Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.

In a phone call last week, Mike Johnson told top donors that the hard-liners in the House calling for his head would not succeed a message that many donors have been wanting to hear.

In first change to the guidance in 25 years, federal agency says repeatedly misgendering employees or denying them access to a bathroom consistent with their gender identity amounts to workplace harassment.

The Supreme Court announced Monday that it would take up four cases for the term beginning in October.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced skepticism from Arab counterparts as he advocated plans for securing and rebuilding Gaza once the Israel-Hamas war ends.

Rep. Bill Poseys (R-Fla.) well-timed retirement well-timed for his chosen successor, at least follows a long line of such ploys.

A flurry of exaggerations and falsehoods taken as gospel, aimed at getting Biden out of the White House. The ramifications might be similar, too.

In a new report, Amnesty International details Israeli attacks in which, it says, U.S-made weapons were used to kill Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

In 2020, swing-state voters viewed Trumps handling of the economy much worse than they view the economy under Trump in retrospect.

Hunter Biden asks Fox News to remove sexually explicit images from its website, and demands a retraction or correction over other coverage.

The Biden campaign has sought to highlight Trumps plans for mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. The broad strokes of that plan, though, have significant support.

Follow the president's progress filling nearly 800 positions, among the 1,200 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.

Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.

ByteDances CapCut editing app has become the standard for short-form video. Legislation that could lead to a ban of TikTok could also apply to CapCut.

Republicans highlight images of turmoil, though most of the pro-Palestinian demonstrations have been peaceful.

Metas company-funded oversight body is planning to trim its workforce to reduce costs, a move likely to affect its ability to police Facebook and Instagram.

House hard-liners seek ideological purity even though theyre part of divided government. Theyre losing key policy fights as a result.

The former president fears that GOP candidate Kari Lake might not win and will drag down his own prospects in the battleground state

Indias intelligence service has aggressively targeted Indian diaspora populations in Asia, Europe and North America, officials said.

Trump allies are running ads saying Biden is paying rent for undocumentd immigrants, but thats false.

The latest news in Donald Trumps New York hush money trial and other criminal cases, and what to watch for this week.

Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met privately Sunday morning in Miami, breaking a years-long chill between the presumptive Republican nominee and his onetime chief primary rival.

Navigating between residents rage over Gaza and Democrats fears of Trump, Abdullah Hammoud must decide whether to back Biden in the fall

U.S. officials say Ukraine, even with resumption of American military aid, must address manpower shortages and shore up defenses to enable future offensives.

Tongues were wagging on social media after news spread that Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor and Trump V.P. hopeful, described how she shot and killed her dog and farm goat.

The former president has tried to campaign during his New York trial, but its constraining him.

Five years after a landslide victory, Britains Conservative Party is deeply divided and appears headed towards one of its worst defeats in a generation.

More than a dozen former members of Congress started a discussion aimed at reviving the ailing institution. The outlook was bleak.

UAW President Shawn Fain is a rising star among union members and increasingly Democrats, who see his support as crucial in Michigan, Pennsylvania and other industrial states that could hinge on a few thousand votes.

John Earle Sullivan recorded himself inciting violence and breaking a window before filming the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt outside the House Chamber on Jan. 6.

The Republican Party is urging the Secret Service to move protesters further away from the arena in Milwaukee where the party will hold its convention in July.

The Trump trial in New York: Witness David Pecker faces cross-examination.

A new poll provides some of the best hints yet.

Linking things to George Soros is a classic antisemitic ploy. Here its used to criticize protests described as antisemitic.

Asked by a right-wing interviewer if he knew Democrats wanted him dead, Trump replied, Yeah.

Some of Trumps supporters say they might reconsider supporting him. Few would flip to Biden.

Donald Trumps defense team is expected to continue cross-examining ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker on Friday in Trumps hush money trial in New York.

Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.

Christina Bobbs indictment solidifies her identity as a dedicated Trump loyalist who fiercely fought to reverse his loss in Arizona.

Take this quiz and see who you think Trump might pick to be his vice presidential nominee. The Fixs Aaron Blake offers his analysis of two dozen potential picks.

A Senate hearing highlights the dangers of bogus, artificial intelligence materials in elections. A bill was introduced in 2023, but the urgency is now.

After winning campaigns in both red and blue states, abortion rights activists are facing a test of the limits of their success in what is sometimes ranked as the most pro-life state in America.

Its unclear whether the conversations will have an effect on a former president who is impulsive with his decision-making.

The three-term governor on Wednesday ordered scores of riot gear-clad state troopers to arrest protesters on the University of Texas Austin campus.

Trump sought to block damaging media reports during the 2016 campaign but did not seem worried about how his family would feel about them, witness testifies

Assembly of the floating pier has begun several miles off Gaza, and aid delivery is expected to start within days, U.S. officials said.

In this week's episode, the crew discusses what's happened in former president Donald Trump's New York trial so far and what we're hearing from witnesses. Washington Post reporter Devlin Barrett returns to take us inside the courtroom, while senior video journalist JM Rieger analyzes Trump's repetitive, falsehood-filled statements outside the courtroom.

Dozens of U.S. Army personnel will leave Chad in Central Africa, at least temporarily, as the two governments discuss their security relationship.

Legal experts said the judge overseeing Donald Trumps trial will have to scrutinize the appeals courts decision.