Speaker Mike Johnson’s ability to carry out President Donald Trump's “play call” for funding the government is being put to the test.

The NFL faces pressure to take a stance against the Trump administration's immigration policies ahead of the Super Bowl.

State and local officials are pushing back against federal plans to expand immigrant detention facilities.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has told lawmakers that she attended an FBI search of the election center in Fulton County, Georgia, last week because President Donald Trump asked her to be there.

Legal experts say President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over leaked tax information raises a host of conflict of interest questions.

The Trump administration is eliminating four out of six planned locations for a 2030 census practice test.

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are agreeing to testify in a House investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Georgia's Geoff Duncan was once a conservative Republican.

Young Democrats across the United States are challenging veteran party figures, aiming to mount tougher opposition to President Donald Trump.

Artists this awards season are having to decide whether and how to join the growing cultural revolt against the Trump administration's immigration crackdowns.

The Republican National Committee vastly outpaced Democrats in 2025, according to year-end filings to the Federal Election Commission.

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.

President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in Minnesota is rattling voters in a highly competitive swing district in northern Colorado.

A video alleging fraud in Somali-run child care centers in Minneapolis has drawn attention throughout the United States.

Democrat Taylor Rehmet has won a special election for the Texas state Senate and flipped a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.

Prominent political and business leaders are named in the documents released by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein.

President Donald Trump says he's instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem not to intervene in protests in Democratic-led cities unless local authorities request federal help.

President Donald Trump acted quickly to negotiate with Democratic senators on a deal to avert a government shutdown.

A huge new tranche of files on millionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released Friday revealed details of his communications with the wealthy and powerful, some not long before his death by suicide in 2019.

Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority.

President Donald Trump says he is nominating the government economist Brett Matsumoto to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A federal judge has blocked certain federal agencies from requesting citizenship status when distributing voter registration forms.

The United Nations chief is warning that the world body faces “imminent financial collapse” unless its financial rules are overhauled or all 193 member nations pay their dues in full and on time.

President Donald Trump has announced an IndyCar race will be held through the streets of Washington as part of America's 250th birthday celebrations.

Federal prosecutors have charged Georgia state Rep. Dexter Sharper with making false statements to collect $13,825 in unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Justice Department has released over 3 million pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.

Kevin Warsh has sought the job of Federal Reserve chair, off and on, since President Donald Trump first considered him for the position nearly a decade ago.

President Donald Trump says he’ll tap former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair to replace Jerome Powell in May.

Houston voters who have gone almost a year without representation in the U.S. House will finally fill the seat in a special runoff election.

The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into the death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed Saturday by Border Patrol officers, according to federal officials.

President Donald Trump said he plans to announce his choice for Federal Reserve chairman on Friday morning.

Aggressive immigration enforcement in Minnesota, which resulted in the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens by federal agents, and this week’s FBI search of an election office in Georgia have Democratic election officials concerned about what could be in store for this fall’s midterm elections.

The issue of absentee or neglectful landlords continues to be an ongoing problem for many renters across Jacksonville, with residents telling News4JAX they often struggle to get responses when maintenance issues arise.

Detainees have been pepper-sprayed on at least two occasions at a Florida immigration detention center, dubbed “Deportation Depot,” since opening this past September.

Detainees have been pepper-sprayed on at least two occasions at a Florida immigration detention center, dubbed “Deportation Depot,” since opening this past September.

The Army general tapped to lead the NSA is promising to follow the law and the Constitution when it comes to using the NSA's powerful surveillance tools.

After a Florida nurse lost her job over a viral TikTok video, state records show she’s now had her license taken away, as well, according to reporting from News4JAX sister station WKMG in Orlando.

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is jumping into the race to replace Gavin Newsom as governor of California.

A federal judge has rejected Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's request to raise unlimited campaign funds.

House Republicans are proposing sweeping changes to the nation’s voting laws.

Democrats and White House have struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security.

U.S. senators are increasingly looking to leave Washington for leadership roles in their home states.

Amy Klobuchar says she's running for governor of Minnesota.

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration acted illegally when it ended legal protections that gave hundreds of thousands of people from Venezuela permission to live and work in the United States.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency would have enough money to respond to the massive winter storm still impacting large swaths of the U.S. even if a partial government shutdown begins at midnight Friday.

President Donald Trump is pushing the federal government to back up his bogus claims that widespread fraud cost him reelection in 2020.

President Donald Trump is facing a growing cultural revolt against his immigration crackdown.

Elizabeth Kautz, mayor of Burnsville, Minnesota, says she carries her passport in her own city due to concerns about immigration enforcement.

The Trump administration's deployment of federal troops to six U.S. cities has cost taxpayers about $496 million through December.

Anti-tax advocates are pushing to eliminate property taxes for homeowners.

Democratic Reps. Joaquin Castro and Jasmine Crockett have met with a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father at a Texas immigration detention center, a case that has stirred anger over the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

The Trump administration has concluded that San Jose State University discriminated against women by letting a transgender athlete play on the women’s volleyball team.

Bruce Springsteen has released a new song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” criticizing President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement.

The search warrant FBI served at Fulton County elections office near Atlanta on Wednesday seeks records tied to the 2020 election, a county spokesperson said.

The man accused of squirting an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis has a criminal history and made online posts supportive of President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump's endorsement of U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin’s open race for governor has led Tiffany's top Republican rival to drop out of the race.

Organizers are planning what they anticipate will be the largest "No Kings" protests yet, targeting what they call authoritarianism under President Donald Trump.

