As gold prices soar to record highs resulting from global economic jitters, hundreds of thousands of U.S. dollars’ worth of gold are circulating through the doors of the St. Vincent Jewelry Center in downtown Los Angeles on any given day.

Top White House aide Stephen Miller says the Trump administration is looking for ways to expand its legal power to deport migrants who are in the United States illegally.

President Donald Trump and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry have discussed the possibility that Julia Letlow, a congresswoman elected in 2021 after her husband died of COVID, might challenge Sen. Bill Cassidy in next year's Republican primary.

The Republican Party is trying to figure out what it stands for in terms of economic policy during the second Trump administration.

Saudi Arabia wants U.S. help developing its own civil nuclear program, and the Trump administration says it’s “very excited” at the prospect.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults agree with President Donald Trump that whether a person is a man or woman is determined by their sex at birth.

A California judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt much of its massive downsizing of the federal workforce.

Columbia University has suspended dozens of students and barred alums and others who participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration inside the school’s main library earlier this week.

The military services are scrambling to nail down details and put together new guidance to start removing transgender troops from the force.

A coalition of 15 states is suing over President Donald Trump’s efforts to fast-track energy-related projects, saying the administration is bypassing environmental protection laws and threatening endangered species, critical habitat and cultural resources.

The Trump administration will welcome more than two dozen white South Africans to the United States as refugees next week.

Supporters of a measure to create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery in Maryland have rallied next to the Capitol and the governor’s residence to urge Gov. Wes Moore to sign the legislation.

Three recent U.S. poet laureates are condemning President Donald Trump's firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.

The Pentagon has ordered all military leaders and commands to pull and review all of their library books that address diversity, anti-racism or gender issues by May 21.

The new head of the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country is warning staff not to try to impede upcoming changes.

Before high-level U.S. and Chinese officials hold talks in Switzerland this weekend to discuss high tariffs, Washington and Beijing have been in a rhetorical duel over which side reached out first.

A bill named after 18-year-old Creekside High grad Trenton Stewart, who was struck and killed by a reckless and impaired driver in 2023, is waiting for the signature of Gov. Ron DeSantis. "Trenton's Law" would increase penalties for repeat DUI offenders.

Toy dolls have become the latest rhetorical poster child for President Donald Trump's tariffs crusade.

Leading aid organizations are triaging aid after countries led by the U.S. funnel less money to foreign assistance.

After flirting with raising the tax rate for the wealthiest earners, President Donald Trump is backing off that call — sort of.