Lawmakers are asking the State Department about a backlog of passport applications and requesting that the department focus on combating the "bad actors" who are scamming Americans desperate for passports.

A federal judge has dismissed a suit brought by a Florida tax attorney attempting to disqualify former President Donald Trump from running for reelection on the basis of fomenting an insurrection in 2020.

Ukrainian forces have made "notable progress" in the southern Zaporizhzhya region in the last 72 hours as their counteroffensive, now in its third month, picks up momentum against Russian defensive lines, the White House said Friday.