Politics

Florida is again at the center of an election controversy

By Terry Spencer, Associated Press

The deeply purple state will learn Saturday whether there will be recounts in a bitter and tight U.S. Senate race and the governor's race.

‘This history teacher is making history’: How Jahana Hayes ran on education

By Sarah Schwartz, Education Week

A former high school history teacher and current district administrator, Hayes, a Democrat, will be the first black woman from her state to serve in Congress.

Trump goes to Paris to mark the end of WWI. What can we expect?

By Larisa Epatko

President Donald Trump will join 60 other heads of state in Paris for ceremonies dedicated to veterans of all wars. Here’s what we know about his trip.

Pipe bombs indictment carries potential life prison penalty

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

The Florida man accused of sending pipe bombs to prominent critics of President Donald Trump was indicted Friday on charges carrying a potential penalty of life in prison.

10 key lawmakers to watch in the new Congress

By Jessica Yarvin

House Democrats have promised to ramp up congressional oversight of the Trump administration when the party takes over the chamber in January. Changes are coming to the Senate as well.

WATCH: ‘I don’t know Matt Whitaker,’ Trump says of new acting attorney general

By Eric Tucker, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

President Donald Trump distanced himself Friday from his new acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, whose past business ties and comments on the Russia investigation and other topics have drawn scrutiny.

U.S., China hold security talks amid trade tensions

By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press

Even as the United States and China butt heads over trade, their top diplomats and defense chiefs were meeting in Washington on Friday, looking to tamp down tensions on other issues that have put a chill on relations between the…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg released from hospital after fall

By Associated Press

The 85-year-old Supreme Court justice was in the hospital for treatment after fracturing three ribs in a fall.

Appeals court rules against Trump administration on DACA immigration program

By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously kept in place a preliminary injunction blocking President Trump's decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Government Olympic funds not usable for sex abuse probes

By Eddie Pells, Associated Press

According to the rules of the Justice Department grant awarded last month, it must all be directed toward prevention and education programs, and for auditing national governing bodies' work in sex-abuse prevention.