From the federal government to the country's biggest cities, Democrats find themselves grappling with a crisis of incompetence, facing off against voters who feel the party's leaders have forgotten how to deliver on the government's basic jobs.
Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, who is President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, told senators Thursday that climate change is real but that other nations are not doing enough to cut their carbon emissions.
An illegal immigrant who used a stolen identity to get a U.S. passport, plus registered and voted in American elections, has been sentenced to five years in prison.
President-elect Donald Trump has the chance "to unleash a new economic golden age" in America, but must first extend tax breaks and rein in rampant government spending and overregulation, his Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent said Thursday.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken was giving his final comments from his department's press briefing room, touting the Biden administration's help brokering a ceasefire deal in Gaza, when he was interrupted by two journalists.
Technology trade groups are suing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying the agency should not have regulatory oversight over mobile payment apps.
The House Freedom Caucus unveiled the first step Thursday in a two-part plan to pass President-elect Donald Trump's program as Republicans aim to unite behind a strategy.