House Republicans have proposed cutting billions of dollars in funding for Biden-era climate and environmental programs, including clean energy tax credits.

House Republicans appear to be backing off some, but not all, of the steep reductions to the Medicaid program as part of their big tax breaks bill.

Congress is drafting President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security and deportation funds.

Republicans in Congress are working to pump billions of dollars into President Donald Trump’s mass deportation and border security program.

Republican John Reid said Friday he will continue his campaign to be Virginia’s lieutenant governor and denied he had anything to do with a social media account containing sexually explicit photos that had prompted GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin to call for him to quit the race.

Three House Republicans from Florida with Cuban roots are carefully navigating President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Removing lanes to slow down speeding drivers is a long-embraced strategy for improving safety on city streets.

This Easter weekend, protests around the country are targeting the Trump administration’s agenda, including here in Roanoke.

Democrats are hoping pop rock star power will help oust a long-serving Republican east of Los Angeles in the fight for the U.S. House.

A growing number of conservative leaders are pushing states to upend the long-standing U.S. constitutional right to free public education for children, regardless of immigration status.

The White House has hung a painting of President Donald Trump depicting a moment after an assassination attempt against him last summer — bumping the official portrait of one of his predecessors, Barack Obama, to a place nearby.

House Republicans have narrowly approved their budget framework.

Maryland lawmakers have passed a measure to try to limit future liabilities from claims of sexual abuse at state and private institutions.

A Manhattan federal judge says Columbia University must give detained activist Mahmoud Khalil and other students 30 days' notice before handing over any more documents to Congress as it investigates antisemitism on college campuses.

Elon Musk and his political operatives have tried to shape the closely watched Wisconsin Supreme Court race in ways that are not immediately obvious but could be critical to Tuesday’s outcome.

A New York City rapper who joined President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy charges.

The second part of Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s top priority to limit lawsuits and large verdicts won final approval from the House on Thursday.

State officials say a portrait of President Donald Trump hanging at the Colorado state Capitol will be taken down after Trump claimed it was “purposefully distorted.”.

A federal judge examining the Trump administration’s use of an 18th-century wartime law to deport Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador has vowed to determine whether the government defied his order to turn the planes around.

Local lawmakers issued statements regarding President Trump's recent executive order that ordered the closure of the Department of Education.

Advocates in Charlottesville are pushing for Governor Youngkin to sign a bill that would protect access to contraception here in Virginia.

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey has died at the age of 87.

Local Representatives Ben Cline, Morgan Griffith, and John McGuire, as well as U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner are reacting to the recent passing of the Trump-backed CR.

Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have added several medical exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has accomplished the seemingly unexpected, keeping his Republican majority in line to fund the government.

Virginia's lieutenant governor is used to facing formidable obstacles in her political campaigns. And Winsome Earle-Sears' bid to be Virginia’s next governor is no exception. The Jamaican immigrant and Marine veteran will need to win the Republican primary in June at a time when her party has been taken over by the “Make America Great Again” movement. Then she'll have to woo moderate and independent voters in the November general election as Democrats look to tie her to President Donald Trump’s overhaul of the federal government. Two conservatives are trying to challenge her in the primary. Virginia has never elected a woman as governor.

Republicans in Congress have long been intent on countering America’s rivals and spreading U.S. influence abroad.

President Trump is set to speak at the White House at 11 a.m. on Friday. Watch here.

Melania Trump says it’s “heartbreaking” to see teens and especially girls grapple with the fallout after they’re targeted by malicious and sexually explicit online content.

New laws in Florida mandate stiffer criminal penalties for immigrants in the U.S. illegally than for everyone else.

With a push from President Donald Trump, House Republicans have sent a GOP budget blueprint to passage, a step toward delivering Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”.

The aspirations of Florida’s first lady Casey DeSantis have long been a topic of discussion in Tallahassee.

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House Republicans have muscled their budget blueprint to passage, with a push from President Donald Trump.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin was appointed as a co-chair of the Council of Governors, the White House announced on Wednesday.

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A federal judge says she will quickly rule on a request to block Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive data and firing employees at several federal agencies.

Republican Vivek Ramaswamy will launch his bid for Ohio governor on Feb. 24 in his native Cincinnati, with ensuing events in the Columbus, Toledo and Cleveland areas.

Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly seeks a second four-year term in Tuesday’s spring primary.

Alaska’s Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North America’s tallest peak as Denali.

Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor, Danielle Sassoon, and five high-ranking Justice Department officials have resigned after she refused an order to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

President Donald Trump has just started his second term, the last one permitted under the U.S. Constitution.

A federal judge has left intact a ban that prevents Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records containing sensitive personal data for millions of Americans, though she made clear that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is exempt.

One of the top election officials in Arizona's largest county has drastically downsized a team whose responsibilities included combating false information about elections.

Former Ohio State University coach Jim Tressel is being nominated to be the state’s next lieutenant governor.

Donald Trump made history Sunday as the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl.

A federal judge has heard arguments over whether to block Elon Musk’s team from accessing systems at the Labor Department.

Officials working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency sought access to the Treasury Department payment system to stop money from flowing to the U.S. Agency for International Development.

CBS' “60 Minutes” on Wednesday released a full, unedited transcript of its October interview with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

A new television attack ad in Wisconsin’s hotly contested Supreme Court race features a doctored image of the liberal candidate, a move that her campaign claims could be a violation of a recently enacted state law.

