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Nevada Republican Jim Marchant announced a campaign for US Senate on Tuesday, entering a critical race in the battle for control of the upper chamber in 2024.

The FBI on Tuesday arrested a Florida man accused of setting off an "explosive device" in the US Capitol tunnel during the attack on January 6, 2021.

Texas Democratic Rep. Colin Allred announced a run for US Senate on Wednesday morning, entering the race to challenge incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in 2024.

Republican lawmakers in the North Carolina General Assembly have reached a deal on legislation that would place restrictions on most abortions after 12 weeks.

President Joe Biden's former executive assistant said she wasn't aware that any classified documents were among the papers she packed for the then-vice president as he was leaving office, according to excerpts from her transcribed interview with the House Oversight Committee provided to CNN.

Newly released documents from the files of a late justice show how the Supreme Court was concerned with how to avoid appearing political when it ruled unanimously against President Bill Clinton's attempts to avoid lawsuits in the White House 25 years ago.

The Biden administration, already facing an increase in border crossings, is setting plans in motion to manage an anticipated influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border when a Covid-era border restriction, known as Title 42, ends next week, sources tell CNN.

Shortly after winning the GOP nomination for Florida governor in 2018, Ron DeSantis decided it would be too much to serve in the US House while campaigning to become the state's top executive, so he voluntarily resigned from his congressional seat.

Old guard political leaders are defying one of America's fabled political rites -- the passing of a torch to a new generation. And some voters and those keen to assume power are frustrated.

A former FBI supervisory special agent has been arrested on charges related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack, according to court records.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had no conversations with the White House after a trove of classified US intelligence documents were posted on social media, he told The Washington Post Monday.

The layer of duct tape that has been holding up US immigration policy will be ripped off, and nobody seems completely ready for what's next:

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has announced that House Democrats have taken a key procedural step that could be used to bypass House Republican leadership and enable Democrats to attempt to force a vote to raise the debt ceiling, according to a new letter obtained by CNN.

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor provided the early framework that steered the outcome in the dispute over the 2000 presidential election and ensured George W. Bush would win the White House over Al Gore, Supreme Court documents released on Tuesday show.

A Montana judge on Tuesday denied a request for the court to intervene and restore state Rep. Zooey Zephyr's access to the House floor.

President Barack Obama's 2008 election campaign has often been celebrated as the first to effectively use social media as a mobilization tool to capture the White House. In the 15 years since, the technology has gone from being a novel addition to a political campaign to transcending every aspect of one.

Some Republican lawmakers said Tuesday that they want to see more transparency around the Supreme Court, though they railed against the Democratic push for Congress to impose a code of conduct on the justices who exempt themselves from many of the ethics rules that lower courts follow.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday signed two bills into law aimed at increasing access to medication abortion and over-the-counter contraceptives for New Yorkers.

The Pentagon is set to implement a law that requires them to provide mental health services for troops after a delay of more than a year, according to a defense official with knowledge of the matter.

A New York judge will hear arguments Thursday over a proposed protective order in Donald Trump's criminal case that would limit the former president's ability to publicize information about the investigation.