Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley told senators on Thursday he's ready to hang up his political spurs and oversee a major modernization at the Social Security Administration, calling the agency's current level of customer service "unacceptable."

A New York City lawmaker was arraigned on a gun charge Thursday after prosecutors said she brought a pistol to a pro-Palestinian demonstration.

President Biden's blurring of the line between the public and private sector in cyberspace has Republicans worried the administration's future digital security policies will jeopardize online freedoms.

President Biden would veto a funding bill that includes Israel funding alone and does not have money for Ukraine in its fight against Russian invaders, the White House confirmed Thursday, putting the administration on a collision course with the GOP-led House.

The House is pushing ahead Thursday toward passage of $14.5 billion in military aid for Israel, a muscular U.S. response to the war with Hamas but also a partisan approach by new Speaker Mike Johnson that poses a direct challenge to Democrats and President Joe Biden.