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President Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday that seeks greater authority over regulatory agencies that Congress established as independent from direct White House control, part of a broader bid to centralize...

Anne Marie Hochhalter, who spoke publicly about the long-lasting effects of gun violence after she was paralyzed in the 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado, was found dead on...

Days after Trump administration officials fired almost 200 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and ordered the rest to stop their work, a federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary halt...

An emotional Marc Fogel, the American teacher held captive in Russia for more than three years, told President Trump on Tuesday night that he was forever indebted to him for securing his...

The speaker of the House has for centuries played a singular role among political leaders in the United States, as the only partisan figure in Congress who is also explicitly empowered by...

The acting attorney general on Monday fired more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on the two criminal investigations into Donald J. Trump for the special counsel Jack Smith, saying they could...

A man who received a pardon from President Trump for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy on Sunday after...

A federal inmate sued the Trump administration on Sunday, challenging an executive order that requires the Bureau of Prisons to house transgender women in U.S. prisons designated for men and to stop...

President Trump spoke with Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain on Sunday about trade, the economy and the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas, according to a statement from 10 Downing Street,...

A slow-moving rainstorm system settled over Southern California on Sunday, bringing a reprieve from a lengthy dry spell but also the risk of mudslides in areas scarred by this month’s wildfires.The showers...