It's been six decades since the Voting Rights Act was enacted.

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is a popular spot for protests, celebrations, and photos.

An Alaska judge has ruled that a man with the same name and party affiliation as Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is eligible to challenge the senator in the August primary.

U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow has won Louisiana’s Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate.

A poll worker says two federal officers visited her at a voting location during New York’s party primaries to confront her about a social media post she’d written criticizing the ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.

A federal appeals court has rejected the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempt to abandon a Biden-era rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution.

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was the target of an anonymous report that police determined was false.

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.

The United States has struck Iran in response to a drone attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

The House Oversight Committee has served subpoenas to a billionaire investor who made payments to Jeffrey Epstein.

As Texas focuses on digital literacy for its elder residents, some Japanese cities are gifting low-cost devices to its older population so family can better monitor them.

Vice President JD Vance says the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon would have been a blip in today’s news cycle.

A top official at the National Park Service says a liner along the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was cut with a sharp knife or razor this month, causing damage to the foam sealant installed as part of a $16 million rehabilitation project.

Rising demand for Texas natural gas by data centers and foreign nations has sparked a surge in pipeline projects

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.

In a 6-3 decision, the justices green-lit the practice of limiting the number of people who can apply for asylum each day.

A series of Norman Rockwell sketches of scenes from the West Wing lobby is going on public display for the first time.

Senate Republicans who were berated by President Donald Trump over opposition to his war in Iran have reversed course, holding a late-night vote to try to appease him.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has stepped into the national spotlight this week as a surging political force within the Democratic Party.

A new AP-NORC poll shows that most Americans are inundated with scam attempts on a daily basis — and about 3 in 10 have personally lost money or personal information to scams.

U.S. House members have pledged strong support for Taiwan and welcomed Han Kuo-yu, president of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan, to Washington.

President Donald Trump's visit to Capitol Hill is rekindling a feud with one Republican senator.

Congressional Democrats are calling for investigations into renovations at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, as the ongoing drama over the president’s problem-plagued, $16 million rehabilitation project continues to roil the capital.

A sprawling legislative package aimed at lowering the cost of housing and spurring more home construction won broad bipartisan approval from Congress this week, but it’s hit a major roadblock in becoming law.