A judge upheld Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s ban on all types of weapons at a pro-gun rally planned for next week. Northam announced the ban Wednesday as he declared a state of emergency over threats of “armed militia groups storming our Capitol.” He cited threats that armed militia groups were planning to attend. The judge’...

The nation’s immigration court system is shouldering crushing caseloads, chaos and confusion. Dysfunctional for years, the system has grown worse following a surge in asylum seekers and the Trump administration’s crackdown on the southwest border and illegal immigration. The AP visited immigration courts in 11 cities during a 10-day period in...

The FBI is committing to inform state officials if local election systems have been breached. That’s according to federal officials. The FBI in the past would alert local governments about attacks on their electoral systems without automatically sharing that information with the state. That meant that state officials could be left in the dark...

Seven House impeachment managers led by Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., presented the articles of impeachment of President Donald Trump to the Senate.

The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade pact that rewrites the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico. Passage of the measure gives President Donald Trump a major policy victory before senators turns their full attention to his impeachment trial. The measure goes to Trump for his signature. It would replace the 25-year-old ...

The U.S. Senate opened the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump with quiet ceremony Thursday, senators standing at their desks to swear an oath of “impartial justice” as jurors on the president’s fate. House prosecutors recited the charges, and Chief Justice John Roberts presided in his black Supreme Court robe.

Immigrants being held in a detention center in remote Lumpkin, Georgia, face a host of challenges in fighting their cases. The town has few available resources, with only three immigration lawyers working there full time. There are no hotels, and many businesses in the downtown are shuttered.

The federal government’s watchdog agency says the a White House office violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine aid.

Trump associate Lev Parnas said the president was part of, and knew about, his involvement in a pressure campaign in Ukraine to open an investigation into the Bidens during his explosive interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow.

Ukrainian police say they have opened an investigation into the possibility that the former U.S. ambassador came under illegal surveillance before she was recalled from her post.

The Iowa caucuses are never simple. Voters spend hours in high school gymnasiums or public libraries, starting their night by declaring support for their preferred presidential candidate. That’s followed by a feverish round of lobbying in which supporters of eliminated candidates are pressed to make a new pick by the evening’s end....

The impeachment of President Donald Trump is the Senate’s challenge now.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren told fellow presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders after the recent Democratic debate, “I think you called me a liar on national TV,” according to audio broadcast by CNN Wednesday night.