A federal judge in Florida indicated Wednesday that she may delay the start of the classified documents trial of Donald Trump, pointing to the other criminal cases the former president is facing as well as the mounds of evidence his attorneys need to review.

President Biden on Wednesday hailed the departure of U.S. citizens and other foreign nationals from the war-torn territory of Gaza as the Rafah border crossing into Egypt opened up for the first time since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israel.

A lawyer for former President Donald Trump says no one should be worried about Mr. Trump spending time in jail.

The Federal Reserve kept its key short-term interest rate unchanged Wednesday for a second straight time but left the door open to further rate hikes if inflation pressures should accelerate in the months ahead.

House Speaker Mike Johnson told Republican senators behind closed doors Wednesday that he supports more funding for Ukraine if it's connected with tougher southern border security, and that aid for Israel should come separately, according to lawmakers in the room.

Republican Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado announced Wednesday that he won't seek reelection next year, citing the Republican Party's 2020 election denial and "Jan. 6 narrative."

President Biden rarely misses an opportunity to blast "MAGA Republican extremists," but the pro-Hamas displays at U.S. universities are undercutting the administration's framing of antisemitism as a right-wing problem.

A state judge has taken the unusual step of ordering a new Democratic mayoral primary in Connecticut's largest city to be held after the Nov. 7 general election is completed. The decision comes after surveillance videos showed a woman stuffing what appeared to be absentee ballots into an outdoor ballot box days before the original primary.

Rep. George Santos faces a vote Wednesday evening to expel him from the House as part of an effort led by fellow New York Republicans who are anxious to distance themselves from a colleague infamous for fabricating his life story and accused of stealing from donors, lying to Congress and receiving unemployment benefits he did not deserve.

Two border-state lawmakers from opposing parties have penned a letter to the head of the House Appropriations Committee in a bipartisan effort to get more money for first responders in communities along the southern border.