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When fraud investigator Scott Dexter found evidence of bogus child care assistance payments being paid to members of Minnesota's Somali community years ago, his probe was derailed by accusations of racial bias.

Minnesota's first openly transgender legislator is facing blowback for applauding anti-ICE activists who stormed a church service in St. Paul, calling for more "essential" protests until federal immigration authorities have left the state.

Attorney General Pam Bondi blasted Democratic senators for sabotaging the Trump administration's pick for U.S. attorney in Virginia by playing hardball with the blue slip tradition that gives home-state senators outsized say in federal prosecutor ...

The Supreme Court expressed worry over President Trump's firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, suggesting Wednesday that it undermines the independence of the Fed and would invite retaliation by future presidents.

Congressional cosponsors of a law forcing the Justice Department to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell can file a lawsuit seeking a court-appointed observer to ensure compliance, but they lack the legal right to append their ...

A senior House Democrat slammed President Trump's threat of tariffs on nations that don't fall in line with his plan of acquiring Greenland, saying the levies would only hurt Americans.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom ripped President Trump's speech to the World Economic Forum as a snoozer.

President Trump on Wednesday said he will go to Congress with his plan to cap credit card fees at 10%, the first time he's mentioned that he wants lawmakers to sign off on one of his cost-of-living proposals.

President Trump on Wednesday said he will not use "force" to annex Greenland but gave European partners an ultimatum: They can take the easy route and hand it over or risk the ire of NATO's most powerful member.

President Trump on Wednesday pledged to tackle housing affordability, highlighting his effort to ban large institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes.