Justice Department officials are conducting a sweeping review of more than 1,000 grand jury presentations made by Illinois prosecutors following the dismissal of a high-profile case over misconduct.
Former CIA Director John Brennan is suing the Trump administration, demanding a court order that would require officials to preserve records from investigations that are targeting him.
Mark Sherman has covered the Supreme Court for The Associated Press for 20 years during some of the most momentous decisions in history.
A federal judge has ordered the Defense Department to lift its requirement that journalists be accompanied by an escort while in the Pentagon.
A federal filing shows President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion from his crypto businesses last year, locking in profits while his investors were socked with losses.
The Supreme Court has tackled several key immigration issues this term, supporting President Donald Trump's administration in three cases.
The federal government has launched a new program to make GLP-1 weight loss drugs more affordable for older Americans.
President Donald Trump visited the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota on Wednesday.
For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities.
The Feb. 28 attack on a primary school in southeastern Iran was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Tuesday shows.
A pair of federal judges struck down a Trump administration overhaul to a public service forgiveness program for student loans, ruling Tuesday in two separate cases in favor of advocates who said the program risked becoming a tool for political retribution.
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 Trump administration panel studying UFOs.
NPR has retracted an article that incorrectly reported Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring.
The deaths of three firefighters in Colorado are casting a spotlight on the Trump administration’s creation of a new federal fire agency and its revival of a previously discredited policy to stomp out all wildfires quickly.
A Supreme Court that has expanded gun rights will consider whether bans on semiautomatic rifles, often called assault weapons, violate the Second Amendment.
The Supreme Court has upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American 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.
The Supreme Court is upholding state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, in another setback for transgender people.
It’s been 123 days since the U.S. and Israel launched the Iran war, and the world again awaits another round of some sort of talks as President Donald Trump and Iranian officials disagree over what and even how they’ll communicate.
The Supreme Court has upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.
New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. has revealed the reason for his four-month absence from the U.S. House.
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.
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.
Election officials in states that allow mail ballots to be counted after Election Day say they are relieved that the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an effort to outlaw the practice.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was gifted concert tickets in Puerto Rico last year as members of the high court continued to accept international teaching gigs and and receive royalties for books they have authored.
A settlement document reveals the District of Columbia has agreed to pay $50,000 to resolve a lawsuit filed by a resident who accused police officers of illegally detaining him for following an Ohio National Guard patrol while playing Darth Vader’s theme song from “Star Wars” on his phone.
John Yoo, a conservative law professor known for his views on presidential power, confirms he will advise a team investigating whether officials conspired against Donald Trump.
The Supreme Court has held that constitutional privacy protections extend to cellphone location information, ruling in the case of a bank robber whose identity was discovered through a geofence warrant.
The Supreme Court says Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook can remain in her job for now, a rebuke to President Donald Trump’s bid to wrest control of the nation’s central bank.
The Supreme Court is rejecting a Republican-led attack on state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump.
The Supreme Court is refusing to revive a $300 million defamation lawsuit filed against CNN over its coverage of a prominent attorney’s remarks during President Donald Trump’s 2020 impeachment trial.
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.
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 United States and Iran have separately announced they are sending delegations to Qatar this week, though Tehran insists it has not agreed to meet with the U_S_ “at any level.”.
An attorney in Washington state promised “miracles” to tens of thousands of immigrants seeking legal status.
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.
The Democratic Party is confronting its long-standing dilemmas over identity and ideology as it wrestles with populist challengers in communities of color.
America is getting ready to celebrate the 250th anniversary since it split from Britain's monarchy and embarked on its experiment in democracy.
President Donald Trump says he is nominating Lance Schroyer as the next director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
New federal figures show that about 3 million fewer people had Affordable Care Act health insurance plans in February compared with the same time last year.
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.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has joined Israel and Lebanon’s ambassadors to the U.S. to announce a framework agreement that was described as a first step toward peace following months of conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Fear is ricocheting through Haitian communities across the United States after the Supreme Court decided to allow the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disasters.
The District of Columbia has reached a settlement agreement for an undisclosed amount of money with a resident who claims police illegally detained him for following an Ohio National Guard patrol while playing Darth Vader’s theme song from “Star Wars” on his phone.
President Donald Trump is threatening a 100% tariff on imports from any country that imposes a tax on digital services provided by United States companies.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for a national “billionaires' tax” and suggests the U.S. government should own a stake in AI companies.
The House Oversight Committee has served subpoenas to a billionaire investor who made payments to Jeffrey Epstein.
America is celebrating its 250th anniversary, and the nation's capital is undergoing significant changes under President Donald Trump.
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.
A U.S. senator is warning of a Trump administration plan to remove over 500 children from the country, bypassing legal protections, in a letter sent to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday.
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.
The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disaster in Haiti and Syria, exposing hundreds of thousands more people to potential deportation.
The Supreme Court has struck down a Hawaii law requiring people to get permission to carry guns into places such as stores and hotels.
The Supreme Court has voted 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disaster in Haiti and Syria, exposing hundreds of thousands more people to potential deportation.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is endorsing Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary.
A series of Norman Rockwell sketches of scenes from the West Wing lobby is going on public display for the first time.
A United Nations agency paused the evacuation of ships through the Strait of Hormuz after the British military said a vessel was hit by a projectile off the coast of Oman.
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.
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.
The White House has formally requested $87.6 billion, mostly to replenish the Pentagon after the U.S. war against Iran, submitting the request to Congress at a politically difficult time, as a majority of lawmakers have objected to any further military action.
A federal judge has permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections.
The national taxpayer advocate says the IRS did better than expected in issuing refunds during the 2026 tax season despite massive cuts to its workforce.
The Trump administration has reached a multi-state settlement with chemical giant Chemours Co. over years-long, illegal discharges of synthetic “forever chemicals” used to make products resistant to water, grease and stains.
President Donald Trump is on Washington’s National Mall on Wednesday for a campaign-style rally that he hopes gets Americans excited about his presidency and the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations.
Democratic congressional primary results in New York City are accelerating the party's debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Mallory McMorrow is trying to turn the delayed opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge into a campaign issue in Michigan’s Senate race.
A new AP-NORC poll finds that about 4 in 10 U_S_ adults feel “proud” about the country's 250th anniversary, while about 3 in 10 feel “excited.”.
U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer and Jerrold Nadler are retiring in January, but they are passing the torch to former aides who won the Democratic primaries to replace them.
Olympian Jessie Diggins visited Capitol Hill with her four medals in hand to advocate for clean air, clean water and a healthy planet.