President Donald Trump is sharply reducing the size of two national monuments in Utah.

Lindsey Graham played a role in the Senate that won’t easily be filled.

Lindsey Graham's relationship with Donald Trump was a roller coaster.

President Donald Trump has ousted members of a bipartisan federal election commission charged with assisting state and local elections officials.

A group of retired federal and state judges has been barnstorming through Ohio and Pennsylvania on the nation's 250th anniversary to defend judicial independence and bolster the rule of law.

Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate, warns that Israel is becoming isolated due to its leadership.

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.

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced at a NATO summit in Turkey that the U.S. will allow Ukraine to manufacture Patriot air defense systems.

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

President Donald Trump is responding to global outrage over his intervention with FIFA during the World Cup.

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

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.

Mark Sherman has covered the Supreme Court for The Associated Press for 20 years during some of the most momentous decisions in history.

The Supreme Court has tackled several key immigration issues this term, supporting President Donald Trump's administration in three cases.

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.

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

Pop music royalty including Bruce Springsteen, Barry Manilow, Stevie Wonder and Dionne Warwick were among the many notables who paid tribute to music legend Clive Davis at the esteemed producer's funeral in Manhattan.

Tensions are evident in a rare display among the Supreme Court justices at the end of the term.

Former U.S. President and basketball fan Barack Obama said he is “confident” in the future of the San Antonio Spurs.

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.

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.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance say their interim deal to end the war with Iran will deliver a financial windfall to American farmers.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is retreating from a plan to use warehouses to hold up to 10,000 people on a single site, jettisoning a key piece of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s $38-billion plan to rapidly expand detention capacity this year.

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

The Senate for the first time has approved a war powers resolution to block U.S. military action against Iran.

A judge has ruled that the U.S. government cannot stop people enrolled in the biggest food aid program from using benefits to buy candy and soda.

The Supreme Court has ruled that ExxonMobil can sue Cuban state-owned companies in American courts over property on the island nation that was seized after Fidel Castro took power.

Police say a spate of shootings in Chicago has led to at least 38 injuries and seven deaths since Friday evening.

High-level negotiations in Switzerland seeking a permanent end to the Iran war have ended.

The question hangs in the halls at the Capitol: Was the war with Iran worth it.

Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama surprised the first 100 visitors to walk through the doors of Obama’s new presidential center, personally greeting them.

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 American push for high-stakes talks with Iran has hit a snag.

Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are voicing strong reservations —- and some outright condemnation — of the Trump administration’s agreement to end the fighting in Iran.

Former President Barack Obama formally opened his presidential center in Chicago on Thursday with a call to defend democracy.

Vice President JD Vance has embraced the role of being the chief defender of the agreement he and President Donald Trump signed with Iran over the weekend.

Franklin Roosevelt helped launch the modern system of presidential libraries in the late 1930s.

The interim deal between the U.S. and Iran is supposed to usher in a two-month period that would address Tehran’s nuclear program.

The White House has informed supporters that President Donald Trump has accomplished his goals in the war with Iran despite the details of an initial agreement remaining unclear.

Contractors running Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities can rely more heavily on artificial intelligence tools to communicate with detainees and continue refusing to pay wages for detainees’ “voluntary work."

Police in Chicago say a person is in custody in an investigation of a large cross set on fire in a well-known park.

Republicans on Capitol Hill say they need more information about the agreement between the United States and Iran announced Sunday by President Donald Trump.

New York was caught up in the Knicks' championship run for nearly two months and the party will last at least a few days more.

President Donald Trump has started his visit to the G7 summit by hailing an agreement aimed at ending the U.S. conflict with Iran.

A federal judge has ruled the White House is allowed to stage a UFC show this weekend in an elaborate ring already built on the South Lawn to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary — on President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday.

Steven Spielberg's new film “Disclosure Day” explores extraterrestrial life and its impact on religion.

Chicago police are urging residents to come forward with any information about a cross burning in a public park.

Republicans in Congress are introducing impeachment resolutions against a federal judge in Atlanta.

The White House's South Lawn has hosted many sports over the decades but never a UFC fight like the one President Donald Trump is organizing for his 80th birthday.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S.

President Donald Trump is dismissing the idea that launching the war with Iran betrayed his refrain of “No new wars” as he campaigned for the White House in 2024.

Joe Biden isn't on the ballot this fall, but three of his administration members are running for governor.

Lawyers representing the federal government argue that a court cannot stop construction of a White House ballroom because it was already underway and because of the sensitive security concerns they say the structure is meant to address.

President Donald Trump says he wants his new acting director of national intelligence to cut the office, which has already been significantly scaled back during his second term.

A new study finds that smoke from larger wildfires is reversing more than a decade of American improvements in smog.

