Trump's defense secretary faces a louder impeachment push over the Iran war, even as the White House insists both Cabinet members are staying.
House Democrats are assembling witness lists on the Trump family's finances and the Iran war as the president, two days removed from a historic midterm defeat, says he can "get along, probably" with the new majority.
Seven Senate seats and a wave of House districts flipped overnight, handing Hakeem Jeffries the speaker's gavel and ending four years of unified Republican government.
A one-line order from the justices ends a monthlong fight over roughly 20,000 ballots the administration wanted set aside, closing out the case on the eve of the vote.
With control of Congress on a knife's edge and a fabricated-polling scandal still reverberating, the president crammed last-minute stops into nearly 20 states ahead of Tuesday's vote.
Democrats hold their widest generic-ballot lead of the cycle as early voting surges into the final stretch before Tuesday.
A federal judge says she'll appoint a special master to probe whether Justice Department attorneys misled her about renovation plans for Trump's "Trash Island" project at East Potomac Park.
Democrat Mary Peltola denies any role in recruiting a same-named spoiler candidate as the Justice Department escalates a criminal probe days before one of the tightest Senate races in the country.
Republican Darline Graham, appointed after her brother's death in July, is deadlocked with Democratic pediatrician Annie Andrews in a state Trump won by nearly 18 points.
Early-voting data shows a historic surge four days before Election Day, with Texas smashing its own turnout records and control of Congress hanging on a handful of races.
More than 21 million Americans have already voted ahead of next week's midterms, with the Paxton-Talarico Senate race in Texas emblematic of how tight the fight for Congress has become.
Ambassador Mike Waltz and Cuba's foreign minister clashed during a General Assembly debate over Washington's decades-old economic embargo, the second such blowup in a month.
Bill Essayli, a former Republican state lawmaker who has led aggressive immigration and voter-fraud cases, was ruled to be "unlawfully serving" as US attorney and barred from two prosecutions, in the latest of several such rulings against Trump-picked prosecutors.
A three-page filing accuses James Comey of disclosing classified information to the New York Times in 2016; his lawyers call it a revenge-driven case likely to be dismissed on statute-of-limitations grounds.
With control of Congress at stake on November 3, the former president accused Trump of "chaos and cruelty," while Trump touted tariffs and a possible $5,000 payout for Americans if Republicans sweep both chambers.
The Justice Department argues a second candidate who shares the Republican incumbent's name could cause ‘voter confusion,’ in a legal move experts call almost certain to fail.
A Miami magistrate judge warned of sanctions, including possible dismissal, after Trump skipped a scheduled deposition to campaign in Georgia.
The justices declined to let the administration immediately enforce a policy halting hormone therapy and other gender-affirming care in federal prisons, an unusual setback in a term that has largely favored the White House.
After a day of talks in Oslo described as 'constructive,' the American envoy flew on to St Petersburg to put the proposals to Vladimir Putin directly.
A 43-year-old man was arrested after allegedly ramming Haines twice outside her office in regional Victoria, in an attack officials say has realized MPs' long-standing fears of political violence.
A marquee referendum question on starting the legal process toward separation failed roughly 76-24, as Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith both claimed vindication.
Tom Homan's on-air remark is the first time a senior official has explicitly tied the raid on the congresswoman's home to possible denaturalization, weeks before she is on the ballot.
A disastrous debut briefing and questions over her legal credentials ended Katie Zacharia's tenure before it began, with Trump telling reporters he had urged her to "reconsider" the job.
Ad spending in the fight between Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico has topped $440 million, with outside groups piling in weeks before the Nov. 3 election.
A 48-hour ultimatum over a list of flagged voters is the latest escalation in the administration's nationwide fight over state voter rolls.
A grand jury in Minnesota has issued more than a dozen subpoenas as investigators widen a criminal inquiry into the congresswoman's family immigration history.
The White House asked Guilfoyle to resign after reports she pressed a Trump donor to quietly cover a personal credit card bill in exchange for access.
Homeland Security Investigations agents searched the Minnesota Democrat's Washington home under a judicially approved warrant, 22 days before the midterm elections.
