Politics

A dozen Manhattan residents are soon to become the first Americans ever to sit in judgment of a former president charged with a crime. Jury selection is set to start Monday in former President Donald Trump’s hush-money trial.

A Virginia congressman has gone back to college to study artificial intelligence so he can help regulate it. AI has been called an economic game changer, a threat to democracy or even an existential threat to humanity. Members of Congress need to figure out how to regulate AI in a way that encourages potential benefits while mitigating the worst ri...

With border security funding blocked in Congress, the case illustrates the challenges that U.S. officials face in identifying migrants who may pose a national security threat.

More than half of the foreign-born population in the United States lives in just four states — California, Texas, Florida and New York. That’s according to a new report released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Turning 60 led Sen. Tim Kaine to a three-year journey of walking, biking and canoeing through some of Virginia’s most rugged and beautiful terrain. He wrote about his odyssey in a book being released this week. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey took a short hike with Kaine to hear more about the adventure and his key takeaways....

Research provided to NBC News shows turnover in local election offices has been increasing for years, suggesting the issue goes beyond post-2020 threats.

Special counsel Jack Smith’s team is urging the Supreme Court to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the Democratic lawmakers who control the Virginia General Assembly have spent months at odds over taxes. The governor now says the way to find a compromise and get a new two-year budget done on time is to stick with the tax policy status quo. Youngkin during a speech on Monday outlined a lengthy package of......

The Maryland General Assembly has wrapped up its 90-day legislative session. The session ended Monday night with lawmakers giving final passage of a bill to help port employees in the aftermath of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. Gov. Wes Moore is scheduled to sign the the emergency legislation on Tuesday, putting it into effect immediately. ...

Maryland lawmakers have approved a measure to help employees at the Port of Baltimore affected by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. The Maryland General Assembly passed the bill Monday night in the last hours of the 90-day legislative session. A bill to rebuild Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course, home of the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Cr...

A state appeals court judge on Monday denied Donald Trump’s bid for an emergency delay of his impending criminal trial in New York.

President Joe Biden said Monday that college graduates would see “life-changing” relief from his new plan to ease debt burdens for more than 30 million borrowers, the latest attempt by the Democratic president to make good on a campaign promise that could buoy his standing with young voters.

In a video released on his Truth Social media platform, former President Donald Trump says abortion restrictions should be left to states.