President-elect Donald Trump will choose as leader of the Secret Service one of the agents who covered him after a gunman opened fire at the candidate during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

The British government says it will support a series of local inquiries into organized child sexual abuse in the wake of a furor largely stoked by the world’s richest man Elon Musk.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is removing the GOP chairman of the powerful House Intelligence Committee, who was a vocal supporter of assistance for Ukraine and held other views that put him at odds with President-elect Donald Trump.

Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed interest in the Ohio U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance.

A host of big-name performers including Kid Rock and country singer Jason Aldean will be making their way to Washington to perform at various presidential inauguration events over the weekend.

A Florida state lawmaker has filed a bill that would ban some of the state’s public colleges and universities from admitting students who are in the country without legal permission.

Elon Musk says a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink.

The Supreme Court is turning back a push by Utah to wrest control of vast areas of public land from the federal government.

Five current and former U.S. presidents have come together for Jimmy Carter’s funeral.

The Service Employees International Union is rejoining the AFL-CIO after 20 years.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed legislation that boosts the rights of parents to know when schools are changing their child’s health care or preparing to present lessons involving sexuality or gender.

The Ohio Supreme Court has heard arguments in a long-running public records dispute involving state Attorney General Dave Yost and a watchdog group.

Elon Musk’s father says his billionaire son has expressed interest in buying English soccer club Liverpool.

Virginia Democrats have preserved their Statehouse majority in special elections.

Jenniffer González Colón has been sworn in as Puerto Rico’s new governor as the island held for a normally ebullient ceremony overshadowed by widespread anger over a blackout that hit the U.S. territory days ago.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been blocked from quickly advancing a bill that would allow local law enforcement agencies to track aerial drones.

President-elect Donald Trump has abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown.

Amazon Web Services will invest another $10 billion to bolster its data center infrastructure in Ohio.

Congressional leaders have unveiled legislation that will keep the federal government funded through March 14 and provide more than $100 billion in emergency aid to help states and local communities recover from Hurricanes Helene and Milton and other natural disasters.

There were tense moments in Lansing after House Representatives walked out without voting.

A person accused of accosting U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace in a Capitol Office building has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge.

A federal judge has ruled that immigrants known as “Dreamers” in 19 states aren't entitled to health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025, is reemerging with a campaign to back President-elect Donald Trump's imperiled Cabinet selections.

President-elect Donald Trump has named billionaire investment banker Warren Stephens as his envoy to Britain, a prestigious posting for the Republican donor whose contributions this year included $2 million to a Trump-backing super PAC.

President-elect Donald Trump launched a blitz of picks for his Cabinet, but he took his time settling on billionaire investor Scott Bessent as his choice for treasury secretary.

The Texas State Board of Education has given initial approval to a Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for public schools to adopt for lessons from kindergarten through fifth grade.

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House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul says he was briefly detained by police at an airport near Washington, D.

Donald Trump returned to Washington on Wednesday as president-elect where he headed to the White House for the first time in four years.

Rep. Mike Johnson has won the Republican nomination to remain as House speaker, on track to keep the gavel after a morning endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump ahead of a full House vote in the new year.

Georgia House Republicans will keep their leadership team for the next two years.

Former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm is paralyzed from the chest down after being thrown from a horse during a polo tournament.

The Arizona Supreme Court has declined an emergency request to extend the deadline for voters to fix problems with mail-in ballots.

Donald Trump announced on Saturday that his inaugural committee will be chaired by Florida real estate investor Steven Witkoff and former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler.

Republican Arizona legislator Justin Heap has been elected to oversee elections in the state’s most populous county.

The House is expected to try next week to pass a Social Security-related bill to ensure benefits for workers who are also eligible for other pensions.

President-elect Donald Trump put billionaire Elon Musk on the line with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy when the Ukrainian leader called to congratulate the incoming U.S. president.

“The Handmaid’s Tale” is selling again.

Republicans reclaimed control of the Michigan House of Representatives with a 58 to 52 majority.

The Associated Press is projecting that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has won the state of Michigan in the General Election.

Donald Trump's election victory was history-making in several respects even as his defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris prevented other firsts.

Incumbent John James wins the race for Michigan U.S. House District 10, the Associated Press projects.

Donald Trump’s presidential win is going to be certified in Congress in January by the candidate he beat, Vice President Kamala Harris.

The parent company of Donald Trump’s social networking site Truth Social lost $19.2 million in the last quarter, according to an earnings report released on the same day he won back the presidency.

The Associated Press is projecting that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has won the state of Wisconsin in the General Election.

The Associated Press is projecting that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has won the state of Pennsylvania in the General Election.

A disaffected electorate wanted former President Donald Trump to return to the White House, a blatant rejection of Vice President Kamala Harris and her nearly four years with President Joe Biden.

