The Justice Department has challenged a court order that complicated efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey by making a trove of evidence off-limits to prosecutors.
Democrats are hoping to win a race for Miami mayor after decades out of power.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson's family says that the civil rights leader has been released from a hospital where he was treated for a rare neurological disorder.
President Donald Trump has met the man who had proudly proclaimed himself “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare,” but he seemed to find the opposite.
Acceding to President Donald Trump’s demands, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Trump political foes, including former President Bill Clinton.
The Justice Department has embarked on a fresh investigation into one of President Donald Trump’s chief grievances, issuing a flurry of subpoenas related to the U.S. government’s inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
The Justice Department is urging a federal judge to reject James Comey’s claim that his prosecution amounts to political retribution.
Jack Ciattarelli has been endorsed by Donald Trump in next month's New Jersey governor's election and is a strong supporter of the Republican president and his agenda.
New York Attorney General Letitia James and President Donald Trump have long found themselves as legal and political foes.
The Supreme Court has extended an order allowing President Donald Trump’s administration to keep frozen nearly $5 billion in foreign aid.
The indictment of former FBI Director James Comey represents the first criminal case against a perceived adversary of President Donald Trump so far in this administration.
Hillary Clinton has slammed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and accused the Trump administration of turning “the clock back” on public health.
President Donald Trump celebrated news that an alumni group from West Point canceled an award ceremony set to honor Tom Hanks.
The Justice Department has agreed to provide to Congress documents from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation.
President Donald Trump’s meeting in Alaska with Vladimir Putin could be a decisive moment in the war in Ukraine and in the U.S. leader’s anomalous relationship with his Russian counterpart.
Bilateral meetings between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterparts were a regular occurrence early in his tenure.
President Bill Clinton plans significant changes for this year’s Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting to address global development challenges.
Attorney General Pam Bondi is set to criminally investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe from the Obama era.
The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed the Justice Department for files in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation and is seeking depositions with the Clintons and former law enforcement officials.
President Donald Trump has a pattern of dismissing or altering data that reflects poorly on him.
Attorney General Pam Bondi is moving forward with a Justice Department investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation.
President Donald Trump faces ongoing questions about the Jeffrey Epstein case, overshadowing his administration's achievements.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room and targeted President Donald Trump’s political enemies.
President Donald Trump is rehashing longstanding grievances over the Russia investigation that shadowed much of his first term.
The Justice Department appeared to acknowledge in an unusual statement this week the existence of investigations into former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan.
A federal appeals court has overturned a self-styled right-wing propagandist’s conviction for spreading falsehoods on social media in an effort to suppress Democratic turnout in the 2016 presidential election.
Ananda Lewis, the former MTV and BET host who became a beloved television personality in the 1990s with her warmth and authenticity, has died.
President Donald Trump has built a coalition by promising to demolish a so-called deep state that he claims is behind dark government conspiracies.
The announcement that Joe Biden has prostate cancer is the latest example of how the final chapters of his political career have been shaped by the disease.
A decade ago, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a volunteer organizer for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign.
A former White House executive chef says U.S. presidents and their families are “just regular people” when they're at home in the private living areas of the Executive Mansion.
Patricia Clarkson stars in the movie “Lilly,” a biopic about former Alabama factory worker Lilly Ledbetter who became an equal pay icon.
Warren Buffett shocked an arena full of his shareholders by announcing that he wants to retire at the end of the year.
Negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program are to return to the secluded sultanate of Oman.
President Donald Trump is putting his “touches” on the White House with new flagpoles, new artwork and a complete redecoration of the Oval Office.
Two major law firms have asked separate judges to permanently block President Donald Trump’s executive orders that were designed to punish them and harm their business operations.
For Democrats, Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case is about fundamental American ideals, including due process, following court orders and preventing government overreach.
President Donald Trump has summed up his annual physical by saying, “I did well.”.
Stanley “Goose” Stewart, who survived the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster that killed 29 workers 15 years ago Saturday, calls a recommendation by the Trump administration to close three dozen offices of the Mine Safety and Health Administration across the country “idiotic.”.
In the early part of his second term, President Donald Trump has taken action against individuals, law firms, private corporations, media companies and universities he regards as adversaries.
