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The room where Daniel Webster once defended the Union is now the place Tommy Tuberville has held forth on "furry" culture.

The Trump administration on Friday appeared to ramp up its use of U.S. government-funded political advertisements promoting President Donald Trump, airing its second TV ad in three days while expanding its spending on the first to at least $443,000.

President Trump said he has ruled out Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to become his artificial intelligence czar, after several outlets reported he was under consideration for the position.

A New York City mother has asked the Supreme Court to step in and order her son be allowed to take a seat at the selective Stuyvesant High School, saying he's being blocked by affirmative action policies that punish him for being Asian American.

For every $1 lost in food stamps through fraud, agencies incur an average of $4.29 in costs, according to a new report.

The United States will end funding for Zimbabwe's health programs at the end of September following the collapse of negotiations over a U.S.-proposed deal that Zimbabwe rejected in part over a requirement to share sensitive health data, the U.S.

The IRS is a prime target for fraudsters, who bilk the tax agency out of as much as $300 billion a year in refunds or underpayments on taxes owed, according to a new analysis by Congress's top watchdog.

The Navy's plan to modernize the nation's four public nuclear shipyards will cost more than $200 billion and take 50 years to complete, according to a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

Democrats are poised to flip five to 15 House seats in the Nov. 3 midterm elections and take control of the chamber from Republicans, according to a new analysis.

The Supreme Court issued an order Friday allowing the Department of Homeland Security to keep using a database that lets states scour their voter lists for ineligible noncitizens, saying the system appears to be lawful.