President Donald Trump is imploring the House to end the partial government shutdown.

The Senate has voted to fund most of the government through the end of September while carving out a temporary extension for Homeland Security funding, giving Congress two weeks to debate new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country.

Organizers are planning what they anticipate will be the largest "No Kings" protests yet, targeting what they call authoritarianism under President Donald Trump.

Authorities say a man who was involved in a human smuggling operation was shot Tuesday in an exchange of gunfire with the U.S. Border Patrol and after firing at a federal helicopter.

The House has passed this year's final batch of spending bills.

A judge has thrown out the boundaries of New York City's only Republican congressional seat, ordering a redrawing due to unconstitutional vote dilution of Black and Hispanic residents.

There's broad bipartisan support in Congress for reviving federal health care subsidies that expired at the beginning of the year.

Abigail Spanberger has become Virginia's first female governor after centuries of men holding the state's top office.

Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema allegedly had a romantic relationship with a member of her security detail, leading to the breakup of his marriage.

The House has passed a bipartisan package of three spending bills that would fund parts of the federal government through September.

Activists and leaders provide insight into their perceptions of the Capitol riot.

President Donald Trump insists Republicans have “so many good nuggets” to campaign on as they try to hold their slim House majority.

The U.S. military says that it conducted two more strikes Thursday against boats it said were smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing five people.

President Donald Trump's administration has imposed sanctions on two more International Criminal Court judges over their role in investigating Israeli officials for possible war crimes.

The U.S. military says it attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four people.

The U.S. Capitol has begun displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school.

The United States gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers departed after cutbacks by the Trump administration, the government said in delayed reports.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomatic correspondence to stop using the Calibri font and return to the more traditional Times New Roman.

Initial new federal data shows the number of Americans signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance for 2026 is moderately higher than it was at a similar time last year.

Top law enforcement officials in the Trump administration had a clear message when they announced the arrest of a man charged with placing pipe bombs outside political party headquarters in Washington on Jan. 5, 2021.

A U.S. District Court decision to end the deployment of National Guard members to Washington, D.C., is on hold.

A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to take a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of an immigrant rights group.

Lawmakers from both parties say they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea.

People who work with refugees are worried about backlash after authorities say an Afghan national shot National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., this week.

U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida has been indicted on charges accusing her of stealing federal disaster funds and using the money to aid her 2021 campaign, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

U.S. employers added a suprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, the government said, issuing a key economic report that had been delayed seven weeks by the federal government shutdown.

The Labor Department said Wednesday that it will not be releasing a full jobs report for October because the 43-day federal government shutdown meant it couldn’t calculate the unemployment rate and some other key numbers.

President Donald Trump has issued two pardons related to the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, including for a woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents who were investigating a tip that she may have been at the Capitol.

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday that Modine will invest $19.6 million through 2029 in planned capital expenditures to expand its presence in Buena Vista.

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday that Elbit Systems of America will expand its Roanoke County manufacturing facility. The facility, which produces low-light night vision devices for the defense industry, will undergo a historic $30 million expansion that will add 288 new jobs

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Monday $15.5 million in Virginia Land Conservation Funding to conserve 8,606 acres across the Commonwealth.

Protesters at an anti-Trump demonstration in Washington, D.C., were re-energized following significant Democratic victories in elections this week.

The Justice Department has stripped references to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack from court papers and punished two federal prosecutors who filed the document seeking prison time at sentencing Thursday for a man arrested with guns and ammunition near former President Barack Obama's home.

A shortage of air traffic controllers has caused more flight disruptions at airports across the country.

A lawsuit is seeking to redraw the lines of a Republican-controlled congressional district in New York state.

A trail of debts that persisted during Jim Justice’s time as West Virginia’s governor has followed him to the U.S. Senate.

The Senate on Thursday rejected dueling partisan bills to pay federal workers during the government shutdown, with both Republicans and Democrats deflecting blame as many employees are set to miss their first full paycheck at the end of this week.

As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, President Donald Trump is welcoming Senate Republicans for lunch at the White House.

Senate Republican campaign leaders are using artificial intelligence-generated video to falsely depict Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer appearing to say on camera comments he made in a print publication interview about the political impacts of the partial government shutdown.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the human cost "cannot be tolerated.”.

The government shutdown is entering a third week, and Democrats say they're not intimidated by President Donald Trump’s efforts to fire thousands of federal workers or by his threats of more firings to come.

JPMorgan Chase will directly invest up to $10 billion in U.S. companies with crucial ties to national security.

Here’s a question submitted by an Associated Press reader: What happens if essential federal workers don’t show up for work.

The Senate has voted to repeal the resolution that authorized the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, following a House vote last month that would return the basic war power to Congress more than two decades later.

More than half the states contributing National Guard troops to President Trump's federal law enforcement initiative in Washington, D.C. have set target dates for withdrawal later this fall.

The first week is the easy one.

Here’s a question submitted by an Associated Press reader: Who gets paid during a federal shutdown.

A new poll conducted just prior to the current government shutdown showed most Americans wanted Congress to extend tax credits that could expire at the end of the year.

The Supreme Court says it'll take up its latest gun rights case and consider striking down strict regulations on where people can carry firearms in Hawaii.

Google’s YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump over his 2021 account suspension following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The White House is telling agencies to prepare large-scale firings of federal workers if the government shuts down next week.

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday that eligible taxpayers will receive tax rebates up to $200 this fall if they filed individually and up to $400 if they filed jointly.

A new report finds the Department of Government Efficiency’s remaking of the federal workforce has battered the Washington job market and put more households in the metropolitan area in financial distress.

President Donald Trump will meet with the Democratic leaders in Congress this week ahead of a looming risk of a federal government shutdown.

Three members of a federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances who were recently fired by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump have filed a lawsuit in U.S. court alleging their firings were illegal.