President Donald Trump's administration put dozens of college campuses under investigation last year and cut federal funding unless they came in line with his Republican agenda.

Former President Barack Obama’s influence in his presidential museum runs deep, from the Chicago location to the textured stone adorning its dramatic tower, art installations and a striped reading chairs that resemble ones in his own home.

President Donald Trump insists he's comfortable with the current holding pattern in the Iran war.

Raúl Castro has turned 95, a landmark birthday for a man still helping lead one of the last communist countries in the world.

California’s congressional primaries were a preliminary test of Democrats’ best chance at countering Republican redistricting gains elsewhere this year.

The Senate race in Iowa is one of the most closely watched this year and the general election matchup is now set, with Democrats hoping for a gain.

A divided panel of appeals court judges has ruled that a Trump administration policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service.

A federal judge has agreed to postpone a civil trial over the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after a flurry of last-minute settlements resolved most of the remaining claims.

Former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell used one of his first major public appearances since leaving office to deliver a broad defense of independent institutions while accepting the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in Boston.

President Donald Trump is fuming about a court ruling that blocked his renovation plans for the Kennedy Center in Washington.

The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a judge to recuse herself from a case involving Georgia election records.

Iowa Democrats are deciding between Josh Turek and Zach Wahls in Tuesday's U.S. Senate primary.

Crews are putting the finishing touches on the Obama Presidential Center ahead of the official public opening in Chicago on Juneteenth.

U.S. military contractors will need at least three years to replenish stockpiles of three key weapons systems used in the Iran war.

U.S. forces have carried out new defensive strikes on an Iran military facility after downing Iranian attack drones.

President Donald Trump has wrapped up a three-hour visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what the White House describes as preventive medical and dental exams.

President Donald Trump’s emerging deal to end the Iran war is drawing heavy criticism from some fellow Republicans.

President Donald Trump has stirred confusion by saying the U.S. will send an additional 5,000 American troops to Poland.

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of owners of Cuban property that was confiscated by Fidel Castro’s government more than 65 years ago.

Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has been charged in a U.S. indictment with murder and other crimes for his alleged role in the downing of two civilian aircraft operated by Miami-based exiles in 1996 off the coast of the Caribbean island.

A new poll finds that Republicans are unhappier with President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy than they were a few months ago, but they’re largely continuing to stand behind him as the war with Iran continues.

Recent presidents have stayed away from trading stocks in companies whose fortunes they could lift or scuttle with the stroke of a pen.

President Donald Trump considers himself an effective dealmaker but appears to have hit a wall with Iran.

The year was 1965 and Black Americans had come to Montgomery, Alabama, to demonstrate peacefully voting rights.

Authorities say a man who livestreams himself saying racially derogatory statements to Black people in public settings has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after a shooting outside a Tennessee courthouse.

Senate Republicans have blocked Democrats' efforts to reverse Trump-era changes to consumer protection laws.

President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing is drawing attention for the spectacle China might present.

The Philadelphia region is rich in golf history, yet the area's greatest contribution to the game may have come from public course in West Philadelphia.

American presidents have navigated a verbal tightrope for nearly 50 years regarding official U.S. policy toward Taiwan and China.

The former president greeted patrons while stopping for tacos near the University of Texas at Austin campus — a notable show of support for the Democrats atop the ticket this fall.

Neil deGrasse Tyson has turned his lifelong fascination with aliens into a new book, “Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter.”.

Officials say the U_S_ isn't looking at imminent military action against Havana despite President Donald Trump’s threats that “Cuba is next.”.

President Donald Trump is reviving the Presidential Physical Fitness Award as he reintroduces a competitive physical fitness test in America's schools.

Democrats believe they can make Iowa a political battleground again.

President Donald Trump is promising to release new UFO records that he says will be “very interesting.”.

Federal judges around the country have raised alarms in recent months about the Trump administration’s failure to follow their orders in individual immigration cases.

Renewal wait times for the Obama-era program that allows people who were brought to the U.S. as children to temporarily remain in the country and work have increased dramatically in the past year.

The Justice Department is pressing for the dismissal of preservationists’ lawsuit over the planned $400 million White House ballroom after the shooting at Saturday’s media gala.

Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted again, this time over a social media photo of seashells arranged on a beach that officials say constituted a threat against President Donald Trump.

Elderly residents in Old Havana gather for meals at the Church of the Holy Spirit, a crucial support amid Cuba’s economic crisis.

The Justice Department is pushing to dismiss a lawsuit blocking President Donald Trump's $400 million White House ballroom project.

A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday night.

A U.S. appeals court has blocked President Donald Trump's executive order suspending asylum access at the southern border.