Two former detainees at a Florida immigration center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” testified they faced punishment for seeking legal advice.

A Republican opponent is challenging U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s eligibility to run for governor of Alabama.

A man has sprayed an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar before being tackled to the ground during a town hall she was hosting.

A groundswell of voices have come to the same conclusion: Kristi Noem must go.

President Donald Trump is warning Iraqi officials that the U.S. would no longer support the country if its former prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, returns to power.

The Trump administration has unveiled 15 new drugs selected for a Medicare drug price negotiation program that allows the federal government to haggle directly with drug manufacturers.

A federal judge said Tuesday that a nearly completed Massachusetts offshore wind project can continue, as the industry successfully challenges the Trump administration in court.

Yale University is eliminating tuition for new undergraduates from families earning less than $100,000 a year.

Byron Donalds, Florida Representative and GOP candidate for governor endorsed by President Donald Trump, recently discussed key issues shaping the state’s future, including immigration enforcement, property taxes, and vaccination policies.

President Donald Trump says he has signed an executive order that seeks to speed up reconstruction of tens of thousands of homes destroyed by the Los Angeles area wildfires in 2025.

State Sen. Clay Yarborough, R-Jacksonville, wants to expand Florida’s vaccine exemptions to allow parents to request “conscience-based” exemptions to school vaccine mandates.

Prize-winning composer Philip Glass has canceled the world premiere of his symphony about Abraham Lincoln at the Kennedy Center.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will give remarks on Tuesday morning at the Florida Sheriffs’ Association 2026 Winter Conference in Ponte Vedra Beach.

Chief Justice John Roberts quietly defended the courts’ independence by focusing on history, not politics at the end of 2025. But the real test is coming in 2026, when the Supreme Court will decide if President Donald Trump can change major laws on citizenship, trade, and the Federal Reserve using executive power alone.

A key figure in President Donald Trump's first impeachment is running for the U.S. Senate in Florida as a Democrat.

President Donald Trump is making a big pitch in Iowa as the White House tries to focus on affordability ahead of midterm elections despite fallout over his administration's immigration crackdown.

Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration’s characterization of Alex Pretti as responsible for his own death because he lawfully possessed a weapon.

New York’s congressional redistricting battle is headed to the state’s highest court.

After two weeks of intense political and legal scrutiny, the Federal Reserve will seek to make this week’s meeting about interest rates as straightforward and uneventful as possible, though President Donald Trump probably still won’t like the result.

The fatal shooting of Minneapolis man Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers has sparked calls for an independent investigation.

The shooting deaths of two American citizens at the hands of federal law enforcement in Minneapolis have upended the politics of the Trump administration’s deportation agenda.

Businesses are coming into the crosshairs of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, whether it’s public pressure for them to speak out against aggressive immigration enforcement or becoming the sites for arrests themselves.

A Michigan Republican businessman has joined a crowded field of candidates vying for to be the state's next governor.

Two Minnesota special elections in heavily Democratic Twin Cities-area state legislative districts will decide control of the state's House of Representatives for the third time in less than a year.

The Federal Aviation Administration says a private aircraft with eight people on board has crashed on takeoff from Bangor International Airport in Maine.

Jacksonville attorney and Republican candidate for governor Paul Renner pointed to a simple but critical problem: costs have risen faster than wages while discussing affordability.

More than 60 CEOs of Minnesota-based companies signed an open letter posted on the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce website on Sunday calling for state, local and federal officials to work together, as businesses grapple with how to address tensions in the state and across the country following two fatal shootings by federal agents amid a massive immigration enforcement operation that has spurred protests.

The District of Columbia's longtime delegate is closing out her career in Congress.

American religious history is rife with protest movements.

European leaders are finding a way to speak with one voice against President Donald Trump and they're increasingly willing to say “no” to his demands.

With about 6.5 million seniors in Florida—equivalent to the population of nearly 20 states—the Department of Elder Affairs faces the challenge of serving a large and growing senior population.

In a story published Jan. 24, 2026, about a debate for the U.S. Senate in Texas, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date that a man was fatally shot in Minneapolis by federal officers.

A judge’s decision to toss out the boundaries of the only Republican-held congressional district in New York City could help Democrats notch a win in the national redistricting wars — but for now, the outcome remains uncertain.

Guan Heng sought asylum in the United States after exposing human rights abuses in his native China.

President Donald Trump has revoked an invitation to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to join his Board of Peace.

The Justice Department says in a sharply worded court filing that a report by former special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation into President Donald Trump’s hoarding of classified documents belongs in the “dustbin of history” and should remain sealed.

A federal judge in Georgia is dismissing a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit seeking voter information from the state.

Maine’s leading Republican and Democratic officials are taking different approaches to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s sweeping ongoing action in the state.

The shutdown of Wisconsin’s version of C-SPAN amid a shortfall of fundraising has left the state as perhaps the only one in the country where its legislative floor debates are not being broadcast.

Leaders at the World Economic Forum urged countries and businesses to filter out the turmoil from a week of clashes with the Trump administration and focus on boosting growth and fighting inequality.

Leading global economic policymakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos urged countries and businesses to filter out the turmoil from a week of clashes with the Trump administration and focus on boosting growth and fighting inequality in a world where trade will continue to flow and international cooperation is still badly needed.

A federal judge says the Trump administration must keep the money flowing for now for programs aimed at helping low-income families with children in five states.

Police have arrested about 100 clergy who were demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota’s largest airport.