California voters in 2010 gave the power to draw congressional maps to an independent commission, with the goal of making the ...

Rumors spread online Friday that the U.S. government will soon be issuing stimulus checks to taxpayers in certain income brackets. But Congress has not passed legislation to authorize such payments, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force says in a new memo that transgender airmen ousted under a recent Trump administration ...

The showdown in Washington is the latest attempt by Trump to test the boundaries of his legal authority to carry out his ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budget deficits caused by President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law could trigger automatic ...

Traditional tourism in Puerto Rico meant a hike at El Yunque tropical forest, a visit to Old San Juan and a splash at a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Teachers, social workers, nurses and other public workers would be cut off from a popular student loan ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan paid tribute Friday to more than 3 million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World ...

Meanwhile, the water crisis has helped fuel the rampant spread of disease, on top of Gaza’s rising starvation. UNRWA — the ...

Republicans hold a 219-212 majority in the House, with four vacancies. New maps are typically drawn once a decade after the ...

GENEVA (AP) — Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume.

Back in early spring, Trump’s efforts upended the U.S. Institute of Peace, among other institutions and departments. On ...