The federal budget deficit rose to nearly $2 trillion for the past fiscal year, which ended September 30, the Treasury Department reported Friday.

Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.

When Republicans ask voters to keep them in the majority, they frequently point to the most significant policy achievement of Trump 2.0 — the tax and spending cuts bill known as the One Big Beautiful ...

The former Army major would become the first service member to be executed by firing squad since World War II.

Carly Koppes, Republican election chief in Weld County, Colorado, joins The Lead.

President Trump has begun to downplay his new deal with Russia after the plan to allow imports of Russian diesel into the US came under withering criticism.

Kimberly Guilfoyle, the embattled US ambassador to Greece, has been forced out of her job by the White House following a string of reports about alleged misconduct, marking a sudden and spectacular do...

Two weeks ago, GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri saw his conspiracy theory about former special counsel Jack Smith implode spectacularly at a congressional hearing for all to see.

With $372 billion to his name, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says Americans have been taught to view billionaire success in the wrong light.

President Trump has for years pushed back on criticism of Christopher Columbus. Here's what he said recently.

In an interview with NBC Dallas-Fort Worth, the Democrat again challenged his Republican opponent, Ken Paxton, to a debate in the Texas Senate race.

President Donald Trump lamented the Norwegian Nobel Committee choosing not to award him with its annual peace prize on Friday, telling rallygoers the decision leaves “an indelible stain on the country...

The US suspended Microsoft , major IT outsourcers and ​software maker Adobe from a key green-card program on Thursday while opening probes into nine top universities, widening a crackdown it says targ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday flatly refused to comment on a new report alleging that U. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before ta...