A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new executive order limiting the number of people eligible for birthright citizenship that President Donald Trump issued after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his previous effort.U.S. District...

A Coast Guard jet carrying Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and other senior DHS officials made an emergency landing Wednesday at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after losing an engine.

"We trust Anthropic," Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Axios, signaling an improvement in a relationship that broke down publicly this year.

Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, defended his decision to break with House Democrats and support a Republican procedural rule, saying the vote was necessary to advance legislation protecting Maine's lobster industry from new regulations.

Tea Party Patriots Action is relaunching its campaign to recruit and train poll watchers and workers ahead of November's midterm elections, the group's chair said.

House Democrats defeated a constitutional amendment Wednesday to permanently cap the Supreme Court at nine justices, voting against a Republican proposal designed to make the court's conservative majority a campaign issue ahead of the Nov. 3 elections.

Outdoor apparel company Patagonia Inc. on Wednesday said it's again suing the administration over President Donald Trump's decision to shrink the size of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, calling the move "illegal."

The U.S. military is looking into an Iranian report that an American missile struck a home in southern Iran where dozens of people had gathered for a wedding, killing two women and two children, a U.S. Central Command spokesman said.

Two House Democrats who helped Republicans push a procedural rule through the chamber now face possible punishment from party leaders.

Wall Street advanced Wednesday, notching a partial rebound from a three-day losing streak as investors searched for deals among stocks and sectors that might have been oversold amid recent risk-off moves.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday said he won't hit the campaign trail with embattled Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, before the midterm elections, even as he continues to stand behind the congressman amid abuse allegations.

The chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has called on Congress to review whether the National Education Association's activities remain consistent with its century-old federal charter.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Wednesday endorsed Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon for the U.S. Senate, saying, "Angie will be an exemplary fighter for the working families of Florida."

Last December, conversations with Israelis drifted toward optimism, what would happen after the wars, what the country might look like when things settled down. This time, almost every conversation seemed to come back to security and the feeling that Israel may have to defend itself on its own.

The jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial on Wednesday told the judge for a second time that it can't agree on a verdict.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said data centers should be required to provide for their own power needs and have local support as concerns over the facilities' impact on electricity costs become an increasingly potent political issue ahead of the midterm...

Liberal activists and labor groups are gearing up to deploy hundreds of poll watchers to heavily minority precincts in four battleground states this fall, claiming President Donald Trump's election-security push could intimidate voters.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson pledged to write the child safety terms of Georgia's $17.1 billion Meta settlement into state law and apply them to every major social media platform if elected governor.

U.S. employers are bracing for another steep increase in healthcare costs, with spending per worker projected to rise 11% next year before companies change their benefit plans, according to a survey released this week by Marsh.

Every state agency must report people it knows to be in the country illegally to federal authorities, the Justice Department ruled Tuesday, reversing a 27-year-old legal opinion that had read the requirement more narrowly.