Democrats are gathering to finalize their 2028 presidential primary calendar this week, setting the stage for a wide-open contest to succeed President Donald Trump and chart a path ahead as the party’s voters oscillate between progressive and more moderate candidates.

The Senate took the first steps toward passage of a sweeping Russian sanctions bill on Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Capitol.

President Donald Trump will be heading to Ankara, Turkey, for the annual NATO summit.

The question hangs in the halls at the Capitol: Was the war with Iran worth it.

Rights lawyers have filed a case against Equatorial Guinea before Africa’s top human rights body.

President Barack Obama in 2011 declared it was time to leave behind the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and “pivot” to Asia to counter China's rise.

A bipartisan group of senators is aiming to relieve high insulin costs for more Americans.

U.S. lawmakers visiting Taiwan say the United States supports efforts by Taiwan's government to pass a $40 billion special defense budget that is being stalled in the opposition-controlled parliament.

A bipartisan group of senators has plans to visit Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.

The State Department has drawn down personnel at more U.S. diplomatic missions in and around the Middle East as it comes under increasing but historically familiar criticism for not doing enough to prepare.

Senate Democrats are unveiling a bill to have the government refund about $175 billion in Trump-era tariff money after the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs were illegal.

A Ukrainian drone attack hit a Russian Black Sea port as diplomats prepare for fresh U.S.-brokered peace talks.

The Trump administration spent at least $40 million to deport roughly 300 migrants to countries other than their own, according to a report compiled by the Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The Trump administration says it wants to create a critical minerals trading bloc with its allies and partners.

Donald Trump credits the mayor of a small Detroit suburb with helping him win over Michigan's Arab American community during the 2024 presidential campaign.

Leaders from Canada, the United Kingdom, Finland and other countries have recently visited China, while more are planning to go.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed creating a new agency with $2.5 billion to boost production of rare earths and the other critical minerals.

The House has passed legislation that extends expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration reiterated its intention to take over the strategic Arctic island.

Venezuela's military says the U.S. operation to capture Nicolás Maduro resulted in dozens of casualties.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other top officials have briefed leaders in Congress on the striking military operation in Venezuela.

President Donald Trump’s newly appointed envoy to Greenland says the Republican administration is looking to begin a conversation with residents of the semi-autonomous Danish territory about the best way forward for the strategically important island.

More House seats are opening up as more members announce their upcoming departures.

A health care proposal circulated by the White House in recent days is running into Republican divisions on the issue.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. deputy ambassador to the United Nations has urged “bold reform” of what she calls the “bloated, unfocused and ineffective” global organization.

Sen. Cory Booker is back in New Hampshire, home to two Democrats who broke ranks with their party to end the government shutdown.

Now that the government shutdown is over, House and Senate Republicans say they'll negotiate with Democrats on whether to extend COVID-era tax credits that help tens of millions of Americans afford their health care premiums.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer led his caucus and the country into a record-breaking government shutdown and voted against reopening when some of his members defected.

The deal cut by some Senate Democrats to reopen government has refueled the party’s tussle over strategy and identity just days after sweeping election victories had raised hopes that the left’s disparate factions were pulling in the same direction heading into the 2026 midterms.

The top Democratic senator on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says the Trump administration made a $7.5 million payment to the government of Equatorial Guinea amid an effort deport people to the West African country.

The Senate has passed legislation to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end after a small group of Democrats struck a deal with Republicans.

Eight senators are facing criticism from Democrats for their deal with Republicans to end the federal government shutdown.

President Donald Trump hosted Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House, marking a significant shift in U.S.-Syria relations.

The Senate has taken the first step to end the government shutdown after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies.

The Senate’s first weekend session since the shutdown began has yielded few signs of progress.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his country has received an exemption from U.S. sanctions on Russian energy after a meeting in the White House with President Donald Trump.

Republicans are swatting down an offer from Democrats to end the government shutdown.

The U.N. Security Council has voted to lift a series of sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and members of his government days before he's set to arrive in the U.S. for a historic visit to the White House.

President Donald Trump lashed out at Senate Republicans to end the government shutdown, now the longest ever.

Signs of a potential end to the government shutdown are intensifying with behind-the-scenes talks.

New Hampshire Republican John E.

President Donald Trump has confirmed that he authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela.

The government shutdown is entering a third week, and Democrats say they're not intimidated by President Donald Trump’s efforts to fire thousands of federal workers or by his threats of more firings to come.

Senate Democrats kept their promise to reject any Republican spending bill that didn’t extend or restore health care benefits, choosing instead to force a government shutdown.

Dozens of women’s rights activists have rallied near the U.S. Embassy in Brussels to protest what plans by President Donald Trump's administration to destroy millions of dollars in family planning supplies meant for women living in hardship in Africa.

Confusion has emerged over Trump administration plans to halt some security assistance funding to European countries along the border with Russia.

The Trump administration says it is weighing what to do with family planning supplies stored in Europe.

The State Department says its destruction of 500 metric tons of emergency food aid that was stored in a warehouse in the Middle East was required because it had expired.

President Donald Trump is downplaying the possibility of sending Ukraine long-range weapons as Kyiv awaits an injection of U.S. weaponry that it hopes will help it beat back an intensifying Russian air offensive.

Senate Democrats say President Donald Trump's policies are weakening America’s ability to compete with China.

