An Alabama legislator has agreed to plead guilty to a felony voter fraud charge that he used a fraudulent address to run for office in a district where he did not live, according to an agreement filed Thursday.

Alabama's attorney general argued in a court filing that the state has the authority to bring conspiracy charges against groups who help women travel to another state for an abortion.

The Biden administration revealed Thursday it will make available more than $15 billion for automakers to retrofit existing manufacturing plants for gas-powered vehicles to instead make cars and trucks that run on electric.

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a new Texas law that drag show artists fear will be used to shut them down or put them in jail.

A day after freezing up at a press conference, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell publicized a letter from the attending physician in Congress that cleared him to continue working.

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has warned that assassins could target former President Donald Trump to keep him from winning a second White House term.

President Joe Biden said he will travel to Florida on Saturday to tour the destruction wrought by Hurricane Idalia.

THE DEBATE THAT CHANGED THE RACE — JUST A LITTLE. It's now been a little more than a week since the first Republican presidential debate, held Aug. 23 in Milwaukee. It takes a while for an event like that to sink in with voters. Yes, Fox News got big ratings with the debate, but many more millions just don't watch politics. They learn about the debate, to the degree that they do, from the internet, or from TV news, or from talking with friends.

In its latest diplomatic faux pas, communist China has released a map asserting absurd claims over the territory of numerous nations and a vast swathe of international waters.

Congress recently boosted funding for the Internal Revenue Service, partly in order to increase audits of taxpayers.