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The Supreme Court on Tuesday found that the Maine legislature must count the votes of a GOP lawmaker who was censured after she identified a transgender teen athlete in a viral social-media post.

New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor said Monday that she’s charging Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver with assault after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention center.

The same panel voted against advancing the measure, which includes massive tax cuts and changes to border security, two days earlier.

The slang term at the center of a political firestorm around former FBI Director James Comey likely originated as food-service-industry jargon before extending to other uses. In a since-deleted Instagram post, Comey shared a photo of shells in the shapes of “86 47.” He said he took it as a political message, since President Donald Trump is the 47th president,...

A now-deleted photo posted by former FBI Director James Comey has triggered a federal investigation after officials linked its message to a possible threat against President Trump.

House Republicans proposed sweeping tax breaks Monday in President Donald Trump’s big priority bill, tallying at least $4.9 trillion in costs so far, partly paid for with cuts to Medicaid, food stamps and green energy programs used by millions of Americans. The House Ways and Means Committee named its package “THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL’’ in all capital letters, a...

A flight loaded with 59 South African refugees arrived in the U.S. on Monday. President Donald Trump suspended the U.S. refugee admissions program, but granted an exception for South Africa’s Afrikaners.

The project is backed by Italian producer Andrea Iervolino, who has worked on several biopics, including “Ferrari” and “The Music of Silence.”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt pushed back on a federal judge’s ruling that freed a Tufts student from ICE detention during a press briefing Friday.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. Treasury is investigating ways to lower the costs of producing nickels as the penny may be phased out.

Citizen activists supporting a public vote on important issues could have to brush up on their reading, writing and arithmetic if they want to get their initiatives on next year’s ballot in some states.

The progressive New York congresswoman said she believed Democrats would favor a more senior member in the role, as they did in the previous race.

Booker and Jeffries have hosted a number of Democratic lawmakers on the steps of the Capitol throughout the protest.

Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who lied about his life story and defrauded donors, faces sentencing in federal court on Friday.

Steve Hilton, who hosted a show on Fox News for six years and worked as an adviser to former British prime minister David Cameron, kicked off his campaign in Huntington Beach.

Three people were arrested after interrupting Georgia congresswoman Majorie Taylor Greene’s town hall Tuesday night.

A crop of candidates in their 20s and 30s is stepping in to challenge older Democrats for their seats in Congress.

Patel, who is now the FBI director, included Brian Auten on a list of roughly 60 alleged “deep state” actors in his 2023 book, “Government Gangsters.”

Here are five things to know about Mallory McMorrow, a Democratic Michigan state senator and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2026.

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker took to the Senate floor Monday evening saying he would remain there as long as he was “physically able.” He broke the record on Tuesday, giving a speech that lasted 25 hours and four minutes.