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1:09 PM on Thursday, January 8

The House has passed a bipartisan package of three spending bills that would fund parts of the federal government through September

12:47 PM on Thursday, January 8

Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords returned to the House floor on the 15th anniversary of the assassination attempt that ended her political career

12:43 PM on Thursday, January 8

Trump advisers met at the White House with Denmark, Greenland envoys as Trump reignites 'takeover' talk, AP sources say

12:35 PM on Thursday, January 8

Russia has strongly condemned the U.S. seizure of an oil tanker

12:24 PM on Thursday, January 8

House refuses to override Trump vetoes of 2 bipartisan bills as Republicans stick with president

12:12 PM on Thursday, January 8

The Congressional Budget Office has released new economic projections, expecting the Federal Reserve to cut short-term rates in 2026

11:10 AM on Thursday, January 8

A federal judge has directed the Trump administration to stop purging words it associates with diversity, equity and inclusion from Head Start grant applications and barred it from laying off any more federal employees in the federal Office of Head Start

8:50 AM on Thursday, January 8

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a woman in a moving vehicle in Minneapolis this week, sparking renewed questions about use-of-force rules

8:26 AM on Thursday, January 8

The IRS will start accepting 2025 tax returns on Jan. 26, marking the official start of the 2026 tax filing season

6:02 AM on Thursday, January 8

The Senate has advanced a resolution that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela

5:05 AM on Thursday, January 8

As a shooting unfolded at Brown University on Dec. 13, students turned to the anonymous app Sidechat to document fear, confusion and grief in real time — often before receiving official alerts

4:01 AM on Thursday, January 8

Fulton County Commissioner Dana Barrett has announced her candidacy to become Georgia's secretary of state

3:00 AM on Thursday, January 8

Israel’s prime minister says a former U.N. Mideast envoy, Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov, has been chosen to serve as the director-general for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace aimed at overseeing the peace process in Gaza

1:56 AM on Thursday, January 8

Protests have erupted in Iran's capital following a call by exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for mass demonstrations

9:50 PM on Wednesday, January 7

The longest-serving Democrat in Congress has announced he's retiring at the end of his term, saying he's deeply concerned "this House is not living up to the Founders’ goals.”

9:24 PM on Wednesday, January 7

The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis was a U.S. citizen and mother of a 6-year-old

9:03 PM on Wednesday, January 7

The House refused Thursday to override President Donald Trump’s veto of two low-profile bills as Republicans stuck with the president despite their prior support for the measures

9:01 PM on Wednesday, January 7

A judge says Harvey Weinstein is weighing a potential guilty plea to resolve an undecided rape charge and avoid going to trial for a third time in New York

12:33 PM on Wednesday, January 7

11:14 AM on Monday, January 5

The NFL has eight coaching openings after Mike McDaniel was fired by the Miami Dolphins on Thursday