The Department of Justice and the Education Department are withdrawing enforcement reliance on multiple federal civil rights guidance documents covering issues that include racial discrimination in student discipline and affirmative action.
The Trump administration dropped its legal fight over a student loan forgiveness program that has been popular among a variety of public service employees.
President Trump said he is concerned that incumbent Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan could lose his seat Nov. 3 because another man named Daniel J. Sullivan is also on Alaska's Senate ballot.
New York congressional candidate Brad Lander said he was detained by the Israel Defense Forces while visiting the West Bank and has since been released with a "warning."
President Donald Trump will visit South Carolina on Wednesday to boost U.S. Sen. Darline Graham, whose stumbles in her first campaign since replacing her late brother have Democratic voters hopeful - but not necessarily optimistic - that their candidate can break Republicans' grip on the state.
Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano's policy of leniency toward immigrants has caused his prosecutors to regularly decline to pursue cases involving drunken driving, felony drug possession, shoplifting and grand larceny against migrants, according to a new congressional audit.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that foreign leaders - including those "on the other side of the Atlantic" - are trying to exploit France's tense social climate for their own political agenda.
Abdul El-Sayed's past support for Muslim Brotherhood protesters in Egypt faces sharp criticism from Senate Republicans on the Foreign Relations Committee.
