Republicans have selected Nassau County legislator Mazi Melesa Pilip, a former Israeli paratrooper, to run in the special election to replace former Rep. George Santos, the Republican who was expelled from Congress in early December.

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to put on hold a new Illinois law that would ban high-power semiautomatic weapons like the one used in the mass killing of seven people at a 2022 parade in a Chicago suburb.

The district attorney prosecuting Donald Trump over efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia says she has a duty to file charges against anyone who violates the law and that it's a "silly notion" that the former president's case should be paused just because he is running for office.

A judge on Thursday released from jail a New Hampshire man accused of sending text messages threatening to kill a presidential candidate.

Eighteen Republicans are calling on the Veterans Affairs Department to discipline one of its attorneys for mocking Israelis.

The White House's annual Christmas video is giving critics a case of "blunder and joy."

The House on Thursday approved the National Defense Authorization Act, with a strong bipartisan majority backing the $886 billion bill and sending it to President Biden's desk.

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy thanked his constituents and lawmakers Thursday as he prepared to exit Congress midway through the term, saying he "loved every single day" despite the ignominious end to his speakership in October.