President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve says that he never promised the White House he would cut interest rates, even as the president renewed his calls for the central bank to do so.

The Justice Department has filed a complaint against Washington, D.C., and its water authority for a massive sewage leak into the Potomac River.

On Monday, Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced four new appointees to Virginia Tech’s Board of Visitors.

The U.S. Justice Department has demanded hundreds of thousands of ballots and related records from the Detroit area from the 2024 election.

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet after multiple allegations of abusing her position, including an affair with a subordinate and drinking on the job.

A trial is underway in Virginia for an alleged Islamic State militant charged in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.

A Pennsylvania court has ruled that the state's constitution guarantees a right to abortion.

The Justice Department has subpoenaed several witnesses to testify before a federal grand jury in Washington as part of its investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan.

Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed an executive directive on Monday that orders the Secretary of Agriculture & Forestry to establish the “Virginia Wood Council.”

FBI Director Kash Patel has filed a $250 million lawsuit against The Atlantic magazine and its reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick, contending its article posted last week that talked about his alleged excessive drinking was a “malicious hit piece.”.

The Supreme Court will hear from Catholic preschools that say it’s unconstitutional to exclude them from a state-funded program because they won’t admit kids from LGBTQ+ families.

Virginia voters are considering a ballot measure Tuesday that would give the Democratic-majority legislature temporary power to redraw the state’s congressional districts.

Thousands of survivors of the 2025 Eaton Fire in California are accepting settlements from the utility accused of causing it.

The American Library Association says book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs.

Eight months after President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation’s capital and called up the National Guard, more than 2,500 troops remain.

Virginia voters are gearing up to decide whether to adopt a Democratic-drawn congressional map that could help the party win four more U.S. House seats.

Four candidates to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations will audition for the job this week, far fewer than there were 10 years ago when António Guterres was selected as U.N. chief.

The U.S. military says it's launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea.

A refund system for businesses that paid tariffs which the U.S. Supreme Court eventually struck down has launched.

A political bribery scandal in Ohio is shadowing Jon Husted this election year.

The FBI and Justice Department are scrambling to rebuild a depleted workforce after a wave of departures over the last year.

Doug Fiefia once worked at Google.

In the wide-open race for California governor, billionaire Tom Steyer is on a spending binge.

A U.S. appeals court is allowing construction to continue on President Donald Trump's $400 million ballroom.

Former President Barack Obama has met privately with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani before joining together to read to preschoolers at a child care center in the Bronx.

President Donald Trump has signed a bill extending a controversial surveillance program until April 30.

President Donald Trump has directed his administration to speed up reviews of certain psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine.

Pope Leo XIV says it is “not in my interest at all” to debate U.S. President Donald Trump about the war in Iran but that he will continue preaching the Gospel message of peace.

Much of the political spotlight this election year in Arizona has been focused on the office that runs elections in Maricopa County, the state’s largest.

Some of the harshest words that President Donald Trump has used against a leading Democratic rival aren't about political differences but rather a learning disability.