Ohio Republican Rep. Bill Johnson announced his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday for a new position leading Youngstown State University.

Republican Celeste Maloy has won a Utah special election to replace her former boss, U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart, in a race that will put a woman back among Utah's five-member congressional delegation for the first time since 2019.

It could be easy to dismiss Major League Baseball’s decision to award the 2025 All-Star Game to Atlanta, Georgia, as run-of-the-mill sports news. But just two years ago, Commissioner Robert Manfred removed the same event from Atlanta because the state’s voting reforms allegedly didn’t align with MLB’s values.

A state appeals court ruled that California can continue providing personal information of gun owners to researchers to study gun violence, reversing last year's decision by a lower court judge who said such data sharing violates privacy rights.

U.S. forces launched a round of airstrikes in Iraq early Wednesday against two facilities used by Iran and Iran-backed groups that were involved in attacks against U.S. forces stationed in Iraq, marking the second U.S. attack in about a day, according to the U.S. Central Command. The U.S. Central Command confirmed its forces conducted "discrete,...

Republican Celeste Maloy was projected to win a Thanksgiving-week special election for the open U.S. House seat in Utah left vacant by her former boss, Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah), according to Decision Desk HQ. She beat out state Sen. Kathleen Riebe (D), the No. 2 Democrat in the Utah Senate, keeping the Utah second congressional...

Over 30 staffers of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called on the progressive lawmaker to back a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war on Tuesday, signaling increased pressures between Democrats over the conflict. The letter, first reported by Politico, urges Johnson to join Chicago city council member Rossana Rodríguez-Sánchez’s calls for Chicago leaders, President Biden and the...

The deal to release 50 hostages being held by Hamas since the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel came together after five weeks of intense negotiations involving the White House and Qatar, as well as Israel and Hamas. The deal, which includes a pause in the fighting, was structured for women and children and is considered...

A deal has been reached to release 50 women and children that were kidnapped by Hamas and is set to go into effect sometime on Thursday, following intensive international negotiations over the course of a month and a half, according to U.S. officials and the Israeli government. Israel and Hamas agreed to implement a temporary...