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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Speaker Kevin McCarthy aren't typically aligned on many issues. But they were kindred spirits in a recent phone call on one key priority: boosting pay for wildland firefighters.

Former White House aide Gabe Amo will win the Democratic special election primary for Rhode Island's 1st District, CNN projects, likely setting him up to be the first Black person to represent the state in Congress.

The three US military service secretaries went on the offensive against Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville over his ongoing hold on senior military nominations in an interview with CNN on Tuesday, saying he is aiding communist and autocratic regimes, and being used by adversaries like China against the US.

President Joe Biden is nominating former US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew as his ambassador to Israel at a fraught moment in US-Israel ties.

A jury was seated Tuesday in former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro's criminal contempt of Congress trial, marking the start of what's expected to be a speedy trial for the one-time aide to former President Donald Trump.

Special counsel Jack Smith is still pursuing his investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election a month after indicting Donald Trump for orchestrating a broad conspiracy to remain in power, a widening of the probe that raises the possibility others could still face legal peril.

There are two Republican primaries as an election season that defies conventional metrics and campaign trail traditions crashes into its fall stretch.

First lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday and is experiencing "mild symptoms," the White House said. President Joe Biden has tested negative.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may travel to Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin for discussions on a potential deal to supply Moscow with weapons for its war on Ukraine, according to the US government.

The impeachment trial of Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general who faces accusations of repeatedly abusing his office to help a donor, is set to begin Tuesday in the Republican-controlled state Senate.

President Joe Biden on Monday threw numerous verbal jabs at his predecessor in a Labor Day speech, aiming to use his administration's record as a way to undermine the inroads Donald Trump has made into a core part of Biden's political coalition.

Wisconsin Republicans, after a string of losses in hotly contested statewide races, are taking steps toward sidelining the state's nonpartisan elections chief and undercutting the new liberal majority on the state Supreme Court.

Much remains unknown of course about the presidential general election whose traditional kick-off will come one year from today on Labor Day, 2024.

GOP Rep. Nancy Mace has a warning for her party about some efforts to restrict abortion without exceptions -- and how it could affect moderate House Republicans on whom their narrow majority depends.

Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine said Sunday "there's a powerful argument to be made" for barring Donald Trump from the presidential ballot based on the 14th Amendment's ban on insurrectionists holding public office.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ended a monthslong saga last week by officially disclosing trips paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said there are "legitimate concerns" with Chinese investments in the US as it relates to national security.

Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota said Sunday that Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell is "perfectly capable" of carrying out his leadership position after he froze in public for the second time in as many months.

Here is an often-repeated claim you'll hear from reporters and analysts: Former President Donald Trump's control over the Republican primary field solidified not in spite of, but because of, his four criminal indictments.

Ron DeSantis is expected to turn his focus once again to his White House bid this week and kickstart a post-Labor Day push for the 2024 Republican nomination that will intensify throughout the fall.