President Biden's legally embattled son, Hunter Biden, sat in on last-minute pardon decisions at the White House, a top former presidential aide told House investigators.

The Senate has rejected competing proposals from Republicans and Democrats to keep the government open into the new fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, and left town for one week in the midst of the shutdown stalemate.

New York's iconic St. Patrick's Cathedral is unveiling a massive new mural that honors the city's immigrants.

A federal judge in Florida has tossed President Donald Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.

President Trump took the transgender fight back to the Supreme Court on Friday, asking the justices to block lower court rulings that would force him to issue passports conforming to applicants' own gender identity, saying it's at odds with "scientific reality."

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna and Republican Rep. Don Bacon are pushing legislation that would eliminate any tariffs that President Trump imposed on coffee.

The number of illegal immigrants detected crossing the southern border rose in August, though the numbers are still far below any month under President Biden.

The House voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution honoring slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point USA, and condemning "all forms of political violence."

The House on Friday passed a short-term bill to keep the government open into the new fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, but it's likely to be rejected in the Senate as Democrats push an alternative plan.