U.S. officials say they asked for — and got — the retraction of an independent monitor's warning of imminent famine in north Gaza.

Republicans in Congress plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures, seeing an opportunity with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress.

A lot of Americans, after an intense presidential election campaign, are looking for a break in political news.

A look at some of the best photos from the stories we published over the last year.

The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions.

Former President Bill Clinton will be home for Christmas after being discharged from a Washington hospital where he was treated for the flu.

Our journalists brought life to the experiences of everyday Texans, held powerful institutions accountable and surfaced stories that went beyond the daily news cycles.

A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors.

Former President Bill Clinton was admitted Monday to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington after developing a fever.

President-elect Donald Trump is decrying rising shipping fees Panama has imposed to use the Panama Canal.

The House Ethics Committee’s long-awaited report into Rep. Matt Gaetz documents a trove of salacious allegations of misconduct, including sex with an underage girl, that tanked the Florida Republican’s nomination to lead the Justice Department.

Victims’ families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions are sharing a range of emotions, from relief to anger, after President Joe Biden commuted dozens of the sentences.

First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal.

Over 35 years, Hecht modernized the court, increased access to justice for the poor and saw his conservative views come to dominate the bench.

Officials hope state lawmakers will boost the budget of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman office, an independent state agency, which can often be an elderly Texan’s only lifeline to the outside world.

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row.

That Donald Trump failed to achieve central goals in the government shutdown fight alongside Elon Musk seemed unimportant to many speakers and attendees at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest.

The attorney general is accusing the organization of misleading fans by allowing transgender college athletes in women’s sports.

Donald Trump is suggesting that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal.

Decades after a former Chicago mayor pledged to extend transit to the city’s far South Side, the federal government is committing to the massive project just before President Joe Biden leaves office.

Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, says she’s removing herself from consideration to be a Florida senator.

Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with “The Apprentice,” is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration.

One of the most turbulent sessions of Congress in the modern era is about to make way for the next one.

President Joe Biden has signed legislation that averts a government shutdown heading into Christmas.

The Washington Commanders' path to returning to nation's capital is clear after an on-again, off-again saga in Congress ended with a late reprieve.

The legislation includes financial aid and money for recent natural disasters, but farmers still will be relying on outdated provisions from the 2018 bill.

A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct.

Thirty years after Florida required schools to teach African American history, how the subject is taught remains inconsistent across Florida classrooms, a review by The Associated Press has found.

San Miguel Electric Cooperative's plan to turn into a solar and battery plant will leave only 14 coal-fired power plants in the state.

The Senate has passed legislation to boost Social Security payments for millions of people.

Johnny Zuagar says he’s tried to hide his worries about a potential government shutdown from his three boys as he weighs how much to spend on Christmas presents.

The bill would require companies to test fertilizer made from sewage sludge for PFAS and meet limits before selling them to Texas farmers and ranchers.

President Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk used his outsize influence on X to help kill a bipartisan funding proposal that would have prevented a government shutdown, spreading multiple false claims in the process.

Some Texas lawmakers including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick slammed the Biden administration over the auction of wall materials. But the sale was directed by Congress — and Texas has already bought some of it.

President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to add the 27 countries that make up the European Union to the list of trade partners he'll place tariffs on — unless the group takes steps to import more U.S. goods.

President Joe Biden has secured the 235th judicial confirmation of his presidency.

With hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House has approved a new plan from House Speaker Mike Johnson that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but dropped President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.

Donald Trump seemed poised to inherit a relatively strong economy when he begins a second term in the White House in January.

Attorney General Ken Paxton sought to delay legal proceedings until Jan. 13 — the day before the committee disbands — even as lawmakers vowed to continue fighting to hear from Roberson.

Thousands of people have been arrested under Texas’ human smuggling law. Now they face at least a decade in prison under sentencing guidelines that took effect this year.

Michigan Democrats are ending their final days in control of the state government bogged down with disunity and inaction.

President Joe Biden’s administration has started to withdraw pending regulations that won’t be finalized by the time he leaves office.

Justice Kyra Harris Bolden is the first Black woman to be elected to the Michigan Supreme Court.

A handful of prominent Democratic governors are quickly adjusting their approach to President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office in January.

The motion escalates a tense standoff between Paxton and a bipartisan Texas House committee, which had subpoenaed Roberson to testify at the Capitol on Friday.

A provision to transfer the land that is the site of the old RFK Stadium from the federal government to the District of Columbia is no longer included in Congress’ short-term spending bill that lawmakers are racing to pass before a government shutdown.

Texas added nearly 563,000 residents within the last year, new U.S. Census Bureau estimates show.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced the new strategy, which will cost an estimated $100,000, during a press conference in Eagle Pass.

The Public Utility Commission found that the performance credit mechanism, a financial tool the Legislature capped at $1 billion, would only marginally improve reliability of the state power grid.

A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a dispute over funding that is pushing the possibility of a federal government shutdown to the brink in Washington.

Elon Musk’s role in taking down a bipartisan budget deal shows his ascendance as a political force.

Washington Capitals and Wizards owner Ted Leonsis, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and other area leaders celebrated the start of an $800 million downtown arena renovation Thursday.

