Democrats overcame Republican opposition on Monday as the U.S. Senate voted to confirm federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, seen as a possible… Read more

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday that President Joe Biden would not get a Supreme Court nominee confirmed in 2024 if… Read more

The top two Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Sunday vowed to probe the "rogue" actions of the Justice Department during former President Dona… Read more

The Pine Island glacier was already scary. The 160-mile-long river of ice is known as "the weak underbelly" of West Antarctica. It contributes… Read more

COVID-19 has been devastating. A future pandemic could be far worse. Read more

World powers and Iran will try reviving their landmark nuclear accord one last time before voters in the Islamic Republic head to the polls ne… Read more

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Friday his Justice Department will aggressively enforce voting rights at a time when many Republ… Read more

MAGWAN PORTH, England – President Joe Biden joined the leaders of other leading democracies on the white sands of Carbis Bay in England on Fri… Read more

Two men accused of plotting violence at a Virginia gun rights rally to spark a "race war" pleaded guilty Thursday to firearms and immigration-… Read more

President Joe Biden embarked on his first foreign trip on Wednesday, leaving behind an uncertain domestic agenda with many of his most ambitio… Read more

Former White House lawyer Don McGahn told congressional investigators that he was "perturbed" by Donald Trump's efforts to shut down the U.S. … Read more

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued an internal directive calling for several initiatives to counter China, U.S officials said on Wednesday,… Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's drought is accelerating the start of the 2021 wildfire season – and intensifying the pressure on PG&E Co… Read more

President Joe Biden on Tuesday broke off talks on an infrastructure bill with a key Republican, instead reaching out to a bipartisan group, af… Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Capitol Police had specific intelligence that supporters of President Donald Trump planned to mount an armed invasion of… Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to let immigrants who have been allowed to stay in the United States on humanitarian grounds apply to… Read more

Vermont's Republican governor on Monday signed a law requiring the state's top election official to send a mail ballot to every eligible voter… Read more

WASHINGTON — Democrats are at high risk of losing control of Congress next year, and the perilous outlook is shaping party strategy on every l… Read more

The United States will donate 750,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan as part of the country's plan to share shots globally, U.S. Sen. Tammy … Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday he won't support the For the People Act passed by House Democrats, potentially dooming the legislati… Read more

Democrats will start the process on Wednesday of preparing an infrastructure bill for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, with or wit… Read more

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday sharply attacked U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci over his handling of the coronavirus p… Read more

MIAMI — Another Miami-Dade mass shooting and a possibly connected car crash killed three people and sent five others to the hospital with guns… Read more

The Department of Justice said on Saturday that it would no longer seek source information from reporters in leak investigations after recent … Read more

A U.S. federal judge overturned California's 32-year-old ban on assault weapons on Friday, describing it as a "failed experiment" and promptin… Read more

The United States, Britain and other large, rich nations reached a landmark deal on Saturday to squeeze more money out of multinational compan… Read more

The trade relationship between the two largest economies in the world has “significant imbalance” and the Biden administration is committed to… Read more

President Vladimir Putin said Russia doesn’t want to stop using the dollar as he accused the U.S. of exploiting the currency’s dominance for s… Read more

About 20 civilians have been killed in clashes with soldiers from Myanmar's military junta in the southern Ayeyarwady river delta region on Sa… Read more

WASHINGTON — Three previous U.S. administrations have sought without success to stem the tide of migrants from Central America. Vice President… Read more

President Joe Biden and Republicans entered the weekend sharply at odds over how to craft an infrastructure deal that could satisfy their camp… Read more

U.S. job growth picked up in May and the unemployment rate fell, signaling firms are making some progress filling a record number of openings … Read more

Citing increased hospitalization rates of teenagers with COVID-19 in March and April, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Roch… Read more

WASHINGTON - The White House is urging private companies to take "immediate steps" to better protect themselves against ransomware attacks fol… Read more

NAWA, Afghanistan - The fight between Afghan government troops and the Taliban is entering a more brutal phase as a reduction in airstrikes ag… Read more

From free beer to free child care, President Joe Biden on Wednesday touted new efforts to get 70% of U.S. adults at least one shot of vaccinat… Read more

President Joe Biden and Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito had a "constructive and frank" discussion on Wednesday about revitalizing U.S. in… Read more

WASHINGTON — Former president Donald Trump remains relentlessly focused on the false claim that the November election was stolen from him and … Read more