The United States’ war with Iran is entering its third week, but Congress has yet to publicly test the Trump administration’s case for the conflict.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doubling down on his support for an executive order that would aim to boost the production of a controversial weedkiller ingredient called glyphosate, even though it is widening a political fault line for the administration ahead of the midterm elections.
Federal immigration officials are scouting warehouses and beginning to purchase some of them to transform into detention and processing facilities.
The Justice Department says that finishing the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein files could take a “few more weeks,” further delaying compliance with a Dec. 19 deadline set by Congress.
President Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer Alina Habba has been disqualified from serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor.
Federal officials have arrested a New Jersey man accused of destroying property while trying to confront acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba.
Sen. Cory Booker is back in New Hampshire, home to two Democrats who broke ranks with their party to end the government shutdown.
The union representing Broadway’s musicians reached a tentative labor agreement with commercial producers, averting a potentially crippling strike that would have silenced nearly two dozen musicals.
Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon is staging a marathon speech to protest what he calls President Donald Trump’s “tightening authoritarian grip on the country” amid the government shutdown.
Federal appeals court judges questioned the Trump administration’s maneuvers to keep the president’s former lawyer, Alina Habba, in place as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor.
Jack Ciattarelli has been endorsed by Donald Trump in next month's New Jersey governor's election and is a strong supporter of the Republican president and his agenda.
Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died.
Democrats have struggled to find effective ways to oppose President Donald Trump, and even some Democratic voters describe the party as weak.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has long helped pay for PBS, NPR and 1,500 local radio and television stations and programs like “Sesame Street."
In a rare public outburst on the Senate floor Tuesday, New Jersey Sen_ Cory Booker took his Democratic colleagues to task, saying the party “needs a wake up call!”.
Los Angeles County leaders want to prohibit law enforcement officers from concealing their identities while on duty, a response to recent immigration raids during which some federal agents refused to identify themselves or covered their faces.
President Donald Trump has taken steps to keep Alina Habba as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey.
The Justice Department is fighting to keep President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Alina Habba, in place as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey after a panel of judges refused to extend her tenure and appointed someone else to the job.
The roles of some of the State Department employees fired last week overlap with priorities that President Donald Trump has laid out.
College sports leaders seeking antitrust and other protections from Congress have a potential bargaining chip: School assurances that they will provide funding for their increasingly imperiled Olympic programs, by far the biggest pipeline of talent for Team USA.
Threats to members of Congress are on the rise, security officials told senators at an emergency briefing in the wake of the killing of a Minnesota state lawmaker in her home over the weekend.
Senate Democrats were shaken to the core after seeing videos of officers aggressively pushing California Sen. Alex Padilla out of a press conference with the Homeland Security secretary and eventually restraining him on the floor outside the room.
Senate opposition led President Donald Trump to abandon his candidate to be the top prosecutor in the nation’s capital.
Brazilian meat giant JBS has come a step closer to its long-held goal of trading its shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
The Senate has confirmed real estate developer Charles Kushner, the father of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as ambassador to France.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says he will hold up all Justice Department nominations on the Senate floor until he gets more answers about the free Air Force One replacement that President Donald Trump says would be donated by Qatar.
For President Donald Trump, accepting a free Air Force One replacement from Qatar is a no-brainer.
Democrats will pick their next presidential nominee in 2028, but before that happens, the party will have to decide which state gets to go first on the nominating calendar.
President Donald Trump on Friday floated cutting tariffs on China to 80% ahead of a weekend meeting as he looks to de-escalate the trade war.
As Republican leaders draft President Donald Trump’s big bill of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $1.5 trillion in spending cuts, dozens of more moderate Republicans from contested congressional districts have positioned themselves at the center of the negotiating table.
Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species — and whether industry had a hand in drafting it.
Chris Van Hollen has emerged, for now, as a leading figure in the resistance to President Donald Trump.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen has met in El Salvador with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite an immigration court order preventing his deportation.
For 11 seasons, Henry Louis Gates Jr. has sat across from his guests on the popular PBS series “Finding Your Roots” and led them through secrets in their family tree.
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is taking a version of his record-breaking Senate floor speech on the road.
