WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy accelerated at the start of 2026, expanding at a modest 2% pace from January through March after recovering from last fall's 43-day federal government shutdown. But ...

After weeks of delay, the House voted Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's congressional primaries won't be going forward as scheduled in May, as a result of a U.S.

A key inflation measure jumped in March as gas prices soared, the latest sign that the Iran war is pushing up the cost of ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed with Democratic lawmakers in Congress for a second day Thursday, rejecting senators’ ...

Iran’s supreme leader vowed Thursday in a defiant tone to protect the Islamic Republic’s nuclear and missile capabilities, ...

The Republican-controlled House approved a three-year reauthorization of a divisive U.S. surveillance program ahead of its ...

Mills has struggled to outshine first-time candidate Graham Platner, her opponent in the June 9 Democratic primary.

For the first time since the U.S. went to war with Iran, Defense Secretary Hegseth faced sharp questions on Wednesday from ...

Justice Department officials moved Wednesday to roll back and modify a slate of gun regulations in a dramatic shift in ...

In a memo late Tuesday to lawmakers, the Office of Management and Budget said money that President Donald Trump tapped to pay Transportation Security Administration and other workers through executive ...

In a 6-3 ruling Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority struck down one of Louisiana’s majority-Black ...