Politics

President Trump on Friday pardoned 11 people, including a former business partner of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff and nine people identified by the White House as having helped people bypass emissions control systems on vehicles.

President Trump ushered in the 250th anniversary of American independence on Friday with soaring rhetoric about American exceptionalism before veering into a darkly political speech with warnings about a sinister threat of communism that evoked one of the country's ugliest chapters.

Doug Burgum defends Washington D.C. infrastructure push, citing 510 graffiti removals, monument restoration, and crime reduction ahead of July 4th.

A Trump-supporting artist is painting a potentially record-breaking 9-by-17-foot American flag at the Great American State Fair, but he insists the flag belongs to everyone no matter political party.

Democratic governors urge Congress to reject the Stop Climate Shakedowns Act as the Supreme Court prepares to hear the Boulder ExxonMobil lawsuit.

Kris Ramsingh, a Trinidad-born Virginia businessowner, calls birthright citizenship a 'slap in the face' to legal immigrants who worked hard.

House Democrats mostly sidestepped questions on the Supreme Court transgender athletes ruling, pivoting to the economy and Washington dysfunction.

Democratic lawmakers affirm pride in American democracy and freedoms while voicing concerns about the administration ahead of the 250th Independence Day.

President Trump declared communism the greatest threat facing the USA and vowed the country would never become a communist nation in his Mount Rushmore speech.

The fallout from Venezuela's powerful twin quakes has evolved into a major test for acting President Delcy Rodriguez, sending her scrambling to prevent the humanitarian disaster from becoming a political one as her mandate as interim leader expires Friday.