NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams ended his struggling reelection campaign Sunday, an acknowledgment that he was no longer a credible contender after a year of scandal and political turmo...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s second-term strengths look different from his first, according to new polling. Once strengthened by economic issues, Trump’s approval is now relatively low o...

By JOSHUA GOODMAN AND RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work. The General Ser...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’slatest plan to overhaul the American immigration system has left some immigrant workers confused, forcing the White House on Saturday to scramble to clarify t...

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli sparred over the economy, President Donald Trump’s leadership and political division as they faced off Sunday night f...

By JILL COLVIN AND JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Turning Point USA, the organization Charlie Kirk founded to mobilize young, Christian conservatives, has seen a massive surge in i...

Former President Barack Obama says that the United States is at “an inflection point” following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and that President Donald Trump has further divi...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By LEE BEBOUT Professor of English, Arizona State University Utah Gov. Spencer Cox calle...

A U.S. judge said that she was powerless to stop the return of four men in Ghana’s custody to countries where U.S. immigration judges determined they faced torture or persecution, declining to interve...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By KARRIN VASBYANDERSON Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University Ke...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By HENRY F. FRADELLA Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State Univer...

ATLANTA (AP) — Amy Kremer was an early tea party leader who supported Donald Trump for president in 2016. She ran for Congress from Georgia in 2017 and got less than 1% of the Republican primary vote....

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. When people use the term “Orwellian,” it’s not a good sign. It usually characterizes an ...

FAIRVIEW, N.C. (AP) — Jamie Ager has spent much of the past year rebuilding his farm in the foothills of western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene tore through the region, cutting power, destroyin...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Democrats are making a partisan push to draw new congressional districts and reshape the state’s U.S. House representation in their favor, but to pull it off, lawm...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Constitution makes it clear: “The People” get to pick those who’ll represent their interests in the U.S. House of Representatives. But just how closely do those choices reflect t...

By GARY FIELDS AND JACK DURA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin Luther King Jr. ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The requests have come in letters, emails and phone calls. The specifics vary, but the target is consistent: The U.S. Department of Justice is ramping up an effort to get voter data an...

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press Texas Democrats are leaving the state in an attempt to prevent the state House from holding a vote Monday on new congressional maps that Republi...