President-elect Donald Trump says he'll “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions.

Former President Bill Clinton will be home for Christmas after being discharged from a Washington hospital where he was treated for the flu.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper leaves his job next week after eight years.

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President Joe Biden has vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 new federal district judgeships.

A powerful government panel has failed to reach consensus on the possible national security risks of a nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase U.S. Steel.

President Joe Biden has signed the annual defense authorization bill into law despite his objections to language banning transgender health care for military children.

A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors.

The House Ethics Committee has accused Matt Gaetz of “regularly” paying for sex, including once with a 17-year-old girl, and purchasing and using illicit drugs as a member of Congress.

The economic and technological rivalry between the U.S. and China has come to the drone market.

Donald Trump has promised to undertake mass deportations.

Officials hope state lawmakers will boost the budget of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman office, an independent state agency, which can often be an elderly Texan’s only lifeline to the outside world.

Over 35 years, Hecht modernized the court, increased access to justice for the poor and saw his conservative views come to dominate the bench.

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row.

The battles over abortion in the U.S. are increasingly focusing on the pills that are now the most common way pregnancies are ended.

That Donald Trump failed to achieve central goals in the government shutdown fight alongside Elon Musk seemed unimportant to many speakers and attendees at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest.

After days of threats and demands, Donald Trump had little to show for it once lawmakers passed a budget deal.

One of the most turbulent sessions of Congress in the modern era is about to make way for the next one.

President Joe Biden has signed a bill into law that averts a government shutdown.

Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid to address extensive damage caused by hurricane and other disasters.

The Washington Commanders' path to returning to nation's capital is clear after an on-again, off-again saga in Congress ended with a late reprieve.

The legislation includes financial aid and money for recent natural disasters, but farmers still will be relying on outdated provisions from the 2018 bill.

A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct.

Thirty years after Florida required schools to teach African American history, how the subject is taught remains inconsistent across Florida classrooms, a review by The Associated Press has found.