The Senate has confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees.

A deadline looming, Congress is charging toward a federal government shutdown.

The Congressional Budget Office has released new economic projections, indicating that unemployment, inflation and overall growth will worsen in 2025 before improving over the next year.

Missouri voters and lawmakers could be headed for a clash at the ballot box over public policy decisions.

Chief Justice John Roberts has let President Donald Trump remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission, the latest in a string of high-profile firings allowed for now by the Supreme Court.

The U.S. Capitol Police have led a massive training exercise in Maryland to improve coordination among law enforcement agencies.

An Iowa Democratic state lawmaker is bowing out of the 2026 U.S. Senate primary race and endorsing a colleague as the “best hope” to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst.

Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin says Virginia’s economy is thriving after ending its fiscal year with high revenues. He says the state netted a $572 million surplus and a $4.7 billion rainy-day fund. It's a characterization Democrats are criticizing as rose-colored in light of budgetary decisions neighboring Washington, D.C. They are particularly concerned about Medicaid after Congress passed a reconciliation bill making federal cuts to the program. Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell cites an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office this year estimating that roughly 11 million Americans will lose access to Medicaid.

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday that MerryGoRound Inc, a fulfillment company, would establish operations in Pittsylvania County.

Staff at the Bureau of Labor Statistics called President Donald Trump's firing of its commissioner “depressing” and “CRAZY.

Governor Glenn Youngkin’s office announced Monday that he had signed Executive Order 52 launching a series of initiatives to strengthen oversight of nursing homes in Virginia.

President Donald Trump took unprecedented steps toward federalizing Washington, D.

Republican Winsome Earle-Sears says she's running her campaign for Virginia governor like a military-style operation. And at this point, a few months away from the November election, it's looking like a campaign on the defensive. The lieutenant governor is facing a Democratic Abigail Spanberger, a former congresswoman who has more campaign money and a unified party behind her. Earle-Sears has replaced a pastor with little political experience who had been her campaign manager. And her team has failed to gain traction with big money donors. An Earle-Sears victory would make her the first Black woman in U.S. history to serve as a governor.

On Friday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared Aug. 9, 2025, as Commonwealth Day of Play. The day is meant to bring recognition to active and “screen-free” play to children and families.

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday that Virginia’s tourism industry generated a record high $35.1 billion in visitor spending in 2024, marking a 5.4% increase from 2023.

Texas and California are at the center of a national political power struggle that could reshape Trump's second presidency.

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that Fiscal Year 2025 general fund revenues exceeded the official forecast assumed in the 2025 Appropriation Act by $572 million.

Susan Monarez is becoming the next director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Supreme Court has blocked a lower-court ruling in a redistricting dispute in North Dakota that would gut a landmark federal civil rights law for millions of people.

The Republican-led Congress is testing the popularity of Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts.

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Friday that he had issued an executive order launching a first of its kind agentic artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory reduction pilot to ensure that the Commonwealth captures the benefits of the latest AI technology in reducing regulatory burdens and keeping regulation and guidance documents streamlined and up to date.

Greg LeMond, who is one of the most decorated cyclists in American history as a three-time Tour de France winner, has been honored with the Congressional Gold Medal.

A federal appeals court has upheld its decision against two Native American tribes challenging North Dakota's redistricting map.

Arizona's top Democrats will bypass the state Democratic Party for next year’s midterms.

A budget deal brokered by Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans who control the state Legislature has cleared a key hurdle just hours after it was made public.

The changes made to President Donald Trump’s big tax bill in the Senate would pile trillions onto the nation’s debt load while resulting in even steeper losses in health care coverage, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a new analysis, adding to the challenges for Republicans as they try to muscle the bill to passage.

Minnesota is honoring the golden retriever named Gilbert belonging to a prominent state lawmaker and her husband who were shot to death in their home.

A Republican plan to expand private school vouchers nationwide was dealt a major setback when the Senate parliamentarian said the proposal would run afoul of procedural rules.

Congressional Republicans agreed to remove the so-called revenge tax provision from President Donald Trump’s big bill Thursday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent asked members of Congress to do so earlier in the day.

The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court has refused to hear challenges brought by Democrats seeking to throw out the battleground state’s current congressional district boundaries before the 2026 midterms.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has handed a victory to the Republican-controlled Legislature in a power struggle with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, will lie in state in the state Capitol Rotunda on Friday, a day ahead of their funeral.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has vetoed a bill to ban all THC products.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued Executive Order 50 on Friday.

Gpv. Youngkin announced on Thursday that he has recommended 13 projects for funding by the Appalachian Regional Commission, which would amount to $5.356 million in grants. The approval of the awards would be finalized later in the year.

Hundreds have gathered outside Minnesota’s Capitol for a vigil to remember a prominent state lawmaker and her husband gunned down at their home.

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Monday that he would lead a Virginia delegation to Paris, France, and London, England, beginning June 15.

Lawmakers in some states are moving to delete their home addresses from online directories after one Minnesota legislator was killed and another wounded in their suburban Minneapolis homes last weekend.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued a statement regarding the “No Kings” protests that are set to take place statewide on Saturday.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a proposal that would have banned teaching antisemitism at the state’s public schools.

A small government office with some 275 employees has found itself caught in the political crossfire as Congress debates President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful bill.”.

Puerto Rico’s governor has pledged to improve the island’s crumbling electric grid and boost the economy in her first address after being elected as anger intensifies over chronic power outages and an increase in cost-of-living expenses.

The Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota is declaring a state of emergency on its reservation.

A push to put the Ten Commandments on display in all Texas public school classrooms is closer to reaching Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's desk.

The U.S. Justice Department’s new pardon attorney says he is going to take a “hard look” at two men who are in prison for leading a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.