President Donald Trump pardoned about 1,500 Capitol rioters on his first day in office, and now some of those involved in the Jan. 6 attack are getting a platform to tell their version of events.

Iowa looked a lot different in 2010, when Republican Kim Reynolds was first elected to statewide office.

A number of Democrats are launching bids in a suddenly competitive House district in Michigan after the Republican incumbent earlier this week announced a run for governor.

In a surprise announcement Friday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said she will not seek a third term in office in 2026.

Republicans narrowly got their budget plan over the finish line this week.

The U.S. budget deficit has grown to more than $1.3 trillion in the first half of the fiscal year.

A supercharged U.S. Senate GOP primary in Texas between Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton is off to a fast start of personal attacks and expectations of a high-spending race.

Vermont's Democratic secretary of state says Republican legislation passed by the U.S. House that would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote for federal elections is part of a strategy to make voting harder.

House Republicans have narrowly approved their budget framework.

The House has passed a bill that limits the authority of federal district judges to issue nationwide orders.

House Republicans have abruptly postponed a late evening vote on their budget framework as grave misgivings from conservative GOP lawmakers threw it in flux.

A tentative deal has been reached in the House in the fight over proxy voting for new parents.

The recent election that determined control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court saw millions of dollars flooding in from billionaires, featured attack ads and drew national political attention.

The political battle lines are drawn for a debate in Washington and beyond over a Republican budget plan that’s a cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda.

The Trump administration has laid off the entire staff of a $4.1 billion program that helps low-income households nationwide pay for heat.

Boxed into a vote on outlawing spending on gender affirming care for transgender prisoners, Georgia Democrats chose a third option Wednesday.

The Senate has passed a resolution that would thwart President Donald Trump’s ability to impose tariffs on Canada.

Susan Crawford’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election victory over a conservative candidate backed by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk cements a liberal majority on the state’s top court for at least three more years.

Three spring elections have provided early warning signs to Republicans and President Donald Trump.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that while most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the conflict is not weighing as heavily on his public perception as it did on President Joe Biden.

A handful of elections in Florida and Wisconsin have become key tests of President Donald Trump’s political standing just over two months into his second term in the White House.

The Republican primaries for Florida Senate District 19 and Florida House District 32 are part of a cascade of special elections brought on when Florida Sen. Randy Fine resigned his SD-19 seat, effective April 1, to run for the U.S. House District 6 special election.

Republican Randy Fine has won the special election to U.S. House in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has instructed the Justice Department to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a sweeping 2021 election law in Georgia.

The most important Republican in New Jersey’s race for governor this year might well be a part-time resident who burnished his reputation and his brand near the Atlantic City Boardwalk.

The race to fill a Texas congressional seat has candidates but no election date more than three weeks after Rep. Sylvester Turner’s death left a vacancy in a stronghold for Democrats, who are eager to cut into Republicans’ narrow U.S. House majority.

Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear knew his odds of success were stacked against him when he vetoed GOP bills dealing with abortion, Medicaid and diversity initiatives.

Tuesday’s special elections to replace Florida’s Republican former U.S. Reps. Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz will be held in GOP strongholds.

Democrats with few electoral outlets for their outrage at President Donald Trump’s dramatic restructuring of the federal government are pouring millions of dollars into two special elections in Florida.

The White House has pulled Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Elon Musk's America PAC is putting down more than $20,000 to pay for texting services on behalf of Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis.

Filling an empty space on the wall of presidential portraits in the Colorado Capitol with a new painting of Donald Trump could take time after one he disliked was taken down.

The election to fill a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat is quickly becoming a referendum on the Trump administration and a test of enthusiasm on both sides.

Election officials in Central Florida are making final preparations as early voting begins Saturday for the special election in Congressional District 6, which will determine who replaces Mike Waltz in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Voters in two Pennsylvania state legislative districts will elect new members in special elections Tuesday.

Republican U.S. Rep. Celeste Maloy says the country risks drifting toward authoritarianism if the executive branch isn't brought under control.

Some state lawmakers are engaged in a tug-of-war for power with the people who elected them.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for the dismantling of the Education Department.

The Republican-backed candidate in Wisconsin’s closely watched state Supreme Court race has resurfaced long debunked concerns about voting fraud because of the late reporting of ballots in Milwaukee.

In two congressional districts and vastly different political environments, two Republicans were met with far different reactions at public meetings they held late last week.

President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September.

A group of House Republicans has put forward legislation seeking to prevent Chinese students from studying in American schools, citing national security concerns.

The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday, hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it to President Donald Trump to be signed into law.

The Senate has passed a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers.

The first television ads dropped this week in an Ohio governor’s race that’s still more than a year away.

Washington, D.

Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring and temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students who have since graduated.

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

At least three-quarters of South Carolina’s House members approved the more than 100 sections of the state’s $14 billion spending plan this week.

Republicans, particularly those in Congress, have been overwhelmingly supportive of broad cuts across the federal government at the hands of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

The Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit from Republican attorneys general in 19 states aimed at blocking climate change suits against the oil and gas industry from Democratic-led states.

The chairman of the House Republican campaign committee is already predicting his party will pick up seats in the midterm election that are some 20 months away.

House Republicans have unveiled a 99-page spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30.

It turns out 2025 isn’t the year for legalized sports betting in Georgia.

Republicans in Congress are taking aim at four cities over their policies limiting cooperation with immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump's administration.

The Senate has rejected legislation aiming to bar transgender women and girls from participating in school athletic competitions designated for female athletes.

Florida’s annual legislative session is set to begin, with elected officials from the House and Senate gathering in Tallahassee.

Key Republicans and Democrats have been stalwart supporters of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Negotiations to avoid a federal government shutdown in two weeks have not been going well.

Now that House Republicans have passed an ambitious budget blueprint for President Donald Trump’s agenda, it is time for hard work.

Another $500 million would be spent toward Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in North Carolina in legislation approved unanimously by the state House.

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

Michigan Republicans have elected a state lawmaker to lead the GOP into the 2026 midterms, State Sen. Jim Runestad whipped enough delegates Saturday after two rounds of voting to beat out the other two candidates, including Meshawn Maddock, a loyal ally to President Donald Trump who is charged with being a fake elector for Trump in the 2020 election.

The budget resolution from Republicans was on the agenda in the Senate, but the nearly all-night debate encompassed so much more.

Experts say the layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS probationary workers likely mean the end of the agency’s plans to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collections.

The moment that local officials in our nation’s capital have been dreading for months is finally here.

An architect of a controversial bid to fly migrants from Texas to a Massachusetts resort town in 2022 has been named to guide Florida's new state board of immigration enforcement.

Republicans are trying to exclude people who are in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used to portion out congressional seats among the states.

While Democrats have been speaking out against President Donald Trump's federal cuts, Republicans are just beginning to stir.

For years, Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have railed against the IRS and its cadre of armed agents.

Senate Republicans are vowing to move quickly on a budget plan that could pave the way for about $340 billion in additional border security and defense spending.

Wisconsin’s top education official faces challengers on the right and left as she runs for reelection.

Elon Musk has promised transparency as President Donald Trump's leader in making the federal government more efficient.

As Republicans in Congress look for ways to slash spending, some legislators are floating new taxes on college scholarships, an end to student loan repayment plans and a big hike in taxes on university endowments.

Talks on a spending bill for the current budget year have bogged down in the wake of President Donald Trump’s efforts to slash federal spending and its workforce.

A group that dedicated to electing Republicans to state attorney general positions has brought back a former executive director who resigned in the aftermath of Jan. 6.

A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that the swing state’s nonpartisan top elections official can remain in her post despite not being reappointed and confirmed by the state Senate.

Saving the planet is so 2024.

The Senate has confirmed Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s nominee for White House budget director.

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to push out federal employees by offering them financial incentives.

Republican state Rep. Debbie Mayfield of Melbourne lashed out Wednesday against Gov. Ron DeSantis after his administration blocked her from qualifying to run in a special election to replace outgoing Sen. Randy Fine.

Democrats are fighting to energize their party’s growing resistance to President Trump and his chief lieutenant, Elon Musk.

California’s Democratic-dominated Assembly has endorsed up to $50 million in funding to defend the state’s progressive policies against challenges by the Trump administration.

Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow is preparing to announce a Democratic bid for an open U.S. Senate seat in the state.

Federal disaster aid is nearly everywhere.

Women represent half of the U.S. population.

USAID’s website has dropped offline without explanation in the Trump administration's two-week-old funding freeze of U.S. foreign aid and development funding.

President Donald Trump’s most controversial Cabinet nominees have flooded the zone in back-to-back-to-back confirmation hearings.

Robert F.

The nation’s cybersecurity agency has played a critical role in helping states shore up the defenses of their voting systems, but its election mission appears uncertain amid sustained criticism from Republicans and key figures in the Trump administration.

Robert F.

Florida lawmakers have passed a sweeping immigration bill, setting aside half a billion dollars in public funds to help carry out President Donald Trump’s crackdown on people in the country illegally.

Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is running for the Democratic nomination for governor in New Mexico after championing conservation and clean energy during her tenure as Interior secretary under President Joe Biden.

Donald Trump in his return to the White House has already previewed his second term foreign policy approach: Talk loudly and wield a big stick.

Democratic former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger and Republican Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears are picking up steam in their bids to be Virginia's next governor.

In the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski had openly challenged or rebuked him at least three times.

Republicans are eager to find replacements for former GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz in Tuesday’s special congressional primaries in Florida to add some breathing room to their slender majority in the U.S. House, but control of the chamber isn’t on the line.

Democrats in the Minnesota House who have boycotted daily sessions are using tactics that lawmakers elsewhere have tried dozens of times in seeking to thwart their opponents.

Utah lawmakers have advanced a bill that experts say would establish one of the most restrictive labor laws in the country.

Federal agencies, employees and contractors are trying to process how President Donald Trump’s sweeping anti-DEI executive order will upend their work.