By WILL WEISSERT and STEVE PEOPLES SIMI VALLEY — Republicans are meeting for their second presidential debate on Wednesday as Donald Trump’s top rivals seek to blunt the momentum of …
By Amy Beth Hanson | Associated Press HELENA, Mont. — A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors is temporarily blocked, a state judge ruled Wednesday, just four …
By Lisa Mascaro and Stephen Groves | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Congress is rushing headlong into crisis mode Tuesday with a government shutdown days away, as Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces …
By Meg Kinnard | Associated Press The second Republican presidential debate is drawing near with a smaller onstage lineup than the first event last month. Here’s all of the information …
By Josh Boak, Stephen Groves and Lisa Mascaro | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The White House is preparing Friday to direct federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after …
By Mae Anderson | Associated Press NEW YORK — The departure of Rupert Murdoch as the leader of Fox’s parent company and his News Corp. media holdings after decades at …
By Veronica Straqualursi, Kristen Holmes and Kit Maher | CNN Former President Donald Trump faced blowback this week from his Republican presidential rivals over his recent comments to NBC News …
By Farnoush Amiri and Lindsay Whitehurst | Associated Press WASHINGTON — House Republicans clashed with Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday, accusing him and the Justice Department of the “weaponization” …
By Mary Clare Jalonick | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Gen. CQ Brown as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, putting him in …
By Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox, Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot | CNN House Republicans are still struggling to reach consensus on a plan to fund the government, with lawmakers going …