Texas ordered a ban on the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek on government devices days after the popular chatbot has shook investors and the tech community in recent weeks for its ability to compete with OpenAI.

President Donald Trump’s administration is offering buyouts to federal employees to quickly reduce the government workforce.

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to dismiss their case against a former Nebraska congressman charged with lying to authorities about a foreign billionaire’s illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign.

The Justice Department has abandoned all criminal proceedings against President Donald Trump’s two co-defendants in the classified documents case against him in Florida, foreclosing the chance the case against them could ever be revived.

The first lawsuits have been filed against President Donald Trump’s executive order revising policy on transgender troops.

A key ally of President Donald Trump says the White House pardoning rioters who fought with police while storming the U.S. Capitol in 2021 is “sending the wrong signal” and expressed concern about the future ramifications of issuing sweeping clemencies.

North Dakota’s highest court has ruled that the state’s overturned abortion ban will not be enforced during an appeal of a judge’s ruling that struck down the law in September.

President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to disasters in California and North Carolina.

The House has passed a bill to require the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes.

Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent near Canada that also left a suspect dead and another injured.

In a story published Jan. 18, 2025, about opera tenor Christopher Macchio set to sing the national anthem at Donald Trump’s inauguration, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Macchio performed at Trump’s 70th birthday party.

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that flags in Virginia will be raised temporarily for the inauguration of incoming president Donald Trump.

President-elect Donald Trump will choose as leader of the Secret Service one of the agents who covered him after a gunman opened fire at the candidate during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

The British government says it will support a series of local inquiries into organized child sexual abuse in the wake of a furor largely stoked by the world’s richest man Elon Musk.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is removing the GOP chairman of the powerful House Intelligence Committee, who was a vocal supporter of assistance for Ukraine and held other views that put him at odds with President-elect Donald Trump.

Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed interest in the Ohio U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance.

A host of big-name performers including Kid Rock and country singer Jason Aldean will be making their way to Washington to perform at various presidential inauguration events over the weekend.

A Florida state lawmaker has filed a bill that would ban some of the state’s public colleges and universities from admitting students who are in the country without legal permission.

Elon Musk says a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink.

The Supreme Court is turning back a push by Utah to wrest control of vast areas of public land from the federal government.

Five current and former U.S. presidents have come together for Jimmy Carter’s funeral.

The Service Employees International Union is rejoining the AFL-CIO after 20 years.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed legislation that boosts the rights of parents to know when schools are changing their child’s health care or preparing to present lessons involving sexuality or gender.

The Ohio Supreme Court has heard arguments in a long-running public records dispute involving state Attorney General Dave Yost and a watchdog group.

Elon Musk’s father says his billionaire son has expressed interest in buying English soccer club Liverpool.

Virginia Democrats have preserved their Statehouse majority in special elections.

Jenniffer González Colón has been sworn in as Puerto Rico’s new governor as the island held for a normally ebullient ceremony overshadowed by widespread anger over a blackout that hit the U.S. territory days ago.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been blocked from quickly advancing a bill that would allow local law enforcement agencies to track aerial drones.

President-elect Donald Trump has abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown.

Amazon Web Services will invest another $10 billion to bolster its data center infrastructure in Ohio.

Congressional leaders have unveiled legislation that will keep the federal government funded through March 14 and provide more than $100 billion in emergency aid to help states and local communities recover from Hurricanes Helene and Milton and other natural disasters.

A person accused of accosting U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace in a Capitol Office building has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge.

A federal judge has ruled that immigrants known as “Dreamers” in 19 states aren't entitled to health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025, is reemerging with a campaign to back President-elect Donald Trump's imperiled cabinet selections.

President-elect Donald Trump has named billionaire investment banker Warren Stephens as his envoy to Britain, a prestigious posting for the Republican donor whose contributions this year included $2 million to a Trump-backing super PAC.

President-elect Donald Trump launched a blitz of picks for his Cabinet, but he took his time settling on billionaire investor Scott Bessent as his choice for treasury secretary.

Mayoral Candidate David Bowers has requested a recount in the 2024 Roanoke City Mayoral Election.

The Texas State Board of Education has given initial approval to a Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for public schools to adopt for lessons from kindergarten through fifth grade.

David Bowers has right to seek a recount in Roanoke Mayor's race but time is ticking.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul says he was briefly detained by police at an airport near Washington, D.

Donald Trump returned to Washington on Wednesday as president-elect where he headed to the White House for the first time in four years.

Rep. Mike Johnson has won the Republican nomination to remain as House speaker, on track to keep the gavel after a morning endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump ahead of a full House vote in the new year.

Georgia House Republicans will keep their leadership team for the next two years.

Former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm is paralyzed from the chest down after being thrown from a horse during a polo tournament.

The Arizona Supreme Court has declined an emergency request to extend the deadline for voters to fix problems with mail-in ballots.

Donald Trump announced on Saturday that his inaugural committee will be chaired by Florida real estate investor Steven Witkoff and former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler.

Republican Arizona legislator Justin Heap has been elected to oversee elections in the state’s most populous county.

Vice Mayor Joe Cobb is now leading the race for Roanoke Mayor as of Friday night he is up 46 votes over Republican Candidate David Bowers.

The House is expected to try next week to pass a Social Security-related bill to ensure benefits for workers who are also eligible for other pensions.

President-elect Donald Trump put billionaire Elon Musk on the line with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy when the Ukrainian leader called to congratulate the incoming U.S. president.