President Donald Trump injected some some uncertainty over whether the U.S. would abide by the mutual defense guarantees outlined in the NATO treaty as he headed to its summit.

President Donald Trump has long bet that he can scare allies into submission.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Democratic senators have sparred over a wide range of the Trump administration’s foreign policies: Ukraine and Russia, the Middle East, Latin America, the slashing of the U.S. foreign assistance budget, refugee admissions and more.

The Senate has confirmed real estate developer Charles Kushner, the father of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as ambassador to France.

President Donald Trump on Friday floated cutting tariffs on China to 80% ahead of a weekend meeting as he looks to de-escalate the trade war.

A retired U.S. brigadier general who failed to get through the confirmation process in the first Trump administration is getting renewed scrutiny for his political and anti-Islamic social media posts.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has boasted that he's dismantling a program supporting women on security teams.

A supercharged U.S. Senate GOP primary in Texas between Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton is off to a fast start of personal attacks and expectations of a high-spending race.

President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to the Vatican has defended many of the administration’s foreign-aid cuts at a Senate hearing, even while saying Catholic charitable groups are well-equipped to deliver such aid efficiently.

Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits of their new minority and culminated with a deeply personal rupture over how to best counter President Donald Trump.

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will not seek Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat in 2026.

Democrats in Washington are trying to sound optimistic following Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's announcement she won't seek reelection in New Hampshire in 2026.

In a rare bipartisan move, two senators have introduced legislation in the latest attempt to fight the flow of fentanyl and its precursors into the U.S. from China, Mexico and through other borders.

President Donald Trump’s firing of Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is drawing mixed reactions on Capitol Hill.

Thai and Chinese officials have confirmed that a group of 40 Uyghur men detained in Thailand for more than a decade have been deported to China.

The budget resolution from Republicans was on the agenda in the Senate, but the nearly all-night debate encompassed so much more.

Democratic senators have grilled three of President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks during their confirmation hearings.

New Hampshire will elect a female governor for the third time in November after former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte and former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig won their respective primaries.

Iran’s attack against Israel over the weekend has spurred bipartisan legislative action in Congress and sanctions from the Biden administration.

Senators from both major political parties are urging congressional leaders to ensure that more visas are made available to Afghans who worked alongside U.S. troops in America’s longest war.

A bipartisan delegation of U.S. senators has made an official visit to Hungary’s capital to call on the nationalist government to immediately approve Sweden’s request to join NATO.

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers are urging Hungary to immediately ratify Sweden’s application to join NATO.

NATO members have reached a tentative agreement to ask Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to remain head of the 31-member transatlantic alliance for another year.

One of President Joe Biden’s nominees to a federal appeals court has generated rare concern from some Democrats and outside groups.

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is becoming an Independent and leaving the Democratic Party.

U.S. sanctions going forward must focus on depriving President Vladimir Putin of the oil revenue and arms supplies he needs to press his war in Ukraine.

The recent passage of legislation that would limit the cost of insulin for Medicare patients has renewed hope for those pushing for Congress to do more.

In a story published July 30, 2022, The Associated Press reported that the Congressional Budget Office estimated that an insulin bill would increase the price of the drug.

President Joe Biden’s point man for global energy problems knows, he says, that transitioning away from the climate-wrecking pollution of fossil fuels is the only way to go.

Sixteen states and Puerto Rico are jockeying for early slots on a new Democratic presidential primary calendar, offering presentations for party bosses on why they deserve to go first — or at least close to it.

The House has passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients.

At first, the White House resisted calls from Congress to ban Russian oil imports to the U.S. And then, it did just that.

The Senate has given final congressional approval to a $13.6 billion emergency package of military and humanitarian aid for besieged Ukraine and its European allies.

Legislation to limit insulin costs for people with diabetes is getting a new push in the Senate.

The U.S. Senate is sending a show of support for an independent Ukraine.

The U.S. Senate is considering a resolution in support of Ukraine’s independence while stopping short of legislation to impose sanctions on Russia.

U.S. Senate leaders from both parties have issued a joint statement signaling solidarity with an independent Ukraine.

Word of Justice Stephen Breyer's pending retirement may be lifting Democratic hopes ahead of midterm elections.

Short of an all-out invasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin could take less dramatic action in Ukraine that would vastly complicate a U.S. and allied response.

Democrats are picking up the pieces after the collapse of their sweeping voting rights legislation.

President Joe Biden says he thinks Russia will invade Ukraine and is warning President Vladimir Putin that his country would pay a “dear price” in lives lost and a possible cutoff from the global banking system if it does.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with his Russian counterpart in Switzerland this week as tensions between the U.S. and Russia escalate over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Democrats are mounting an impassioned bid to overhaul Senate rules that stand in the way of their sweeping voting legislation.

The State Department has named a new coordinator for its investigation into cases of so-called Havana Syndrome.

Beleaguered business owners and families separated by COVID-19 are celebrating after the Biden administration says it will reopen U.S. land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze.

The $1 trillion infrastructure bill unveiled by the Senate includes more than $150 billion to boost clean energy and promote “climate resilience.”.

The Senate has voted to start work on a nearly $1 trillion national infrastructure package.

Looming over the Senate Democrats this year is a decision that could fundamentally change Congress as it has operated for decades.

President Joe Biden is seeking to clarify his position on the bipartisan infrastructure package proposed by lawmakers.

Congressional Democrats are eyeing a $6 trillion infrastructure package that goes far beyond roads and bridges.