing the “fog of war” as reason for his not seeing any survivors in the water when the strike was ordered and launched.

A Democrat who served four years as Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor and narrowly lost a 2022 U.S. Senate bid is running for governor in the battleground state.

James Solomon has been elected mayor of Jersey City, thwarting former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey’s bid for a political comeback.

Republican Matt Van Epps has won a special election in Tennessee for a seat in the U.S. House.

A full federal appeals court will take up a battle about a 2023 Florida law designed to prevent children from going to drag shows, after two rulings blocked the law on First Amendment grounds.

It's not often Pentagon officials hold briefings for the press, but they are this week — although outlets that reach millions of news consumers have been denied access.

A gerrymandering battle is spreading among states after President Donald Trump pushed for new U.S. House districts ahead of next year's elections.

Four Republican-led states have settled lawsuits with the federal government over access to voter citizenship data.

President Donald Trump and top Republicans are making a last-ditch push to prevent embarrassment in a hotly contested Tennessee special election for Congress.

The Transportation Security Administration has announced that U.S. air travelers without a REAL ID will face a $45 fee starting in February.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says three of his New York offices were targeted with emailed bomb threats from an email address alleging the “2020 election was rigged.”.

Nearly 44% of the 16,000 truck driving programs listed nationwide by the government may be forced to close if they lose their students after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying with government requirements.

Voters in New Jersey’s second-largest city will get another chance to elect a new mayor Tuesday in a runoff election.

Less than a month after Democrats scored big victories in the Nov. 4 general election, voters in a heavily Republican Tennessee congressional district will fill a vacant seat Tuesday in the closely divided U.S. House.

News 6 explains the final few new Florida laws set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2026.

Republicans in Indiana's House of Representatives have introduced a new congressional map that could net the GOP two more U.S. House seats, sweeping all nine of the state's seats.

U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls says he will retire from Congress after his term ends in 2026 to focus on family.

Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the U.S. government in a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of investigations and restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding.

The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports.

President Donald Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the United States by revoking their legal status.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott says his home was targeted Thanksgiving morning in an attempted swatting incident.

President Donald Trump says Wednesday's attack on two National Guard members near the White House highlights the dangers of lax migration policies.

Colorado doesn’t plan to transfer former county clerk Tina Peters to federal custody following a request from the Trump Administration to move her out of a state prison.

Federal judges have allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map designed to give Republicans an additional U.S. House seat.

President Donald Trump says he's barring South Africa from participating in the Group of 20 summit next year near Miami.

Before his return to the White House this year, President Donald Trump faced a slew of criminal charges and lawsuits that threatened his finances and freedom.

After President Donald Trump’s reported intervention, Paramount Pictures is set to distribute Brett Ratner’s “Rush Hour 4,” a project that Hollywood had eschewed after earlier sexual misconduct allegations against the director.

President Donald Trump's approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war mirrors his tactics in the Israel-Hamas conflict.

As Americans prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday, the gratitude many feel is tempered by doubts caused by the disruptions of the recent government shutdown.

A judge has dismissed the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others after the prosecutor who took over the case said he would not pursue the charges.

Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the nation’s capital have been shot just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence.

A new petition is calling for a portion of Central Florida to be renamed after the country's 47th president.

The Trump administration’s plan to review all refugees admitted to the United States under the Biden administration is weighing heavily on people who could be affected by the evaluation and fueling uncertainty and worry among people who believed their status was secured.

This week, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced an investigation into the Campbell’s Company over potential “lab-grown meat.”

A health care proposal circulated by the White House in recent days is running into Republican divisions on the issue.

A federal judge in Miami has set a $60,000 bond for U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick.

A federal lawsuit filed by U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell accuses the Trump administration’s top housing regulator of abusing his position to misuse private mortgage records belonging to Swalwell and other Democratic critics of the Republican president.

The policy count at the state’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has dropped to its lowest level in six years — and is headed toward the smallest number ever.