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The White House will disband its coronavirus response team after the Covid-19 public health emergency ends in May, a current and former official said.

Iowa's Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Wednesday a ban on gender-affirming care for minors, joining a growing cadre of red states looking to restrict access to the treatments for trans youth in America.

Donald Trump's legal limbo appeared to get more precarious on Wednesday.

The Michigan Republican Party sparked criticism Wednesday after the organization used imagery from the Holocaust to argue against what it says are Democrats' restrictive gun proposals.

In one of the nation's most important political battlegrounds, the future of election laws, abortion rights and more could hinge on the outcome of an April race for a seat that will determine control of the state Supreme Court.

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee claim in a new report that local law enforcement pushback to a memo issued by Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2021 on threats to school boards around the country supports their conclusion that there was "no legitimate basis" for the directive.

Tomeu Vadell, one of the so-called "CITGO 6" who was detained in Venezuela for nearly five years, is suing the petroleum company that previously employed him for more than $100 million in damages, according to a lawsuit filed in Harris County, Texas, district court Tuesday.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has stylized himself as a political brawler willing to take on all comers, from Disney and the corporate media to high school students wearing masks.

Allene Jue used to vote in a simple, rapid manner -- scan the names on the ballot and pick the Asian sounding names.

An upbeat Kevin McCarthy left the White House seven weeks ago with a rosy view about the prospects of raising the national debt limit.

Could he still run for president? Why did the adult-film star case move before any of the ones about protecting democracy? How could you possibly find an impartial jury? Here are answers to some of the questions about the indictment of former President Donald Trump.

The US State Department will no longer issue assignment restrictions as a condition of granting security clearance, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced to the department's workforce on Wednesday in a memo obtained by CNN.

Federal regulators are weighing allowing federal candidates boost the amount of political cash they can use to pay themselves salaries. Supporters say it would encourage more working-class Americans and caregivers to run. Critics say it could open the door to grift.

The administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis this month quietly proposed extending Florida's controversial prohibition on classroom instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity to all grades.

Former President Donald Trump's defense attorney Evan Corcoran is scheduled to testify Friday before the grand jury investigating classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago after a new order from a federal appeals court, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.

Three closely watched ailing senators remain away from the Capitol this week and it's not clear when they will return. One of them, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, has spoken directly with some members of his leadership team and conveyed to them he is doing well and anxious to get back to work.

Riding the so-called "parental rights" movement, more Republican-led states are changing the way they fund K-12 education, making it easier for families to use taxpayer dollars to send their children to private schools.

The extraordinary legal peril surrounding Donald Trump is reaching a fever pitch at the same time the former president is forging ahead in a 2024 Republican primary that is increasingly dominated by criminal investigations in New York, Washington and Atlanta.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday signed a bill into law that bars transgender people from using school restrooms that do not align with the sex listed on their birth certificate, the latest in a series of GOP-led legislative efforts to restrict LGBTQ rights in schools.

At some point later this year, the US will not be able to pay all of its obligations on time and in full unless Congress acts to address the debt ceiling. Some GOP lawmakers are looking at prioritizing certain payments in hopes of avoiding the serious consequences of the US defaulting on its debt.