Singapore is piloting the world’s first sustainable aviation fuel levy.

Many political candidates pitch themselves as outsiders.

A federal law requires new cars to include technology that detects drunk or impaired driving, but regulators still have not cleared it.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken his anti-Trump routine to Europe.

President Donald Trump says he's amassed a collection of campaign funds exceeding $1.5 billion, an unprecedented sum for a lame-duck president.

Analilia Mejia, a longtime progressive organizer allied with Sen. Bernie Sanders, has won a crowded special Democratic House primary to fill the open seat formerly held by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill.

The Environmental Protection Agency has revoked a key scientific finding that supported U.S. regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.

A federal judge has used part of a court hearing to read email and social media death threats she received following her ruling blocking the Trump administration from ending temporary immigration protections for Haitians in the U.S. Judge Ana Reyes in Washington recently blocked the termination of temporary protected status for Haitians while a lawsuit challenging the Republican administration’s effort to end it proceeds.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring 20 inmates with commuted death sentences to the nation’s highest security federal prison.

European allies at NATO are brushing aside concerns that the United States has stepped back from its leadership role at the alliance.

The chairman of the federal Religious Liberty Commission ousted a member after a hearing that featured tense exchanges on the definition of antisemitism.

House Republicans approved legislation that would impose strict new voter ID requirements ahead of the midterm elections.

The U.S. Justice Department is targeting Alex Saab, a businessman linked to Nicolás Maduro, in an investigation that could impact the U.S. prosecution of the deposed Venezuelan leader.

Republican lawmakers are decrying what they said are invasive tactics in the investigation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

A new Gallup poll reveals that Americans' optimism about their future is at a low.

The Trump administration has significantly reduced the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's activities over the past year.

The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records and emails.

The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records and emails.

Democrats are focusing on health care in the November elections and making it a key issue.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order reopening a huge swath of the Atlantic to commercial fishing.

Energy Star, the program that helps guide consumers to more energy-efficient appliances and electronics, has survived President Donald Trump’s attempt to kill it.

The Trump administration's immigration operation in Minnesota is now being unified under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Attorney General Pam Bondi says she's not worried about the involvement of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in an FBI search of a Georgia election office.

President Donald Trump says he won't apologize for posting a racist video of the Obamas.

The U.S. Census Bureau plans to use a survey form with a citizenship question for its 2030 census practice test.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is in Milan leading U.S. President Donald Trump’s delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics.

President Donald Trump is taking steps toward installing a statue of Christopher Columbus near the White House.

New international polling from Gallup shows that Americans are exceptionally anxious about their political system.

Authorities say a Delaware man who was once married to former first lady Jill Biden remains jailed on first-degree murder charges in the death of his wife.

Federal Reserve governor Stephen Miran has stepped down from his position as chair of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, ending a controversial arrangement where he held positions at both institutions.

The first husband of former first lady Jill Biden has been charged with killing his wife at their Delaware home in late December.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has told lawmakers that she attended an FBI search of the election center in Fulton County, Georgia, last week because President Donald Trump asked her to be there.

An internal document reveals Vietnam's military is preparing for a possible American war of aggression, viewing the U.S. as a "belligerent" power.

An attorney says Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has delayed giving members of Congress a complaint about her conduct.

The secretary of Homeland Security is requiring that all officers on the ground in Minneapolis wear body cameras.

Young Democrats across the United States are challenging veteran party figures, aiming to mount tougher opposition to President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump credits the mayor of a small Detroit suburb with helping him win over Michigan's Arab American community during the 2024 presidential campaign.

A video alleging fraud in Somali-run child care centers in Minneapolis has drawn attention throughout the United States.

A former Sierra Club Foundation employee is suing the nonprofit, alleging that normal workplace interactions got twisted into an unfair harassment complaint to force him out after he called out racial discrimination internally.

President Donald Trump said he plans to announce his choice for Federal Reserve chairman on Friday morning.

Foreign leaders and governments presented to former President Joe Biden, his wife, U.S. Cabinet members and other senior officials tens of thousands of dollars in gifts in the last year of the Biden administration.

A federal judge has rejected Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's request to raise unlimited campaign funds.

House Republicans are proposing sweeping changes to the nation’s voting laws.

U.S. senators are increasingly looking to leave Washington for leadership roles in their home states.

Amy Klobuchar says she's running for governor of Minnesota.

President Donald Trump is pushing the federal government to back up his bogus claims that widespread fraud cost him reelection in 2020.

The Trump administration is taking a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas in neighboring states.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that technical talks with officials from Denmark and Greenland over hatching an Arctic security deal are now underway.

President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents.

The man accused of squirting an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis has a criminal history and made online posts supportive of President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has contributed to a year-to-year drop in the U.S. growth rate as the nation's population hit nearly 342 million people in 2025.

