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After a top Army general was fired this week, a Pentagon official said he had failed polygraph tests. Some attorneys say the disclosure could run afoul of privacy laws.

The Vatican said Pope Leo exercised his right as a U.S. citizen, submitting a mail-in ballot in his native Chicago ahead of the midterm elections next week.

President Trump has overseen a steep decline in the number of women serving in senior U.S. diplomatic and national security posts, according to a new report by Democrats.

Qatari mediators return to Tehran to push for a U.S.-Iran deal as Trump acknowledges outreach, but keeps his threats on the table.

The November 2026 midterm elections are just four days away. Candidates in key races -- and President Trump -- are making their closing arguments to voters.

The Justice Department and a group of veterans are set to face off in court over the fate of President Trump's proposed 250-foot arch.

Campaigns are experimenting with AI texting to hear from more voters than before -- and sometimes, to persuade them.

Former FBI Director James Comey will be back in a federal courtroom on Friday, as his legal team prepares to argue for dismissing the Justice Department's latest attempt to criminally charge him.

Millions of Americans will gain an hour of sleep this weekend when the time change commonly known as daylight savings ends for 2026, meaning clocks "fall back.

I am not interested in tricking voters," Democratic Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola said, after operatives were accused of recruiting a person with the same name as Sen. Dan Sullivan.