WASHINGTON (AP) — Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government ...

Cupich was a close adviser to Pope Francis, who strongly upheld church teaching opposing abortion but also criticized the politicizing of the abortion debate by U.S. bishops. Some bishops called for ...

The wheels of government are griding to a halt as Republicans and Democrats in Congress let a Sept. 30 deadline go by without passing a funding bill.

The 2026 races are heating up, and a new poll shows former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms with an early lead in the Democratic primary for governor. But rivals are scrambling for attention in a ...

A panel of three federal judges will begin considering whether Texas can use a redrawn congressional map that boosts Republicans and has launched a widening redistricting battle ahead of the 2026 midt ...

“Our sweet potato biscuit offered in the Southern Belle tea service is a take on a traditional Southern-style buttermilk biscuit. We use sweet potatoes sourced from local farmers and serve the ...

As an unprecedented federal immigration raid descended on Georgia’s most prized economic project, Gov. Brian Kemp and his staff scrambled to get a handle on the crisis.

The government shutdown means further disruption for the U.S. Education Department, which has seen half of its employees laid off by the Republican Trump administration ...

Five unoccupied houses along North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed into the ocean Tuesday as Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda rumbled in the Atlantic, the latest private beachfront structures to fall ...

Israeli forces are pressing their offensive in Gaza, with at least 16 Palestinians reported killed across the strip as the world awaited Hamas’ response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for ...

A British High Court judge has ruled that a company linked to an underwear tycoon must repay the government more than 121 million pounds ($163 million) for breaching a contract to supply 25 million su ...

The United States has agreed to allow South Korean workers on short-term visas or a visa waiver program to help build industrial sites in America, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday ...