A new AP-NORC poll finds that many of the groups that helped elect Donald Trump as president again are deeply unhappy with his performance.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators wants government food assistance programs to cover rotisserie chicken from grocery stores.

The Senate has taken the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and Border Patrol over Democratic objections.

The New York Times says it has learned that the FBI investigated one of its reporters, Elizabeth Williamson, after she wrote about its agents being assigned to protect and transport the girlfriend of that agency's director, Kash Patel.

The hottest new celebrity in Washington, D.C., is Asian elephant calf Linh Mai.

Three congressional candidates are accused of betting on their own elections through the prediction market Kalshi.

The Pentagon has abruptly announced that Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving his job.

An aide to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign who was the target of secret surveillance during the FBI’s Russia investigation has reached a settlement for $1.25 million with the federal government.

Georgia's Democratic congressman David Scott has died at age 80.

More kids than ever are attending state-funded preschool in the U.S., 1.8 million of them the last school year.

A man who stole a purse from then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem while she dined at a restaurant under the protection of Secret Service agents has been sentenced to three years in prison for a string of thefts in the nation’s capital.

The Kansas City Royals are moving from Kauffman Stadium to downtown Crown Center.

Rhode Island has moved its primary elections to Wednesday, Sept. 9, to avoid conflict with Labor Day.

The Supreme Court has sided with Michigan in ruling that the state’s lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel will stay in state court.

The Supreme Court is clearing the way for a veteran wounded by a suicide bomb in Afghanistan to sue the government contractor for whom the attacker was working when he built the explosive.

President Donald Trump’s court fight over the $400 million White House East Wing ballroom casts some light on an underground bunker at the site.

Six leading candidates for California governor are jostling for advantage in a chaotic race with no clear leader.

A Republican senator juggling three roles — lawmaker, doctor and political candidate seeking reelection — has walked a fine line as he questioned Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sen. Bill Cassidy supported Kennedy's confirmation as health secretary but is a strong vaccine advocate and has clashed with him over vaccine policies.

President Donald Trump repeated his call for Congress to pass legislation that would rein in college sports at a time athletes are allowed to move freely from school to school and command salaries that put athletic departments in financial peril.

The Navy is reviewing the design and costs of its Ford-class aircraft carrier, one of its most high-tech and expensive warships.