House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is urging Americans to pay attention to how their representatives vote when a bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security comes up for a vote on Thursday.

President Trump hosted tech companies at the White House Wednesday as he urged them to sign his pledge that they will cover the high electricity prices. "People think that if a data center goes in, electricity prices are going up," Trump said. "It’s not going to happen."

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., dropped his bid for reelection to a third term in a surprise withdrawal just minutes before a Wednesday filing deadline for candidates.

Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, announced Wednesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, saying he plans to finish his current term before stepping away from elected office.

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the enforcement of an executive order issued last year by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that designates two Muslim groups as foreign terrorist organizations.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday approved its first construction permit for a commercial nuclear reactor in eight years, one that will allow a Bill Gates-backed company to build a sodium-cooled reactor in western Wyoming.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuela's interim president, for the job has done since taking over for deposed dictator Nicolas Maduro, who was captured by U.S. forces and returned to New York to face federal drug-trafficking charges.

For the second time, Virginia's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that voters can cast ballots on a Democrat-led congressional redistricting plan that could help the party win four more U.S. House seats, as the justices review legal challenges to the effort.

Morgan Stanley has laid off 2,500 employees across all divisions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Congress voted Wednesday to defeat an effort by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., that would make public all reports of allegations of congressional lawmakers and aids accused of sexual misconduct or harassment.

A U.S. trade court judge on Wednesday ordered the government to finalize goods entries into the U.S. without assessing tariffs that were struck down by the Supreme Court last month, according to a court filing.

Legendary football coach Lou Holtz, who led Notre Dame to a national championship and later became a prominent television analyst and political commentator, died Wednesday at the age of 89.

Elon Musk, the billionaire and former adviser to President Donald Trump, will not have to sit for a deposition about his tenure leading the Department of Government Efficiency and his role in dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, a U.S. appeals court...

President Donald Trump plans to attend the dignified transfer of six American service members killed in an Iranian attack tied to Operation Epic Fury, the White House said Wednesday.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told lawmakers Wednesday that sanctuary jurisdictions declined to turn over 17,864 illegal immigrants in local police custody to federal immigration authorities in 2025.

Jurors in a bellwether trial about the impacts of social media on teenagers and children on Wednesday watched a deposition of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that explores what the architects of Facebook and Instagram knew from internal research about the negative experiences by...

Boy Scouts of America is suing an LGBTQ travel company called Queer Scout, alleging that the company's name and fox logo create confusion with the organization, The Arizona Republic reported.

Netflix's bid for Warner Bros. Discovery collapsed after a monthslong political and financial battle, as well as one unusual episode circulating in Washington's rumor mill that involved what insiders dubbed the "tampon incident," the New York Post reported.

Washington could be staring at a massive tariff-refund bill — and the meter is still running.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking clarity from the White House after learning the Trump administration might be receiving messages from Iranian officials as the conflict continues.