The Georgia Republican Party has expelled former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan from the party for repeatedly endorsing Democrats.

Republicans are divided on a strategy to move the Trump administration's agenda, and some want more input from President-elect Donald Trump, while others are fine to hash it out on their own.

The Biden administration on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants that would spare them the risk of the death penalty.

Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado said Tuesday that he would welcome the huge Danish-owned island off the North American coast, but not as the 51st state.

A pair of Republican lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

A New York appeals court denied President-elect Donald Trump's request for a stay of his sentencing hearing later this week, a major blow to the leader-in-waiting before his inauguration.

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would use economic, not military, force to acquire Canada.

Sen. Tom Cotton on Tuesday rebuked Attorney General Merrick Garland for imposing a last-minute takeover of a dozen police departments using federal consent decrees.

The House on Tuesday took the first steps toward President-elect Donald Trump's promised immigration crackdown, passing a bill that would press Homeland Security to detain and deport illegal immigrants arrested for even minor theft crimes such as shoplifting.

The appointment of Cardinal Robert McElroy to be the new archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., is the clearest sign that Pope Francis intends to needle the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump. It is hard to think of another American Catholic bishop more liberal than McElroy, who has been an outspoken critic […]