Kimberly Anne Thomas will be joining Michigan’s Supreme Court, the Associated Press projects.

Republican Candidate Tom Barrett wins the race for Michigan U.S. House District 7, the Associated Press projects.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has won the swing state of Georgia, the Associated Press projects.

Republican voters in North Carolina cast ballots in greater numbers than four years ago, while Democratic turnout sagged.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has won the state of North Carolina in the General Election, the Associated Press projects.

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Donald Trump is refusing to say how he voted on Florida’s abortion measure and he's getting testy about it.

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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has won her reelection bid.

Three Michigan men have been chosen as the winners of $1 million each through a petition from Elon Musk.

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Donald Trump has campaigned with NFL legend Brett Favre at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

A federal appeals court says the National Labor Relations Board was wrong to order that Tesla CEO Elon Musk delete a 2018 social media post that union leaders saw as a threat to employee stock options.

The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal to remove Robert F.

Elon Musk’s political action committee has created an ad attacking Vice President Kamala Harris that includes multiple references to a vulgarity often used to demean women as well as calling her a communist.

Democrats are spending about $500,000 for a last-minute push to persuade voters in battleground states to reject third-party candidates Jill Stein and Cornel West.

The Democratic Georgia prosecutor who brought charges against former President Donald Trump over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election faces a rare Republican challenger in her bid for reelection.

At least two dozen states have passed or proposed “alien land laws” targeting Chinese nationals and companies from purchasing property or land because of China’s status as a foreign adversary.

Donald Trump has further denigrated Detroit while appealing for votes in a suburb of the largest city in swing state Michigan.

The U.S. Army has released an almost entirely redacted version of the police report describing when a staffer for Donald Trump’s campaign reportedly shoved an Arlington National Cemetery employee.

Officials in a Pennsylvania county say an investigation is underway after election workers identified about 2,500 voter registration forms that may be fraudulent.

The Biden administration is moving ahead with a new path to student loan cancellation for Americans who face steep medical bills, child care costs and other types of financial hardship that prevent them from repaying their loans.

Democrats backing Rep. Colin Allred’s bid to defeat Texas Sen. Ted Cruz are investing $5 million in an ad campaign focused on abortion.

None of the nation’s 12 female governors are up for reelection, but five women are competing as major party gubernatorial nominees in four states.

The U.S. Postal Service says it has reopened all of its mail processing centers in areas of Florida and North Carolina hit by recent hurricanes.

When he was president, Donald Trump remade the Supreme Court with three nominees, and in the process shifted the court's ideological balance to the conservative right.

Former President Donald Trump will conduct an interview with Joe Rogan for his popular podcast on Friday.

McDonald’s says it agreed to host former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania store over the weekend but that it isn’t endorsing a candidate in the U.S. presidential race.

Kamala Harris’ campaign and affiliated Democratic committees raised more than $359 million in September alone and about $633 million for the quarter ending Sept. 30.

A member of one of Ohio's best-known Republican families has thrown his support behind Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in his hotly contested reelection race against GOP nominee Bernie Moreno.

Donald Trump paced his rally stage in silence for nearly 20 minutes Friday night in Detroit after his microphone cut out.

Fox News anchor Bret Baier says he “made a mistake” during his interview with Kamala Harris in not airing video of a controversial Donald Trump comment — but it wasn't fully clear what the mistake was.

A group of Republican lawmakers is demanding a federal investigation into the U.S. consulting firm McKinsey over its work with the Chinese government and state-owned enterprises.

Fox News says none of its employees wrote jokes for Donald Trump to use at an appearance this week — denying an assertion made by the former president himself.

Voters in nine states are deciding next month whether to add the right to abortion to their constitutions.

Donald Trump has offered uncharacteristic personal compliments of Democratic opponent Kamala Harris, noting her ability to “survive" — though it came with a subtle jab.

Two men who were shot during the first assassination attempt on Donald Trump this summer say the U.S. Secret Service failed in protecting the former president and other bystanders at the campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

Local officials say former President Donald Trump’s campaign still owes a central Minnesota city nearly $209,000 for services related to a July campaign rally.

Authorities say a Nevada man with a shotgun, loaded handgun and fake passports in his vehicle was arrested at a security checkpoint outside Donald Trump’s rally Saturday night in the Southern California desert.

Former President Donald Trump is continuing to use violent language when confronted by protesters at his rallies.

Ohio's close Senate race took a twist recently when cellphone video surfaced of Republican Bernie Moreno criticizing women whose votes are driven by the abortion issue.

Republican Donald Trump mixed up Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ gender on a phone call with supporters in Maine.

Residents in North Carolina’s Watauga County are focused on survival rather than politics after Hurricane Helene ravaged much of the western part of the state.

Thousands of supporters returned to Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday to rally around Donald Trump at the same site where a gunman tried to assassinate him in July.