O.J. Simpson’s “trial of the century” over the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend bared divisions over race and law enforcement and brought an intersection of sports, crime, entertainment and class that was hard to turn away from.

The outgoing Democratic National Committee chairman is downplaying his party’s November loss to President-elect Donald Trump and arguing Democrats avoided even greater losses that parties in power have faced around the world.

Joe Biden is using the first visit to Angola by a U.S. president to promote billions of dollars of commitments to the sub-Saharan African nation.

Bobby Flay’s latest cookbook is really a sort of recipe for how Bobby Flay was made.

President Joe Biden has arrived for his long-awaited first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa to the cheers of thousands in Angola.

President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, though he had previously said he would not do so.

Recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are bracing for potential challenges to their status in the country during President-elect Donald Trump's second term in the White House.

Republicans will control the White House and both houses of Congress come January.

Republicans swept to power on Election Day and now control the House, the Senate and the White House, with plans for an ambitious 100-day agenda come January.

The Connecticut NAACP says that former Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner has died.

Donald Trump is creating a National Energy Council that he says will establish U.S. “energy dominance” around the world.

The drubbing Democrats took in Pennsylvania has prompted vows to rebound.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel recalls Vladimir Putin’s “power games” over the years, remembers contrasting meetings with Barack Obama and Donald Trump and says she asked herself whether she could have done more to prevent Brexit.

Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, is Donald Trump’s new pick to serve as U.S. attorney general.

Did stand-up comedians help reelect Donald Trump.

Percival Everett’s “James” has won the National Book Award for fiction.

The summit of the Group of 20 leading economies in Rio de Janeiro has produced a joint declaration that, while not totally endorsed by one of the group’s members, succeeded in addressing most topics host Brazil had prioritized addressing: both ongoing major wars, a global pact to fight hunger, taxation of the world’s wealthiest people and changes to global governance.

Democrats fell short again in wresting away swing-state prize North Carolina from Republicans in the presidential election.

There were no protests on the streets as Donald Trump returned to Washington.

Democratic governors and attorneys general are set to reprise their roles in battling President-elect Trump's policies.

President-elect Donald Trump has made a victor’s return to Washington.

For a man who loves the spotlight, Donald Trump has been conspicuously out of view since his triumph in last week’s presidential election.

Before he comes back for good on Inauguration Day, Donald Trump will return to the White House briefly at the invitation of President Joe Biden.

Donald Trump lavished Christopher Wray with praise when he named him FBI director in 2017, introducing him as an “impeccably qualified individual” and a “model of integrity.”.

Donald Trump has already appointed three Supreme Court justices.

Democrats spent billions of dollars warning American voters that Donald Trump posed an imminent threat to democracy, that his economic policies would benefit only his wealthy friends, that he was literally a fascist.

Donald Trump’s impending return to the White House means he’ll want to stand up an entirely new administration from the one that served under President Joe Biden.

Forty-eight states and Washington, D.

Democrats, Republicans and voting rights advocates launched a wide array of efforts to boost Black voter turnout over the last week of the presidential campaign.

The 2024 presidential contest speeds into its final weekend with Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump locked in a razor-thin contest.

Americans can start signing up Friday for health care coverage offered through the Affordable Care Act marketplace for 2025.

University of Montana track athlete Lily Meskers drew attention when she rejected a NIL deal to support Democrat Jon Tester in his Senate re-election bid because she doesn't agree with his votes on transgender athletes.

Kamala Harris has Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.

Four days before Election Day, the government will issue its final snapshot of hiring and unemployment in the United States after a presidential race in which voter perceptions of the economy have played a central role.

Newspaper owners across the country have been ditching presidential endorsements, figuring they shouldn't alienate readers with something most of them don't care about.

Kamala Harris recently went on two podcasts in hopes of reaching more voters as Election Day approaches.

Former NBC News anchor Brian Williams is asking people interested in election night news to take a leap of faith with him.

The election is little more than a week away, and Vice President Kamala Harris is still trying to help voters feel like they truly know her.

Michelle Obama delivered a searing speech in support of Kamala Harris during a rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

In the waning days of the presidential campaign, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are courting Native American voters in states where their vote could swing some of the most hotly contested counties in the country.

Abraham Lincoln, the nation's 16th president, is not on the ballot this fall.

If Donald Trump wins the presidential election, Republicans hope he will fulfill a longstanding GOP goal of privatizing the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama lent their star power to Kamala Harris’ quest for the presidency on Thursday as the vice president implored Georgia voters to consider the “brutally serious” consequences if Donald Trump wins a second term in the White House.

Detroit rapper Eminem has spoken in support of Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign in his hometown before introducing former President Barack Obama at a rally.

Immigrants, as well as those who work closely with them, say both sides’ efforts to crack down on the border have clouded the larger immigration issue in ways often too nuanced to break down cleanly along ideological lines.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump attended the NFL game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets as the guest of an unidentified suite holder at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh.

Judges punishing rioters for storming the U.S. Capitol nearly four years ago fear the nation faces more political violence on the cusp of the next presidential election.

On a desolate slab of island tundra on Alaska's Aleutian Islands, a resident of a tiny village called Adak will again become the last American to cast an in-person ballot for president.

One of the most basic questions in the world is “Who are you?”.

Vice President Kamala Harris is getting ready for her first campaign appearances with Barack and Michelle Obama this month in Georgia and Michigan.

