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The president's action requires Attorney General Merrick Garland to release the declassified documents publicly over the next six months.

Expect aircraft carriers to stay in the Middle East, U.S. officials say, even as the military tries to pivot to China.

Biden laid blame for the sluggish growth of U.S. jobs on the “impact of the Delta variant” of the coronavirus.

Reps. Stephanie Murphy and Henry Cuellar want the legislation fully paid for and 72 hours to review the legislation before a House floor vot...

Senate Democrats are still in the early stages of deciding how to raise taxes and haven’t even settled on how much revenue they need.

The law is clear: Parents are not free to put their children in harm’s way.

Activists are ready to push party moderates in line. But on the Hill, liberal senators are staying quieter than House counterparts.

Afghan Americans are preparing to welcome tens of thousands of new refugees into their community, even as they reel from the bloody end of t...

Progressive activists are challenging “tough on crime” judges in a place they have long avoided: the voting booth.

Pakistan’s ambassador questioned reports of Taliban reprisals as U.S. diplomats struggle with refugee arrivals.

Most Americans support abortion rights. But an attack on Roe v. Wade may not bring a surge of voters to the polls.

Top Republicans in other states say they are examining how the Texas law’s unique “private right of action” enforcement structure could be u...

The West Virginia Democrat said in a WSJ op-ed that he would not support the $3.5 trillion package “or anywhere near that level of additiona...

Biden tore into the court order as “an unprecedented assault on a woman’s constitutional rights."

A weak jobs outlook could further erode Joe Biden's standing with the public.

The vote tallies for the NDAA don’t fit the neat partisan narratives drawn up in November 2020 concerning reductions in defense spending.

Robert F. Kennedy was on the verge of seizing control of the 1968 presidential race just as the assassin’s bullet struck.

A lesser known provision of the state’s restrictive new voting law could enable Republicans to execute pieces of the Trump playbook that fai...

"It is pushing it. All we can do is try,” said House Budget Chair John Yarmuth.

Major pharmaceutical companies are citing their role in fighting the pandemic as they lobby against Democrats' bid to overhaul prescription...

Eighteen months into the pandemic, Louisiana and more than 20 other states are still trying to fill key gaps in data while fighting the most...

Justices split, 5-4, as Chief Justice John Roberts joins the court’s liberals in dissent.

Democrats in California and Virginia seized on a restrictive new law in Texas to motivate the party’s base voters in elections this fall.

The clandestine operation resulted in the successful evacuation of hundreds of American citizens and vulnerable Afghans.

Legal experts say it’s not yet clear how the high court will act on the long-standing protections for abortion that it plans to reconsider l...