Mexico's president said Friday he won't fight Mexican drug cartels on U.S. orders, in the clearest explanation yet of his refusal to confront the gangs.

The attorney general for the District of Columbia contends that the NBA's Washington Wizards and NHL's Washington Capitals are obligated to play their games in the downtown arena through 2047, the city's latest salvo to keep the teams from leaving.

Illegal immigration ticked up in February, with the Department of Homeland Security reporting more than 256,000 encounters with unauthorized migrants.

Georgia Republicans are taking steps over Democratic opposition to erect a statue of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas at the state Capitol.

Disgraced former Rep. George Santos said he is ditching the Republican Party and will instead run as an independent in the race for New York's 1st Congressional District, following his expulsion over fraud allegations.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Puerto Rico on Friday as part of a whirlwind trip to tout the federal aid the U.S. territory has received following deadly hurricanes and attend a Democratic fundraiser.

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan has subpoenaed President Biden's ghostwriter in an effort to get any transcripts and recordings of his interviews with the president to prove that classified material was shared.

The House lawmaker leading an investigation into President Biden said he's planning to send criminal referrals against Mr. Biden and others to the Justice Department as it appears increasingly unlikely Republicans will vote to impeach him.

Shockwaves ran through the White House earlier this month when a Siena College/New York Times poll showed President Biden trailing former President Donald Trump among Hispanic voters.

Rep. Mike Gallagher announced that he will leave Congress next month, before the end of his term, a move that will shrink Republicans' already thin control of the House to one vote.