An obscure bookkeeping matter has become the latest flashpoint in Congress as Democrats accuse Republicans of violating Senate norms.
Democratic leaders are sharing a rare moment of relief — if not celebration — as they cling to election results from Wisconsin and Florida that offered a glimmer of hope for their party.
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for the longest floor speech in recorded Senate history when he bested Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
The lawmaker who's been holding the Senate floor with a lengthy speech railing against President Donald Trump's Republican agenda is a New Jersey Democrat who once found common ground with the president during his first term.
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted 25 hours and 5 minutes, setting the record for the longest continuous Senate floor speech in the chamber’s history.
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker has held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted more than 25 hours.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is taking the fight over Medicaid cuts deep into Republican territory, visiting nursing homes in GOP-held districts to warn of what Democrats call devastating consequences if proposed federal rollbacks go through.
President Donald Trump named his one-time defense attorney and current White House counselor Alina Habba to be the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey.
Democratic lawmakers are courting online content creators, podcasters and celebrities in a bid to find new ways to boost their message to voters.
The House has passed legislation to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September.
A U_S_ senator says mysterious drones spotted flying at night over sensitive areas in New Jersey should be “shot down, if necessary."
The NCAA’s yearslong efforts to get lawmakers to address myriad problems in college sports could pay off in the new, Republican-controlled Congress.
New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has tapped his former chief of staff to serve temporarily as a U.S. senator to replace convicted Sen. Bob Menendez.
New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy will name his former chief of staff George Helmy to serve as interim senator when Bob Menendez resigns later this month after his conviction on federal bribery charges.
Sen. Bob Menendez has shown no sign he will voluntarily resign from the Senate following his conviction on bribery charges.
Sen. Cory Booker says prisoners should be learning professional skills that help prepare them for their release instead of being forced to work.
The nominee who could become the first Muslim American to serve as a federal appellate court judge is fighting back against characterizations of his work by law enforcement groups that are jeopardizing his nomination.
Alex Morgan scored in the 88th minute and the San Diego Wave won the Challenge Cup with a 1-0 victory over Gotham FC Friday night in the National Women’s Soccer League.
The Congressional Black Caucus is pushing the White House, Justice Department and the Department of Education to look into whether Florida school districts are violating federal discrimination law following changes to the state's Black history curriculum.
The House has unanimously passed a bill posthumously awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.
Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is casting herself as a Silicon Valley scapegoat who overcame an abusive relationship to become a loving mother in an effort to avoid a lengthy prison sentence for duping investors in her failed blood-testing company.
Every year, the fins of as many as 73 million sharks are sliced from the backs of the majestic sea predators, their bleeding bodies sometimes dumped back into the ocean where they are left to suffocate or die of blood loss.
Meltdowns in the cryptocurrency space are common, but the latest one has served as a vivid reminder that investors, both professionals and rookies, can be rolling the dice when putting money into digital assets.
From an imprisoned Ukranian journalist to a high school activist in Florida, PEN America paid tribute Monday night to democracy and free expression and warned about the dangers faced in the U.S. and abroad.
Moments before the Senate began Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation vote to become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, the chamber filled with the swell of history.
The Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his effort to diversify the court.
The physical altercation between actor Will Smith and comedian Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards stunned the crowd and the millions watching the globally televised ceremony.
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has announced his intention to support the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, pushing her one step closer to confirmation.
Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey drew tears from Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson at her confirmation hearing with the words, “You are worthy,” and others like them.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faced down a barrage of Republican questioning about her sentencing of criminal defendants on Wednesday, as her history-making bid to join the Supreme Court veered from lofty constitutional questions to attacks on her motivations as a judge.
Democrats in the crowded primary race for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin are trying to distinguish themselves through traditional campaign tactics, like million-dollar television ad buys and policy papers.
The Senate has passed a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.
Some Democrats have begun saying out loud what others are saying privately — that Joe Biden’s political standing is so weak less than a year into his presidency that he may not be able to win reelection in 2024 if he were to run again.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says congressional Democrats’ efforts to make it easier to sue police officers are causing law enforcement agencies to have problems recruiting and retaining personnel.
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