Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the state attorney general to investigate a former Cornell University student’s allegation of rape. The woman has sued seven men in connection with the alleged assault.

San Diego State's football team is dealing with a mumps outbreak as it prepares for Saturday's Pac-12 opener against Texas State.

District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said a woman’s report to police in 2024 saying she had been raped at a fraternity did not support a criminal case. But he said he is now reaching out to her.

“I don’t know if they feel confident. Some counties are more confident than others,” Chris McGinn, executive director of the Texas Association of County Elections Officials, said. “Right now what we’r...

The Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process ri...

Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.

It's the latest move by the company as it and other event contract exchanges seek to gain greater participation by institutional traders.

Live coverage of the Los Angeles Chargers vs. Buffalo Bills NFL game on ESPN, including live score, highlights and updated stats.

The Trump administration is planning to welcome up to 17,500 additional White Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees over the next 12 months, according to ...

The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.

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Representative Ashley Hinson of Iowa and Mike Rogers of Michigan distanced themselves from President Trump amid concern that high diesel prices could hurt the party in November.

The former vice president wants to help her party in the midterms, but not many are taking her up on the offer. Except for the Senate nominee in Michigan, who will appear with her on Tuesday.

FIFA's intended investment partner, Josh Kushner, said he regrets getting involved in Gianni Infantino's failed World Cup sell-off plan.

Yiannopoulos was arrested in New Orleans on Thursday and removed to his home country on Friday, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The president said an agreement between the countries covered more than 65 billion barrels of reserves. A U.S. official said it would involve a partnership with a private company.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe met secretly with Russian officials in Moscow this week to discuss NATO, Ukraine and Iran.

It’s not altogether clear what Space Academy graduates would do, and there’s reason for some skepticism.

The president will instead attend an event at the Pentagon. The New York Times reported that Trump wanted to deliver remarks at the New York event, which has long barred speeches.

As immigration arrests hit record highs, ICE appears closer than ever to meeting its goal of 2,000 daily arrests.

Many families are engaged in tense debates after a new study found a high percentage of N.F.L. players had developed degenerative brain disease.

“We never see things that are this dire,” a former chief scientist of the agency said about rates of C.T.E. in former players.

Saturated soil contributed to trees falling and taking out power lines, but there's more to why Gary’s outage has lasted so long.

"No matter how big her star got, she never stopped being one of us," said Rep. Diana Harshbarger, who represents Sevier County, Tennessee, where Parton was raised.

The president promised gas prices would “drop like a rock.” But with the war against Iran now at six months, Trump is dismissing their impact on Americans.

The actual prevalence, researchers said, may be much higher.

The New York Times reported Sunday the unlikely pair met in New York City in recent weeks to discuss “potential areas of common ground.”

The year 1967 might have been all about psychedelia, but many a baby boomer got to hear some top-notch country music, too.

The aircraft carrier has been deployed for nine months, largely in support of U.S. operations against Iran, and is now heading home to San Diego.

The president did not specify what actions he would take, and he has on other occasions abandoned threats to dramatically escalate the war with Iran.

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment of hard-line loyalists to top jobs suggests he is prepared to keep the country on a war footing and to quash domestic dissent.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is the only white candidate running in a redrawn South Florida district that has long been represented by Black lawmakers.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is the only white candidate running in a redrawn South Florida district that has long been represented by Black lawmakers.

At 73, Sherrod Brown is mounting a comeback bid in Ohio. He is one of the Democrats his party is counting on to retake control of the Senate.

The head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the United States met certain conditions.

New Hall of Famer Roger Craig revealed during his taped acceptance speech Saturday that he has been diagnosed with vascular dementia.

Michael Steele reacts to reports of growing tensions between Trump and Pete Hegseth over the Iran war and the Pentagon munitions shortages.

Evette Dionne: There's a difference between body shaming and hoping Ariana Grande is OK

Her opposition to Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general raises a host of tough questions.

Racial and ethnic splits, and a wide lead among younger voters, were enough for Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive, to hold off Haley Stevens, a moderate, in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary.

The pro-Israel organization spent $32 million in an unsuccessful effort to defeat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. It might try again in the general election.

His victory in the Democratic Senate primary is a possible sign of what’s to come in the party’s next presidential primary.