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The former Trump national security adviser plans to plead guilty to a count of illegal retention of classified information, which could result in a fine and possibly prison time of up to five years.

The National Capital Planning Commission received nearly 1,700 comments about President Trump’s plans to build a 250-foot arch in the nation’s capital. Almost all opposed the idea.

The Lebanese militant group’s attacks have caught Israelis off guard, forcing its political and military leaders to scramble for solutions.

Ms. Bass, a Democrat, has had a roller-coaster first term. She now faces the first runoff since 2005 for an incumbent mayor in the city.

A memoir and a history of Iran’s turbulent 20th-century politics, one comic strip frame at a time.

The Senate launched a voting blitz on Thursday as it moves toward passing a $70 billion budget reconciliation package that would fund immigration enforcement agencies. A party-line vote on Wednesday kicked off hours of debate, followed by a series of unlimited back-to-back amendm

Tulsi Gabbard, who announced her resignation as director of national intelligence after her husband was diagnosed with bone cancer, said he underwent successful surgery and is recovering.  “My husband Abraham was diagnosed with a very rare sacral chordoma,” Gabbard wrote on the s

Senate Republicans are wresting over how to handle a Democratic amendment that would ban implementing the Department of Justice’s “anti-weaponization” fund. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) offered the amendment to the GOP budget reconciliation package, causing work

Former CIA Director Leon Panetta on Thursday morning derided President Trump’s new pick to lead national intelligence operations: Bill Pulte. Panetta, who also served as Defense secretary under former President Obama, told NPR’s Leila Fadel on “Morning Edition” that Pulte, curren

More than just initiating a binational process, Mexico found a partner and a friend in Kempthorne.

The House Democrats’ campaign arm on Thursday announced four new names for its program dedicated to supporting challengers who could flip key GOP-held districts in the midterms.  Three of the new candidates on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s (DCCC)  “Red to Blue

With his shock of golden hair and trim 700-kilogram (1,500-pound) build, Donald Trump has been drawing crowds from across Bangladesh since he arrived at the national zoo last week.

Former Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) is leading current Sen. Jon Husted (R) in a Senate race in the Buckeye State by 8 points as President Trump’s favorability rating falls in the state. In the Fox News poll, 53 percent of respondents backed Brown, while 45 percent backed Husted. T

The U.S. official overseeing President Trump’s controversial White House ballroom project led an official delegation to Russia’s premier economic forum, underscoring the president’s outreach to Moscow as Russian President Vladimir Putin escalates the war against Ukraine.  Rodney

Analyst Nate Silver on Wednesday questioned Democrat Graham Platner’s chances of beating Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in November, citing a recent poll that showed a decrease in his lead over the incumbent.  A new poll released Wednesday by Public Policy Polling found Platner wit

Rather than relying solely on the whims of a particular administration, the MARA Act would establish science-based requirements, ensuring clear and consistent guardrails for how aquaculture research and development proceed in federal waters.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel will brief reporters Thursday morning on the federal efforts to combat alleged Medicaid fraud. Their remarks come a day after the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a task force hearing on fraud al

Former White House staffer Marc Short on Wednesday said President Trump is under no pressure to change his agenda before the midterm elections.   “I think he still has that control of the Republican Party, and I don’t think he really cares what the Senate does,” Short, who previo