President Donald Trump has dramatically escalated his confrontation with the Federal Reserve.

Plaintiffs' attorneys are asking a federal judge to intervene after three Democratic members of Congress were blocked from visiting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Minnesota over the weekend.

The Trump administration’s criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has sparked a backlash that may undermine the White House’s goals.

New polling from Gallup shows that Americans are increasingly identifying as political independents and rejecting the labels of the two major political parties.

Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing the federal government to stop surge by federal immigration authorities.

Muhammad Ali is being honored with a commemorative U.S. postage stamp.

For thousands of Venezuelans living in the U.S., the days since the Trump administration ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro have brought a mixture of joy and trepidation.

Five years after video of George Floyd's killing on a Minneapolis street, video of another law enforcement action in the northern city is central to another American debate.

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Ugandan president’s military son, is not on the ballot in Thursday's presidential election.

President Donald Trump's motorcade took an unusual route to the airport in Florida due to a "suspicious object.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony this summer about the Fed’s building renovations.

President Donald Trump says he is “inclined” to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after its top executive was skeptical about oil investment efforts in the country after the toppling of former President Nicolás Maduro.

Longtime New Jersey legislator and former acting governor Richard “Dick” Codey has died.

References to President Donald Trump’s two impeachments have been removed from his photo portrait display at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington.

There's another warning from President Donald Trump to Cuba in the wake of Nicolás Maduro's ouster in Venezuela.

Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election — and recently, the downfall of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

The next U.S. census is four years away, but two lawsuits playing out this year could affect how the head count will be done and who'll be counted.

Becky Pepper-Jackson is a 15-year-old in West Virginia who knows the upcoming sports season could be her last.

Myanmar has begun a second round of voting in its first general election since the military takeover five years ago.

Venezuelan detainee Diógenes Angulo has been released from prison after a year and five months.

A Virginia man has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of planting two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national parties on the eve of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

The U.S. has launched another round of strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria.

President Donald Trump has issued a new executive order to protect Venezuelan oil revenue from judicial proceedings.

A man who is known for grabbing Nancy Pelosi's podium during the U.S. Capitol riot is running for a county office in Florida.

President Donald Trump says he wants a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates.

Members of Congress are considering the possible consequences for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and even Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after an ICE officer shot Renee Good to death in Minnesota.

British-born Thomas Paine helped inspire the 13 English colonies to declare independence and form the United States of America.

A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing most of his executive order on elections against the vote-by-mail states Washington and Oregon, in the latest blow to Trump’s efforts to require documentary proof of citizenship to vote and to require that all ballots be received by Election Day.

A judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot block child care and other federal social service money from flowing to five states for now.

The Washington National Opera is moving performances away from the Kennedy Center.