The White House says Moscow will funnel up to 4.8 million tonnes of diesel to global markets through a sanctions reprieve, a move Ukraine's president called "an investment in a war that must be ended, not prolonged."
Sagal Abdi-Wali fends off a strong challenge from Green Party leader Zack Polanski in a by-election seen as an early test of Prime Minister Andy Burnham's Labour government.
A 24-year-old serving sailor faces National Security Act charges over allegations he obtained protected information intended to benefit an unnamed foreign state.
A last-minute mission by Britain's national security adviser failed to stop Israel's closure of its East Jerusalem consulate, setting up possible tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats.
Grandview Heights, Ohio, is electing its first-ever Dog Mayor this week, with platforms ranging from a 'Cheese Tax' to protecting squirrels' rights.
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Republicans themselves now souring on the president's handling of living costs, with five weeks left before elections that will decide control of Congress.
A law that took effect Oct. 1 makes the long-extinct megalodon Maryland's official state shark — the first such designation by any U.S. state.
Employers added just 29,000 jobs in September and unemployment ticked up to 4.2%, muddying Republicans' economic message a month before Election Day.
The defense secretary's memo would eliminate as many as nine of the military's most senior positions in a bid to shift resources from 'bloated headquarters' to 'warfighters.'
New polling five weeks before Election Day shows independents breaking sharply against the president, with Democrats favored on the economy, gas prices and foreign policy.
Five finalists chosen from 93 nominations are campaigning on platforms of pup cups and poop bags ahead of an Oct. 9 inauguration in the Columbus, Ohio suburb.
A rarely used 'pocket rescission' targets refugee assistance and other programs just days before the fiscal year ends, prompting bipartisan objections that it bypasses Congress's spending power.
The justices ruled Missouri must use its 2022 congressional lines this fall, rejecting a third Republican bid to install a map drawn to unseat Rep. Emanuel Cleaver.
A 49-50 vote fell just short of forcing a withdrawal from hostilities with Iran, the latest in a string of largely symbolic showdowns since the fighting began in February.
The senator wants to know why Commerce quietly dropped language protecting Census research from political influence, a day after a controversial report on noncitizen voting.
A warm first encounter between the two leaders at the UN was overshadowed by the US president's renewed attack on Britain's agreement to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
With primaries over and the general election six weeks out, Democrats and Republicans alike are running ads blasting AI infrastructure for driving up electricity bills.
The bipartisan measure, which threatens tariffs of up to 100% on major buyers of Russian oil, is the first major Ukraine-related legislation to clear Congress in more than two years.
Lance Schroyer's nomination stalled for weeks after Sen. Rand Paul demanded answers on fatal shootings of two US citizens by federal immigration agents, leaving ICE without a Senate-confirmed leader since 2017.
The Federal Open Market Committee voted 12-0 to raise its benchmark rate a quarter point to 3.75%-4%, with Chairman Kevin Warsh citing inflation stoked partly by the Iran war — a move President Trump had publicly opposed.
The measure targets officials tied to land expropriation and alleged discrimination against white South Africans, deepening a year-long rift between Washington and Pretoria.
The justices left in place a lower-court freeze on new Postal Service screening rules for mail ballots, with only two dissents, days before ballots go out for November.
A federal judge found the Department of Homeland Security acted with no reasoned basis when it moved to cut FEMA staffing from 23,000 to about 11,500, midway through hurricane season.
The president's two-day visit to Ireland mixes trade talks and a courtesy call on a critical head of state with expected mass demonstrations over the Iran war and Gaza.
The emergency order shelves a Trump-backed map that would have targeted a Kansas City Democrat's seat, forcing Missouri back to its 2022 district lines for November.
President Trump told a midterm convention crowd in Dallas he would send every adult citizen $5,000 if Republicans keep control of Congress, reviving a pattern of costly, unfunded payout pledges.
The Supreme Court justice's one-line order forces Missouri back to its older map just as the state's ballot deadline arrived, deepening a fight over a mid-decade redistricting pushed by Republicans.
A federal judge's preliminary injunction against new U.S. Postal Service ballot rules sets up a third emergency trip to the Supreme Court in six weeks, with the November midterms bearing down.