President Joe Biden has capped a memorial service for Ethel Kennedy by recalling the wife of the late Sen. Robert F.

In a drab office suite just blocks from the White House, seasoned political operatives are drawing up detailed plans for a government in waiting.

The federal judge considering Boeing’s plea deal with prosecutors wants to know how the Justice Department’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies would affect the selection of an independent monitor to oversee the aerospace company.

Former first lady Michelle Obama is headlining a rally in Atlanta alongside celebrities and local civic leaders focusing on engaging younger and first-time voters, as well as voters of color.

Nebraska’s high court says people with felony records can register to vote in a decision with implications for the upcoming election.

The candidates for U.S. president and their allies want men to believe their vote says big things about their masculinity.

Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86.

Vice President Kamala Harris has announced a series of proposals designed to give Black men more economic opportunities as she works to energize a key voting bloc that has Democrats concerned about a lack of enthusiasm.

Barack Obama' recently had some frank words for Black men who may consider sitting out the election.

Many Floridians spent much of Saturday either waiting hours in line for gas, trying to get home or beginning the arduous work of cleaning up after Hurricane Milton.

The concern has been there all along, but now it's being talked about openly: Are some men reluctant to vote for Kamala Harris because she’s a woman.

Former President Barack Obama has given a blistering critique of his White House successor Donald Trump and urged Black men to show up for Kamala Harris as he campaigned in Pittsburgh at the start of a swing-state tour for the Democratic ticket.

Ethel Kennedy, who lost her husband Robert F.

Immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children were among more than 200 demonstrators who gathered outside a federal courthouse in New Orleans where appellate judges heard arguments over a policy shielding them from deportation.

Israeli military strikes are targeting Iran’s armed proxies across a nearly 2,000-mile stretch of the Middle East and are threatening Iran itself.

Black registered voters have an overwhelmingly positive view of Vice President Kamala Harris.

When President Joe Biden ended his 2024 campaign in July and endorsed Kamala Harris, he pledged to be out campaigning for her to succeed him.

Former President Barack Obama is planning to hit key swing states to boost Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for the White House, starting next Thursday in Pittsburgh.

A Delaware judge has rejected defamation claims filed by a computer repairman against Hunter Biden, CNN, Politico and Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.

The finger wag.

There’s an unlikely star in Kamala Harris’ fight to make history in North Carolina: Mark Robinson, the state’s scandal-plagued candidate for governor.

The battle for the White House could come down to a single Electoral College vote from a single congressional district in Nebraska.

An effort to prevent Donald Trump from losing a potentially crucial electoral vote from Nebraska appears dead.

A Republican effort to lock down all of Nebraska’s electoral votes for former President Donald Trump appears doomed because one state lawmaker won't give backers his crucial support.

Pledging to deport millions of people has long been part of Donald Trump’s playbook.

North Carolina's Republican candidate for governor is at the center of a national news story.

Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans are blaming comments made by Democrats that he is a threat to democracy for the unprecedented attacks on him, the latest coming over the weekend.

One of the allures of being a Supreme Court justice is that the job has lifetime tenure.

A range of stars from the stage, screen and sport has gathered to pay tribute to former President Jimmy Carter ahead of his 100th birthday.

Two decades ago, a Democratic nominee for president might not have dreamed of endorsing gay marriage.

Young women are more liberal than they’ve been in decades.

Kamala Harris has addressed false claims by former President Donald Trump about her racial identity, calling his remarks about race a “tragedy” for someone seeking the office of the presidency.

Some 9/11 victims’ relatives have appealed to presidential candidates for accountability as the U.S. marks an anniversary laced with election-season politics.

A decision on whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the U.S. won’t come until after the November presidential election.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is deep in campaign mode for Vice President Kamala Harris.

A judge has rejected a push for a new trial in a multimillion-dollar political conspiracy case against rapper Pras Michel of the Fugees.

In the decade since Black Lives Matter, a spotlight has shined on inequity in education outcomes and, in particular, how exclusionary discipline disproportionately affects Black children.

Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday defended shifting away from her some of her more liberal positions in her first major television interview of her presidential campaign.

Donald Trump shared more than a dozen posts on his social media network that call for the trial or jailing of his foes, including House lawmakers who investigated the attack on the U.S. Capitol and special counsel Jack Smith.

She’s the sitting vice president who has been in office for 3 1/2 years.

Political conventions are exercises in storytelling.

The kinetic energy powering Kamala Harris’ whirlwind presidential campaign carries the hopeful aspirations of history for many female voters.

Over and over, the Democrats gathered at their national convention predicted Kamala Harris would defeat Donald Trump.

The traditional roll call at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago became a boisterous dance party, with each state’s delegation announcing their votes for presidential nominee Kamala Harris to a song befitting their state.

Donald Trump spoke from behind bulletproof glass in North Carolina at his first outdoor rally since last month's attempted assassination.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has accepted his party’s nomination for vice president.

The Democratic convention presents Fox News Channel with a delicate challenge — how to cover a party suddenly enthused about its election chances when much of its audience has a different political view.

The Democratic National Convention heads into its third day on Wednesday.

Former President Bill Clinton is preparing to deliver his 12th address to the Democratic National Convention.

The Democratic National Convention’s second night served up a double dose of Obama firepower for Vice President Kamala Harris.