A New York judge warned Donald Trump he might boot him from his courtroom Wednesday after the former president verbally interjected as columnist E. Jean Carroll testified he raped her in a department store in 1996 and ruined her reputation when she went public with the claim.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the United States "is not a racist country," echoing similar sentiments made by his GOP presidential rival Nikki Haley.

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday, facing a revolt within the Republican conference, defended his spending deal with the Democrat-led Senate and his support for another stopgap bill to avert a partial shutdown.

Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan said Wednesday he will not run for an eighth term in his solidly Republican South Carolina district.

After Donald Trump's record victory in the Iowa caucuses, New Hampshire voters now get their turn to decide just how competitive the Republican nominating fight will be as the former president continues to dominate his party.

Fed up with an unproductive exchange, the House Homeland Security Committee said it wants Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to testify in writing in impeachment proceedings against him.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said securing the U.S.-Mexico border with "real transformative policy change" is crucial in his meeting with President Biden on Wednesday.

President Biden on Wednesday designated the Houthis as terrorists, a partial reversal of his removal of the Iran-backed group from the list of foreign terrorist organizations.