President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order seeking to change how elections are run in the U.S. is creating uncertainty for state and local election officials and worries about voter confusion before the next federal election, the 2026 midterms.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office confirms that his younger brother is serving in a key position inside the Pentagon as a Department of Homeland Security liaison and senior adviser.
The attempts by President Donald Trump and some of his administration’s top leaders to downplay a security breach that revealed military strike plans to a journalist stand in stark contrast to their reaction to Hillary Clinton’s use of a home server as secretary of state.
President Donald Trump is downplaying the texting of attack plans to a group chat that included a journalist as “the only glitch in two months” of his administration.
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to halt a ruling ordering the rehiring of thousands of federal workers let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government.
A Trump Cabinet secretary violated the law when he told TV viewers this week to buy Tesla stock, but it's not clear that anything will be done about it.
The White House says President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to an immediate pause in strikes against energy infrastructure in the Ukraine war.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing portions of an executive order designed to punish a prominent law firm linked to Democratic-funded opposition research during the 2016 presidential campaign into ties between the Republican candidate and Russia.
A law firm targeted by President Donald Trump over its legal services during the 2016 presidential campaign has sued the federal government over an executive order that seeks to strip its attorneys of security clearances.
President Donald Trump says he is suspending the security clearances of attorneys at a prominent law firm involved in launching since-discredited opposition research during the 2016 presidential campaign into any ties between the Republican candidate and Russia.
As his White House meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart devolved into a stunning blowup, President Donald Trump leaned on a familiar refrain to explain his unique kinship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
A group of young engineers is playing a vital role in billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s effort to slash the federal bureaucracy through his Department of Government Efficiency.
It’s been a lingering question since the election: How long can a partnership between two billionaires who love being the center of attention last.
Although some parts of President Donald Trump’s agenda are getting bogged down by litigation, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is having better luck in the courtroom.
President Donald Trump says his administration has already had “very serious” discussions with Russia about its war in Ukraine and that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin could soon take “significant” action toward ending the grinding conflict.
The Justice Department has reassigned key senior officials across multiple divisions as part of a leadership shakeup ahead of the expected confirmation of President Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi.
Attorney General Merrick Garland came in with a mission to calm the waters at the Justice Department and restore its reputation for independence after four turbulent years during Donald Trump's presidency.
Eight years ago, Donald Trump delivered an inaugural address that set aside the typical optimism and promises of unity with a dark portrait of national life.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she does not want to pick a fight with President-elect Donald Trump, but she won't back down from one either.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio painted a dark vision of the consequences of America’s “unbalanced relationship” with China.
An increasing number of Democrats are questioning whether their party’s commitment to diverse candidates, especially women, may lead to more political struggles in the Trump era.
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman will become the chamber's first Democrat to meet with President-elect Donald Trump since the election, and plans to travel to Trump’s private resort in Florida.
Five current and former U.S. presidents have come together for Jimmy Carter’s funeral.
For more than four centuries, the body of water stretching from Florida through Texas and into Mexico has been known as the Gulf of Mexico.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Democratic philanthropist George Soros and actor-director Denzel Washington were awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor.
President-elect Donald Trump says he might reverse President Joe Biden’s decision to permit Ukrainian forces to use American long-range weapons to strike deeper into Russian territory.
Bill and Hillary Clinton say voters disappointed with the presidential election need to remain involved in public service and find ways to give back.
Kash Patel has called for radical changes at the FBI and was a fierce and vocal critic of the bureau’s work as it investigated ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
Voters in central Mississippi and the Delta and Gulf Coast areas will return to the polls Tuesday for a runoff election to resolve two state judicial races in which no candidate received the required vote majority in the Nov. 5 general election.
Bill Clinton's presidential library and museum is planning a major update and expansion as it celebrates 20 years of being open.
For a man who loves the spotlight, Donald Trump has been conspicuously out of view since his triumph in last week’s presidential election.
Democrats spent billions of dollars warning American voters that Donald Trump posed an imminent threat to democracy, that his economic policies would benefit only his wealthy friends, that he was literally a fascist.
In a new video posted early Election Day, Beyoncé channels Pamela Anderson in the television program “Baywatch” – red one-piece swimsuit and all – and asks viewers to vote.