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Sen. Bill Cassidy joins a short but notable list

A year ago, Trump promised a new era during the first major foreign trip of his second term. On his recent visit to Beijing, the war with Iran and economic strain clouded his diplomacy.

Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, one of seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump in his 2021 impeachment trial, is in danger of losing his primary.

In North Carolina, Jamie Ager is distancing himself from his national party to win a congressional seat.

The EEOC has proposed ending a civil-rights-era program collecting demographic information from private companies.

The Justice Departments crackdown on crime comes ahead of 250th anniversary events in the nations capital.

Republicans accused Fairfax County Commonwealths Attorney Steve Descano of allowing people in the country illegally to get away with serious crimes.

Follow President Trumps progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.

Online, the glittering statue of Trump has become a flash point. In real life, golfers seem less excited.

The image of peer superpowers during President Trumps visit displayed a dynamic that analysts say the Chinese have long sought and Americans had resisted.

The decision maintains access nationwide to medication abortion, the most common way of ending pregnancies in the United States, while litigation continues.

The warm words came at a Maine rally as the vice president touted Republican House candidate Paul LePage and highlighted anti-fraud efforts.

Thursdays vote was one of many in Southern states following the Supreme Courts recent decision to weaken the Voting Rights Act.

As Trump pushes for a more Republican-friendly House map, more than half a dozen states are potential targets for mid-decade tweaks to congressional boundaries.

Chinas leader made clear his top priority is the fate of the contested island and its U.S. military support, a striking move given President Donald Trumps effort to mend ties and deliver trade deals.

Chinese officials are using a different transliterated character for the secretary of state's name, perhaps to allow him to visit without lifting the 2020 ban.

What happens next

Under pressure from Beijing, the president has indicated an openness to rethinking U.S. support for Taiwan, alarming its backers.

Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio and Mike Johnson will speak at the event, which centers on the idea that the founders wanted the U.S. to be explicitly Christian.

Nebraska Democrats knew they couldnt unseat a GOP senator, so they backed an independent and fielded a candidate who promised to drop out if she won. Then it got complicated.

VoteVets is spending millions to boost a Paralympic gold medalist over a state Senator who's seen as more liberal in a race that Democrats say they have a shot to win.

The FBI director offered a brash defense to questions centering on a recent news report alleging that his excessive drinking impaired his ability to do the job.