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The Department of Justice is defending Lindsey Halligan's position as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, dismissing an order by a federal judge who said she could not legally hold the title.

The FBI's own inspector general has found that bureau investigators trampled on agents' constitutional rights by asking inappropriate questions about their political beliefs, religious practices and vaccine views during security clearance reviews.

FBI agents on Wednesday searched the Virginia home of a Washington Post reporter as part of a broader investigation into a government contractor accused of taking home state secrets.

FBI investigators conducting security clearance reviews wrongly asked agents and other witnesses about political and religious beliefs, the bureau's inspector general said in a new report Wednesday.

A special education teacher in Woodbridge, Virginia, was arrested this week over accusations she threw a shoe at a student last month.

The Dodge Charger won the 2026 North American Car of the Year award, while the Ford Maverick Lobo took the crown for the truck honors, and the Hyundai Palisade won the utility award.

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that federal candidates can challenge state laws that allow mail-in ballots to be counted past Election Day.

More than half of U.S. adults believe President Donald Trump has "gone too far" in using the U.S. military to intervene in other countries, according to a new AP-NORC poll.

The U.S. Navy is at an "inflection point" amid growing threats from great power rivals and terrorist groups around the world, a key Republican lawmaker said Wednesday morning, and he stressed the U.S. must maintain a strong surface fleet that ...

The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and other Republican senators on Tuesday introduced a resolution calling for continued U.S. leadership in protecting religious freedom around the world.