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The mystery behind a New Jersey congressman's months-long absence is solved. GOP Rep. Tom Kean spoke on the floor, saying he owed his constituents, colleagues and the American people an explanation. But he did not answer questions from the press, and ...

The funding suspension is part of the Republican administration's broader anti-fraud actions in the healthcare sector.

A Supreme Court that has expanded gun rights will consider whether bans on semiautomatic rifles, often called assault weapons, violate the Second Amendment.

Colorado's Democratic primaries on Tuesday will help answer a question the party has increasingly faced nationally: Are voters gravitating toward a younger, more progressive generation of leaders or sticking with established veterans?

Kean said Tuesday that a hospital visit months ago led to him being diagnosed with depression and, under doctors' recommendations, remained at the hospital for treatment.

"Oh dear," House Speaker Mike Johnson said as a reporter read out the decision.

Dave Portnoy is the founder of Barstool Sports, a media goliath he started as a free gambling newsletter in the early 2000s. His new book, "Cancel Me If You Can," details his rise - and the controversies he's faced along the way.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump's executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday erased limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president, striking down a federal election law that is more than 50 years old.

The court's conservative majority, which has repeatedly ruled against transgender Americans in the past year, ruled that state bans in Idaho and West Virginia don't violate the Constitution or the federal law known as Title IX, which prohibits sex .. ...