A man who climbed the platform at a campaign event in western New York last year and grappled with Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of assaulting a federal officer.

The Senate approved a bipartisan resolution Wednesday to reinstate the dress code after widespread displeasure with Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer for relaxing the attire requirement in the august upper chamber.

A Jan. 6 prosecutor from Tampa who helped the federal government indict Florida residents accused of participating in the riots at the U.S. Capitol is in his own legal trouble.

For more than a year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been busing migrants from the southern U.S. border to places like New York, Washington and Chicago, prompting angry complaints from Democratic officials in those cities.

State Rep. John Rogers, a longtime member of the Alabama House of Representatives, has been indicted on charges of trying to obstruct a federal investigation into the possible misuse of state grant money, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.

The Biden administration is expected to keep the cap on refugees admitted to the country at 125,000 for the next fiscal year, which begins Sunday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Wednesday that aims to stop other states from prosecuting doctors and pharmacists who mail abortion pills to patients in places where the procedure is banned.

A Montana man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging he threatened to kill President Joe Biden and U.S. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana, both Democrats, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Montana said.

Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers will argue that he didn’t defraud anyone by vastly overstating the value of his assets, but that won’t diminish the enjoyment his critics derive from seeing Trump exposed, once again, as a con artist. His self-image as a successful billionaire is exposed as built on lies and fantasies.

The second Republican presidential debate will feature seven candidates vying for the GOP nomination for president, yet who is not at tonight’s debate will receive as much, if not more, attention than who is. Former President Donald Trump once again decided to skip tonight’s event and, just like last time, is missing an opportunity to connect with voters.