Judges Amy Coney Barrett, Barbara Lagoa and Allison Jones Rushing are emerging as serious contenders to fill the seat on the Supreme Court vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to sources familiar with the process.

"Theresa Greenfield is holding her own, and I think that says something about Joni Ernst's vulnerability," pollster J. Ann Selzer said.

New cases above 3,000 a day – as high as at any point since virus first hit country

A state that was a critical battleground for the past three cycles gets less love in 2020.

Swing state polls show voters want Joe Biden to choose the next Supreme Court justice.

Lawsuits around voting laws in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and a half-dozen other key states have been overshadowed by President Donald Trump’s frequent verbal attacks on mail-in voting and the United States Postal Service. But the court battles could play a far greater role than the president’s rhetoric in shaping how voters are able to cast their ballots in the middle of a pandemic.

HOUSTON (AP) — Sitting across from her lawyer at an immigration detention center in rural Georgia, Mileidy Cardentey Fernandez unbuttoned her jail jumpsuit to show the scars on her abdomen. There...

The White House and the pharmaceutical industry were nearing a major deal to lower drug prices. Then the administration demanded that $100 cash cards be sent to millions of seniors before the election — and the industry balked.

The hashtag, its links to conspiracy theories, and its implications for the election, explained.

False claims that antifascists are starting forest fires have been spread by supporters of President Donald Trump.

Portland’s new district attorney said he wouldn’t prosecute most protesters. Police kept arresting them anyway.

D.C. military confirms to NPR that hours before federal police cleared protesters near the White House on June 1, the District's top military police officer was looking for a "heat ray" system.

A controversial guideline saying people without Covid-19 symptoms didn’t need to get tested for the virus came from H.H.S. officials and skipped the C.D.C.’s scientific review process.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A settlement between the family of Breonna Taylor and the city of Louisville could bring wide-ranging reforms to how police officers live and work, changes that would...

An ABC investigation reveals the opaque world of Falun Gong and its mysterious leader Master Li Hongzhi.

We are encouraged that after months of the Senate Republicans insisting on shortchanging the massive needs of the American people, President Trump is now calling on Republicans to ‘go for the much higher numbers’ in the next coronavirus relief package.

McConnell's campaign and allied PACs have purchased or booked over $25 million in TV and radio ads for the general election, more than double those backing McGrath.

In indictments against five Chinese nationals, the Justice Department described sophisticated attacks to hijack networks and extort universities, businesses and nonprofits.

The case preparations come after the Federal Trade Commission has spent more than a year investigating concerns that Facebook has been using its powerful market position to stifle competition.

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kenosha's fire chief says damage from the unrest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake has now topped $11 million. Fire Chief Charles Leipzig told the Police and Fire...

A special committee hired by the company’s board found several governance concerns regarding the announcement of a planned $765 million loan from the U.S. government, but said none of them violated the law.

The former Trump national security adviser rejects any claim of wrongdoing in the politically charged case.

"I’d like to see LeBron James step up to the plate and double" the reward money, Alex Villanueva said.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — For South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg spending Saturday driving hundreds of miles on the state’s roads was not unusual. But by this past Sunday, it was clear...

The following is a series of questions posed by Ronald Collins to Ilya Shapiro concerning his forthcoming book, Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court (Regnery Gateway, 2020). Ilya Shapiro is the director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional

The DHS and DOJ inspectors general are investigating allegations that ICE guards assaulted detainees in camera blind spots. DHS instructed ICE not to deport a key witness, then suddenly decided to allow it.

Civil rights groups are pressing Facebook to make more changes to its platform to stop hate and disinformation.

The F.B.I. tried to recruit an Iranian scientist as an informant. When he balked, the payback was brutal.

Osaka won the U.S. Open's singles tournament on Saturday

The impending sale of Arm Holdings to Nvidia for $40 billion could have wide-ranging implications for the global semiconductor industry.

A sweeping decision by the EEOC could cost the tech giant millions in settlements or make it the target of a federal age-discrimination lawsuit. Its findings echo those of a ProPublica investigation.

Bannon has emerged as one of the biggest champions of businessman Guo Wengui, who casts himself as an anti-communist dissident, even as other critics of the Chinese government have grown skeptical of his claims.

The lawsuit says the EPA is allowing the two states to miss an upcoming deadline for meeting pollution-reduction goals.

Trump skippers ran planing hulls at displacement speed. That was a problem.

Trump administration appointees suppressed intelligence on Russian election interference and the threat from white supremacists, according to a whistle-blower complaint filed by the Department of Homeland Security’s former intelligence chief.

A Justice Department request to take over the defense of a defamation suit against President Trump would almost certainly bring an end to the case if granted, leaving plaintiff E. Jean Carroll with no way to continue the suit.