As President-elect Donald Trump stands poised return to the presidency, what will his foreign policy entail? Sen. Mitch McConnell says Trump should base his foreign policy on "hard power."

During a partial government shutdown, nonessential services pause and federal workers face furloughs or delayed pay, but essential operations will continue.

President Biden was blasted for "quiet quitting" and failing to lead his fellow Democrats amid the fiscal battle in Congress that could lead to a government shutdown just days before Christmas.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing a New York-based abortionist for violating Texas law by shipping abortion drugs into the state.

Current and former members of President Biden's White House told the Wall Street Journal that they saw evidence of Biden's waning energy even in 2021.

Some House Republicans are privately fuming at the 11th-hour involvement of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in government funding talks.

A Georgia appellate court said Thursday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her team should be removed from the election subversion case against President-elect Donald Trump.

President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that House Speaker Mike Johnson needs to act "decisively and tough" if he wants to remain in his position.

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to pardon at least some of the participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol shortly after his inauguration next month -- following up on a rare campaign promise for judicial action, legal experts note.

The Senate passed a defense bill Wednesday that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members, aims to counter China's growing power and boosts overall military spending to $895 billion while also stripping coverage of transgender medical treatments for children of military members.