A hurricane and winter freeze devastated the South Texas industry. A lack of water is preventing a full recovery.

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Dallas led a letter calling for a briefing on why the state won’t review 2022 and 2023 deaths.

Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government, or federal agencies will shutter.

Veteran Fox News business anchor Neil Cavuto is leaving the network after his show on Thursday.

The House has resoundingly rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s new plan to fund federal operations and suspend the debt ceiling a day before a government shutdown.

A state appeals court has removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others.

Democrats in North Carolina were celebrating big wins in the swing state after the November election, including victories for governor and other top statewide offices.

At least a third of landowners approached by state officials have refused to let wall be built on their properties. That’s forced the state to largely build on ranchland in remote areas, or erect sections that are full of gaps.

A Votebeat analysis shows how such requirements risk disenfranchising key voter groups, including Native Americans and college students.

A Kansas official who’s an informal adviser to President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team on immigration issues doesn’t expect mass deportations to prompt arrests of migrants at sensitive locations such as schools and churches.

The grants will go to private and public sector recipients in Texas for a variety of public safety priorities, including securing the southern border.

President-elect Donald Trump has delivered a likely death blow to bipartisan congressional budget negotiations.

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense is expected to face his first public questioning from U.S. senators on Jan. 14.

The U.S. Commerce Department’s efforts to curb China’s and Russia’s access to American-made advanced computer chips have been “inadequate” and will need more funding to stymie their ability to manufacture advanced weapons.

The House has passed legislation requiring more oversight of youth residential treatment facilities.

President-elect Donald Trump has abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown.

Florida authorities say they're pursuing a criminal case against a man accused of trying to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump for a car crash that occurred after his arrest.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says Democrats should think less about partisan politics and more about meeting people’s needs.

During the transition period between President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump, there has been at least some coordination on West Wing affairs.

The federal judge who presided over the seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers members says it would be “frightening” if the anti-government group’s founder, Stewart Rhodes, is pardoned for orchestrating a violent plot to keep Donald Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 presidential election.

A grand jury in Washington has returned an indictment against former Congressman David Rivera for failing to register as a foreign agent of a sanctioned Venezuelan media tycoon on whose behalf the Miami Republican allegedly lobbied the Trump administration.

The House Ethics Committee has voted in secret to release the long-awaited ethics report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz.

The Senate has passed a defense bill that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members and boosts overall military spending to $895 billion.

President Joe Biden is remembering his first wife and baby daughter 52 years after they were killed in a car crash in Delaware.

The past year has been both a glass half empty and half full for the world's democracies.

New polling shows Republicans hold an overwhelmingly positive view of Robert F.

Many rural Texans in the region say they lack quality information on the skills required to get good jobs and build a lasting career.

As Republican Texas leaders show support for Trump’s mass deportation plans, undocumented people — some who have lived in America for decades — are weighing their options amid mounting fears.

Elon Musk’s attachment to President-elect Donald Trump has created an unprecedented alliance between America’s most powerful politician and its richest businessman.

President-elect Donald Trump says he'll nominate former Senate candidate Herschel Walker as the U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas.

The Washington Commanders are another step closer to the possibility of returning to the franchise’s old home in the nation’s capital.

Wrapping up their report on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, House Republicans have concluded it’s former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney who should be prosecuted for her work probing the riot.

The request comes after an audit found Texas improperly billed the federal government for reimbursements related to Medicaid-eligible students.

More world leaders are confirming they have been invited to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

This is the latest example of the Republican Party of Texas spending its resources attacking its own members.

President-elect Donald Trump is accusing the Des Moines Register newspaper and its pollster of “brazen election interference” for publishing a poll the weekend before the election that showed Democrat Kamala Harris was leading by three percentage points in the midwestern state.

Some voucher opponents are ready to compromise; others are hoping supporters will fumble over the program's size, eligibility and accountability.

The new subpoena comes after lawmakers say Ken Paxton’s office stalled a previous effort to get Roberson’s legislative testimony about his conviction in “shaken baby” case.

In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs have joined a parade of business and world leaders in trying to improve their standing with President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office in January.

President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers are alleging that his hush money conviction was tainted by juror misconduct, opening a new front in their fight to overturn the verdict and throw out the historic case.

The archivist and deputy archivist of the United States have issued a rare joint statement to say that the 1970s-era Equal Rights Amendment cannot be certified without further action by Congress or the courts.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won't be the top Democrat on a prominent House committee next year.

Congressional leaders have unveiled legislation that will keep the federal government funded through March 14 and provide more than $100 billion in emergency aid to help states and local communities recover from Hurricanes Helene and Milton and other natural disasters.

A lawsuit by a group of Palestinians in Gaza and American relatives accuses the State Department of giving Israel a pass when it comes to a U.S. law meant to limit military aid over human rights abuses.

President Joe Biden has endorsed a ban on congressional stock trading in an interview that’s being released this week.

Boston is planning to renovate a crumbling stadium in one of the city's most diverse neighborhoods for its new professional women's soccer team.

A new poll finds that Democrats are feeling more pessimistic about the U.S. economy after Donald Trump's victory.

Vice President Kamala Harris is urging anyone disappointed over her loss in last month's election to “stay in the fight” as Donald Trump prepares to take office.