A judge blocked new USPS ballot-envelope and voter-data rules just weeks before states begin mailing ballots, and the administration wants the justices to lift that order before the midterms.
Spain's prime minister told lawmakers there is no solid evidence Morocco orchestrated July's mass border crossing, a day after roughly 50,000 protesters rallied in Madrid alone.
A federal whistleblower says the untested verification system the Postal Service built to enforce President Trump's mail-voting order is so fragile that a single scanning error could void thousands of ballots at once, adding new urgency to court fights over the order.
The House voted 370-48 to fund federal agencies through Dec. 11, sending the stopgap bill to President Trump's desk and pushing the next spending fight past the midterm elections.
The youngest Army secretary in U.S. history is stepping down after 18 months, the latest senior military leader to exit the Trump administration amid tension with the defense secretary.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the new sanctions campaign will bring economic isolation 'like the world has never seen,' as the Strait of Hormuz remains far below its pre-war traffic.
A federal judge found the Trump administration punished the AI company for criticizing Pentagon policy, violating First Amendment and due process protections; the government is expected to appeal.
A federal judge lifted her injunction against a Postal Service plan built on Trump's executive order restricting mail ballots, clearing the way for the rules to move forward roughly 90 days before the midterms.
Ottawa is expected to announce dollar-for-dollar countermeasures against the U.S. on Tuesday, days after 50 percent American tariffs on Canadian goods took effect and Ontario Premier Doug Ford and President Trump traded personal insults.
Trump announced a sweeping new sanctions campaign targeting Iran's remaining trade partners, betting that financial pressure can succeed where months of strikes have not.
The president threatened sweeping penalties on any nation aiding Tehran after the 60-day truce underpinning the US-Iran war formally expired without a renewed deal.
A 60-day window for Washington and Tehran to reach a peace and nuclear accord expired without agreement, and President Trump threatened military action against Oman over its role easing the Strait of Hormuz standoff.
Trump said the US will scale back joint military exercises with Seoul just as they were set to begin, citing goodwill with North Korea's leader and anger that South Korea would not join US action against Iran.
President Trump has cleared his political operation to steer tens of millions from his super PAC to vulnerable House and Senate Republicans, as advisers privately concede the party's grip on Congress is slipping.
The president's vow to annex the international waterway drew a sharp rebuke from Tehran, as the IEA warns global oil stockpiles are draining fast with the strait still effectively closed.
A White House report accuses more than 40 countries of helping China dodge U.S. tariffs through disguised shipping routes, an allegation Beijing calls a warning shot ahead of a September Trump-Xi summit.
New reporting details how President Trump slipped off Air Force One and onto a decoy flight leaving Turkey last month after officials tracked a specific Iranian missile threat.
CMS chief Mehmet Oz was directed to strip Medicaid and CHIP funding for gender-transition surgery and hormone treatments in minors, a move that lands alongside a separate order paring back the recommended childhood vaccine schedule.
The president boarded the presidential jet on camera in Ankara but was quietly rerouted onto a decoy military plane after officials detected a credible Iranian threat, US media report.
The Senate confirmed Trump's former personal lawyer to lead the Justice Department, while a federal court ruled the president cannot proceed with his White House ballroom without congressional approval.
Netanyahu's rejection of the Trump-backed roadmap threatens to unravel a fragile Gaza ceasefire that has already claimed more than 1,250 lives since October.
Todd Blanche, President Trump's former personal defense lawyer, was confirmed 50-49 after Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski broke with their party over concerns about the Justice Department's independence.
A college student's complaint about a $20 burrito has snowballed into a full-blown Republican argument over affordability, inflation and the party's appeal to younger voters.
A new letter gives Cook three weeks to respond to mortgage-fraud allegations, reviving a fight over the Supreme Court's "for cause" standard for removing Fed governors.
The epidemiologist and former Detroit health director edged out Rep. Haley Stevens by about a point, setting up a November race against Republican Mike Rogers.
The party-line vote follows Fauci invoking the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times, though a Biden pardon clouds any path to prosecution.