As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday this weekend, the legislative branch has momentarily called it quits.

Photographs of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wearing lei from Hawaii during the Selma-to-Montgomery marches are now on display in Honolulu.

The great-grandson of the Chinese American at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court case that first established the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship praises the latest ruling.

A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration overhaul to a public service forgiveness program for federal student loans, ruling in favor of advocates who said the program risked becoming a tool for political retribution.

A second New York resident says federal officers have served him with a warning about online activity that criticized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

President Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention ahead of the midterm elections, an unusual event aimed at boosting turnout in races that will decide whether the party maintains control of Congress.

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio appear to be staking out differing approaches to carrying out President Donald Trump’s national security agenda.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that children born in the U.S. are citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment, even if their parents are in the country unlawfully or temporarily.

A polarizing Harvard astronomer has been appointed to lead a White House panel studying UFOs.

The newest book on Donald Trump is a big hit.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the Justice Department aimed at compelling New Hampshire to provide data on its voters.

The Supreme Court has erased limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president, striking down a federal election law that's more than 50 years old.

It’s been 123 days since the U.S. and Israel launched the Iran war, and the world again awaits another round of some sort of talks as President Donald Trump and Iranian officials disagree over what and even how they’ll communicate.

The Supreme Court has upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.

JEA customers in Jacksonville will soon see higher monthly bills. The utility’s Board of Directors approved proposed rate increases on Tuesday, affecting electric, water, and sewer services.

Jerry Esters proudly displays the American flag each day on his Detroit home.

New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. has revealed the reason for his four-month absence from the U.S. House.

President Donald Trump has tried many ways to tighten his grip on U.S. elections, from signing executive orders to pushing restrictive legislation in Congress.

Colorado’s Democratic primaries reflect a debate over the party’s future.

Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and several other fields will be eligible for higher student loan limits after a federal judge blocked part of a Trump administration rule that held them to lower caps.

Colorado voters won't get to decide this November on whether to change the state's congressional districts to favor Democrats.

Election officials in states that allow mail ballots to be counted after Election Day say they are relieved that the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an effort to outlaw the practice.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a death warrant for a man who killed his former girlfriend’s parents four decades ago.

The Supreme Court is rejecting a Republican-led attack on state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump.

The Supreme Court is refusing to revive a $300 million defamation lawsuit filed against CNN over its coverage of a prominent attorney’s remarks during President Donald Trump’s 2020 impeachment trial.

The Supreme Court says it will consider Arizona voting laws passed in the wake of the 2020 election that impose proof-of-citizenship requirements for voter registration and regular purging of state voter rolls.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a nearly $118 billion Florida budget on Monday during a news conference in Tampa at Hillsborough College.

President Donald Trump has won and lost some as the Supreme Court wraps its final week of a term focused on executive power.

Democratic voters in Colorado will decide in a state primary which of two well-known statewide officeholders to nominate to replace term-limited Democratic Gov. Jared Polis.

Kara Swisher is expanding her influence from tech journalism to politics.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that Americans have grown less proud of the country’s history or the way its democracy works over the past several years.

President Donald Trump surveyed his construction projects around the nation's capital, suggesting his redevelopment of the East Potomac Golf Links could host major tournaments.

America is getting ready to celebrate the 250th anniversary since it split from Britain's monarchy and embarked on its experiment in democracy.

Pride Month celebrations peaked with big parades in New York, San Francisco and some other cities on Sunday.

Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn’t used his veto power much following the latest legislative session, but he nixed two more bills on Friday.

As July 1 nears, when more than 100 new laws will take effect in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed another eight measures into law on Friday.

The Great American State Fair has kicked off on the National Mall in Washington.

It's been six decades since the Voting Rights Act was enacted.

An Alaska judge has ruled that a man with the same name and party affiliation as Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is eligible to challenge the senator in the August primary.

U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow has won Louisiana’s Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate.

A poll worker says two federal officers visited her at a voting location during New York’s party primaries to confront her about a social media post she’d written criticizing the ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was the target of an anonymous report that police determined was false.

A new report by a Trump administration commission suggests replacing the idea of separating church and state with the idea of building bridges between them.

The Utah judge in the murder case over conservative activist's Charlie Kirk’s killing has held prosecutors in contempt of court over comments they made about defendant Tyler Robinson.

Tensions are evident in a rare display among the Supreme Court justices at the end of the term.

Democrats are organizing events nationwide this weekend to address affordability concerns.

At a news conference Friday in Lakeland, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis celebrated what he called historic student performance results in testing from the previous school year.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for a national “billionaires' tax” and suggests the U.S. government should own a stake in AI companies.

The United States has struck Iran in response to a drone attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

Louisiana Republicans will nominate a U.S. Senate candidate in a primary runoff Saturday, six weeks after denying Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy a shot at a third term.

The Trump administration is moving to restart the specialized LGBTQ+ option for youth who contact the 988 crisis intervention hotline, but the group that helped pioneer the idea is being shut out.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed another 15 bills on Thursday, including a measure to name two Florida roads after slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk and President Donald Trump.

Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed three bills late Thursday, including highly anticipated new rules for riding electric bicycles (SB 382).

A federal judge has blocked part of a Trump administration plan that would have limited access to loans for students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, public health and some other fields.

Vice President JD Vance says the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon would have been a blip in today’s news cycle.

A federal judge has halted President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to create a federal voter list and limit who can receive a mail ballot.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to potentially revive an immigration policy once used to turn back migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Supreme Court has voted 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disaster in Haiti and Syria, exposing hundreds of thousands more people to potential deportation.

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is endorsing Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary.

A new bipartisan nonprofit wants to help Americans who find they're out of work because of AI.

Senate Republicans who were berated by President Donald Trump over opposition to his war in Iran have reversed course, holding a late-night vote to try to appease him.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has stepped into the national spotlight this week as a surging political force within the Democratic Party.

A former New York City Council candidate has been charged with forgery over allegations he used artificial intelligence to post fake endorsements and news articles on social media.

U.S. House members have pledged strong support for Taiwan and welcomed Han Kuo-yu, president of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan, to Washington.

President Donald Trump's visit to Capitol Hill is rekindling a feud with one Republican senator.

A sprawling legislative package aimed at lowering the cost of housing and spurring more home construction won broad bipartisan approval from Congress this week, but it’s hit a major roadblock in becoming law.

An incumbent South Dakota Republican state senator is facing two felony counts after an investigation found falsified signatures on forms he tried to submit for state GOP positions.

Michigan can keep a lid on the personal information of registered voters.

Alibaba has sued the U.S. Department of Defense, demanding removal from a list naming it a Chinese military company.

A federal judge has permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections.

President Donald Trump is on Washington’s National Mall on Wednesday for a campaign-style rally that he hopes gets Americans excited about his presidency and the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations.

Democratic congressional primary results in New York City are accelerating the party's debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Mallory McMorrow is trying to turn the delayed opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge into a campaign issue in Michigan’s Senate race.

President Donald Trump sees America’s 250th anniversary as a chance to get the country excited again — about himself.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that about 4 in 10 U_S_ adults feel “proud” about the country's 250th anniversary, while about 3 in 10 feel “excited.”.

President Donald Trump has insisted that the United States is the only nation to guarantee citizenship to children born within its borders.

U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer and Jerrold Nadler are retiring in January, but they are passing the torch to former aides who won the Democratic primaries to replace them.

Senate Republicans who were berated by President Donald Trump on Wednesday over opposition to his war in Iran held a late-night vote to try to appease him, voting down a war powers resolution a day after a similar measure passed.

The Kennedy dynasty won’t be returning to Congress next year.

A U.S. official says one of Anthropic’s artificial intelligence models identified vulnerabilities in highly sensitive and secure U.S. government computer systems during a testing exercise.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is retreating from a plan to use warehouses to hold up to 10,000 people on a single site, jettisoning a key piece of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s $38-billion plan to rapidly expand detention capacity this year.

Republican senators say they hope that a closed-door meeting with President Donald Trump is about unity, not disagreement.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued a Civil Investigative Demand to CVS Health Corporation, the owner of the Caremark pharmacy benefit manager and hundreds of CVS retail pharmacies across the state.

The latest round of primary elections is underway in four more states.

A federal judge has dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit against Maryland that sought access to the state’s detailed voter records.

Georgia will stick with an embattled vote-counting method that relies on QR codes for this year’s midterm elections after state lawmakers passed legislation that put off making changes until 2028.

The Senate for the first time has approved a war powers resolution seeking to block U.S. military action against Iran.

Over the past week, shoppers have been getting used to the new ALDI at Market and Union. At the same time, Jacksonville City Council members are preparing to take up an incentives proposal tied to Gateway Jax’s planned N7 development at 119 W. Beaver St., a mixed-use tower that would set aside space for a Publix-sized grocery store downtown.

President Donald Trump visited a battleground congressional district in the swing state of Pennsylvania to tour a Mack Trucks facility.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History highlights the complexities of the American story.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has successfully backed three allies in Democratic U.S. House primaries.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has won the GOP runoff election for governor, defeating the candidate President Donald Trump had initially backed.

Top allies of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani have defeated establishment-backed Democrats in New York's congressional primary elections.

Maryland Democrat Adrian Boafo has advanced to November’s general election in the race to succeed his retiring former boss, U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer.

Iranian drone strikes and US retaliation amid a shaky ceasefire have blunted an uptick in shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Authorities have arrested two more people in Missouri and Washington state in connection with a planned attack targeting President Donald Trump’s UFC event at the White House earlier this month.

Tucker Carlson says he won't support the Republican Party ahead of the November midterm elections.

A federal judge has ruled that a revamped federal tool that state election officials have used in their efforts to identify illegally registered noncitizen voters is unlawful and cannot be used.

Legislation to keep Georgia’s embattled vote-counting method in place for this year’s midterm elections is facing strong opposition from state Democrats.

A federal judge has denied a request to disqualify top Justice Department officials from supervising the prosecution of the man charged with trying to kill President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.