A key figure in President Donald Trump's first impeachment is running for the U.S. Senate in Florida as a Democrat.

Lawmakers in both parties are calling for investigations following the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti by a U.S. Border Patrol officer.

Seven Japanese American soldiers have been promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony that comes eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II.

President Donald Trump has revoked an invitation to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to join his Board of Peace.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing the Trump administration for approving an oil company's plans to restart two oil pipelines along the state's coast.

The Justice Department says in a sharply worded court filing that a report by former special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation into President Donald Trump’s hoarding of classified documents belongs in the “dustbin of history” and should remain sealed.

A federal judge in Georgia is dismissing a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit seeking voter information from the state.

TikTok has at last finalized a deal to keep the popular video sharing platform operating in the U.S. after years of uncertainty.

TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the U.S. that has been in discussion for years.

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith testified publicly for the first time on Capitol Hill about his investigation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has voted to rescind its guidance on workplace harassment.

Vice President JD Vance says he came to Minneapolis to help “lower the temperature” in the city.

Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, is attacking his opponent over the 2020 election.

Vice President JD Vance says the Insurrection Act won’t be needed “right now” in Minneapolis after meeting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the city, which has emerged as a national focal point in the clash over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has defended his investigations of Donald Trump at a public congressional hearing.

Joe Biden promised Europe that "America is back" early in his presidency, aiming to mend ties after Donald Trump's tenure.

The Washington Post has asked a federal court for an order requiring federal authorities to return electronic devices that they seized from a Post reporter’s Virginia home last week.

Democrats are rethinking their midterm election strategy due to the controversial immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

The Supreme Court seems likely to strike down Hawaii restrictions on carrying guns in stores in the justices’ latest firearm case since their landmark decision expanding Second Amendment rights.

President Donald Trump’s bid to reshape the Federal Reserve board is putting the Supreme Court in a familiar position, weighing an emergency appeal from the president’s lawyers in a politically charged case.

President Donald Trump promised the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, but achieving his goal wouldn’t have been possible without his big tax and spending cuts bill.

A federal judge has refused to temporarily block the Trump administration from enforcing a new policy requiring members of Congress to give a week’s notice before they can visit immigration detention facilities.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court’s oral arguments Wednesday in a case involving the attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.

President Donald Trump has made lots of promises during the first year of his second term in the White House.

Sen. Thom Tillis isn't holding back in his final year in Washington.

The Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who default on their payments, backing off a measure that threatened to deliver a financial blow to millions of Americans.

Republicans in Congress are supporting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as the Trump administration ramps up its pressure campaign against the central bank.

China’s rapid development of electric vehicles had competitors concerned even before Canada this week agreed to cut its tariffs on EVs in exchange for concessions on Canadian farm products.

The Education Department is opening fewer sexual violence investigations at schools and universities.

Four-term Texas Sen. John Cornyn is in the political fight of his career.

A new AP-NORC poll finds nearly a year into President Donald Trump’s second term, his work on the economy hasn’t lived up to the expectations of many people in his own party.

Taiwan’s premier has hailed a new trade deal with the United States as the “best tariff deal” enjoyed by countries with trade surpluses with Washington, while an official in Beijing condemned the accord.

The North American International Auto Show in Detroit once dedicated an entire track on its coveted show floor to getting consumers comfortable with electric vehicles and charging.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is trying to project political influence even as his term nears its end.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin, known for her advocacy for hostages abducted by Hamas-led militants, has a memoir coming out this spring.

President Donald Trump’s second term has been eventful, but you wouldn’t know it from his approval numbers.

Press freedom advocates are concerned this week's raid on a Washington Post journalist's home will deter reporting on government actions and silence whistleblowers.

The House GOP’s new Select Committee on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack has held its first hearing, but it's clear the trauma of that day still lingers.

The Department of Homeland Security is making it easier for visa-holding religious workers to serve U.S. congregations with less disruption.

Senate Democrats are expressing optimism they'll be able to flip the chamber this year after it looked all but impossible last year.

Wildlife crews have stopped actively searching for two juvenile gray wolves in Northern California's Sierra Valley.

In a story published Jan. 13, 2026, about a White House request for documents from the Smithsonian Institution, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Vice President JD Vance was placed on the Smithsonian Board of Regents to oversee the removal of “improper ideology” from the institution.

The Trump administration has announced it will end Temporary Protected Status for Somali immigrants.

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop calculating the economic savings of health benefits from air pollution rules.

The Detroit Auto Show returns this week.

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is set to testify publicly next week about his investigations into President Donald Trump that resulted in two indictments.

Microsoft is trying to win over communities concerned about AI data centers.

The BBC will ask a judge to dismiss U.S. President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the broadcaster.

President Donald Trump is defending his tariffs, using a major economic speech in Michigan to argue that they boost domestic manufacturing despite many Americans fears about rising prices.