Democrat Derek Tran won the Nov. 5 election in California’s 45th Congressional District over Rep. Michelle Steel (R), who conceded Wednesday.

Republican Nick Begich unseated Rep. Mary Peltola (D) in Alaska’s at-large Congressional District, the Associated Press said Wednesday.

Democrat Janelle Bynum unseated Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer in Oregon’s 5th District, the Associated Press said Thursday.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) asked a federal court to prevent special counsel Jack Smith from destroying documents related to his investigation and prosecution of president-elect Donald Trump.

The idea of injecting more politics into filling state supreme court seats through partisan elections has taken hold in some Republican circles, and momentum could pick up after the party’s success this week in North Carolina and Ohio.

A convicted felon in New York may help determine whether Republicans hold all the levers of government in Washington next year.

Minnesota officials urged a US judge to temporarily halt the Trump administration’s surge of immigration enforcement in the state, citing fatal shootings by federal agents and other violent encounters since thousands of officers were deployed late last year.

President Donald Trump threatened to hike tariffs on goods imported from South Korea to 25%, citing what he said was the failure of the country’s legislature to codify the trade deal the two nations reached last year.

Federal Open Market Committee plans to meet as planned on Jan. 27 and 28, Fed says in a statement, despite federal government’s closure in DC area because of inclement weather.

Greg Bovino, the US Border Patrol commander who became the face of President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, is leaving the city following a mounting public outcry over the killing of two US citizens by federal agents in recent weeks.

US power grids are under mounting pressure following a winter storm that unleashed deep cold and heavy snow and ice from Texas to Maine, driving up heating demand and raising the risk of blackouts.

A deep freeze is gripping the US as the worst storm so far this season winds down, leaving the country’s biggest electric grid in emergency status and bracing for record wintertime demand.

The US Federal Aviation Administration announced plans Monday for an overhaul of its organizational structure in a move it said would help make the agency more efficient and support its ambitious air traffic control modernization plans.

The US Bureau of Prisons is unlawfully disadvantaging small businesses in its pursuit of a contractor to provide residential reentry center services in the Washington, D.C. area, according to Core DC LLC.

The US Treasury Department said it canceled $21 million of contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, alleging the consulting firm failed to protect taxpayer data to which it had access, including President Donald Trump’s tax returns.

Sparse mention of “Golden Dome” in congressional funding documents published with the fiscal 2026 defense appropriations bill last week suggest the Pentagon is using the label as a catch‑all for ongoing or already-planned missile defense efforts.

Most of the top federal consulting firms saw their annual contracting dollars fall in fiscal 2025 as federal agencies were advised to cut back on procurement.

The Fourth Circuit sided with the Trump administration in ruling that a group of immigration nonprofits weren’t entitled to an early block on the federal government freezing and terminating their grants.

Minnesota officials urged a US judge to temporarily halt the Trump administration’s surge of immigration enforcement in the state, citing fatal shootings by federal agents and other violent encounters since thousands of officers were deployed late last year.

Lawyers fighting over President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting four major law firms aired conflicting positions Monday for how the appeals court should handle the cases going forward.

Greg Bovino, the US Border Patrol commander who became the face of President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, is leaving the city following a mounting public outcry over the killing of two US citizens by federal agents in recent weeks.

The Trump administration won an appeals court order blocking a judge’s restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics for dealing with protesters in Minnesota.

Meta Platforms Inc., TikTok Inc., Snap Inc., and YouTube LLC appear unlikely to completely knock out a group of federal cases set for trial this summer that allege the platforms harmed the mental health of students and strained school resources.

President Donald Trump indicated he’ll make changes to his administration’s deportation crackdown in Minnesota after the killing of two US citizens during immigration raids sparked nationwide uproar.