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The federal government reopened after a 43-day shutdown, though programs and services may take some time to get back to ...

Off-year races in Virginia, New Jersey, California and beyond are seen as key early barometers of how voters are feeling about Trump and Democrats.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth says U.S. airstrikes on two alleged drug vessels killed six drug traffickers on Monday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday marks the nation’s first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, and his leadership and policies dominated the debate in almost every ...

"New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, in his victory speech, celebrated the fall of the Cuomo political dynasty and ...

(CNN) — New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a motion, unsealed late Friday, to challenge the appointment of the US attorney for the Northern District of New York and quash a Justice ...

(CNN) — Elections in multiple states on Tuesday are set to gauge how voters feel in the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency — and whether Democrats have improved their standing with the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The national battle to control the U.S. House shifts to California on Tuesday as voters consider a Democratic proposal that could erase as many as five Republican districts and ...

People trying to understand politics in the United States today often turn to history for precedents and perspective. Are our current divisions like the ones that preceded the American Revolution or ...