President Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention ahead of the midterm elections, an unusual event aimed at boosting turnout in races that will decide whether the party maintains control of Congress.

President Donald Trump didn’t get what he wanted in some of the biggest Supreme Court cases this year: tariffs, birthright citizenship and the attempted firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook.

A polarizing Harvard astronomer has been appointed to lead a White House panel studying UFOs.

NPR has retracted an article that incorrectly reported Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring.

The GOP nominee for the state’s oil and gas commission said Texas should not recognize babies born to immigrant parents as citizens.

ICE detained the 56-year-old nun from Nigeria on Sunday but released her later that day after federal lawmakers intervened.

The court’s ruling means children born to undocumented immigrants in the U.S. will continue to be citizens.

The Supreme Court has erased limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president, striking down a federal election law that's more than 50 years old.

Democratic socialist Melat Kiros has defeated U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary.

Jon Meacham is among many historians reflecting on the complex legacy of Thomas Jefferson.

President Donald Trump says he will nominate Keith Sonderling as secretary of labor.

A Democratic board member says colleagues harassed her in social media posts during Texas’ debate over how history is taught. The GOP members deny any bullying.

Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and several other fields will be eligible for higher student loan limits after a federal judge blocked part of a Trump administration rule that held them to lower caps.

Colorado voters won't get to decide this November on whether to change the state's congressional districts to favor Democrats.

The Food and Drug Administration is meeting next month to consider easing restrictions on several peptides, a group of unapproved drugs popular with followers of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The agency posted meeting materials online Monday.

Democrats in 25 states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration over its interpretation of new Medicaid work requirements.

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.

The Supreme Court is rejecting a push by President Donald Trump to throw out a jury’s $5 million finding that he sexually abused writer E.

President Donald Trump has won and lost some as the Supreme Court wraps its final week of a term focused on executive power.

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

Cities and advocates are channeling support for LGBTQ+ residents into murals, lighting and rainbow-decorated sidewalks and stairs.

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 Supreme Court is wrapping up a term that has focused on President Donald Trump’s expansive claims of presidential power.

President Donald Trump surveyed his construction projects around the nation's capital, suggesting his redevelopment of the East Potomac Golf Links could host major tournaments.