Leaders of state humanities councils throughout the country say federal funding cuts by President Donald Trump's administration will force them to scale back or eliminate celebrations next year commemorating the nation's 250th anniversary.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a former deputy finance minister as a special envoy to the United States after the ambassador was expelled last month.

The Senate has produced the quickest top-level Cabinet confirmation process in the last 20 years under new Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota.

A man is facing charges after authorities say he broke into the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion in the middle of the night, set a fire that left significant damage and forced Gov. Josh Shapiro, his family and guests to evacuate the building during the Jewish holiday of Passover.

President Donald Trump’s top advisers and Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, say that they had no basis for the small Central American nation to return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported there last month.

A jury has been selected to hear Sarah Palin's claims that The New York Times libeled her in an editorial eight years ago.

President Donald Trump has attacked CBS News and “60 Minutes."

A historic antitrust trial has began for Meta Platforms Inc. The case that started Monday in Washington could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups it bought more than a decade ago that have since grown into social media powerhouses.

A bipartisan group of representatives have forced a delay in Congress over a proposed rule that would let new parents cast their vote by proxy.

The 145% tariff from the U.S. and the retaliatory 125% tariff from China are putting businesses doing trade between the U.S. and China on edge.

President Donald Trump was in Miami for his latest appearance at a sports event as he watched UFC fighters and was joined by several Cabinet members and top administration officials.

The Trump administration is doubling down on its decision not to tell a federal court whether it has any plans to repatriate a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month and remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador.

The head of the U.S.-funded Al Hurra Arabic-language television and online news outlet has terminated most of his staff and curtailed TV programming.

Many people involved in the abortion debate say a movement of so-called abortion abolitionists who want to punish women for having abortions is widening its influence.

Democrats are quick to say that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are horrible, awful, terrible.

If there’s one place where interest in William McKinley has remained unwavering, it's in the 25th president's native northeast Ohio.

U.S. importers are bracing for the impact of President Donald Trump's staggering 145% levy on Chinese imports.

The U.S. House is rethinking its voting rules after a push from Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to allow proxy voting for new parents.

A key program using traditional medicine and foods to tackle chronic disease in Native American and Alaska Native communities has been gutted in the federal health layoffs.

President Donald Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs and a related drop in oil prices have contributed to the uncertainty for Alaska lawmakers tasked each year with crafting a state budget based on volatile oil prices.