On the campaign trail, President Trump vowed to designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and go after them ...

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Limited government requires not only laws but also the ambition of the political branches to check each other.

A documentary proof-of-citizenship requirement for voting in U.S. elections hasn’t been able to pass Congress and has been ...

The president gave the order to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after touting U.S. military strikes on alleged drug boats off ...

Maine’s Daira Smith-Rodriguez (D) suspended her Senate campaign Thursday and threw her support behind Gov. Janet Mills (D) ...

“It’s probably no more distracting than trying to decide if you’re going to run for United States Senate,” Drinkwitz said, ...

The speaker’s decision to hold the House in an indefinite hiatus during the shutdown is his latest move to diminish the role ...

While leaders in Europe are grappling with overtourism at popular sites, tourism officials in the United States are ...

Legislation to create clear rules for the cryptocurrency industry has hit a roadblock in the Senate after bipartisan ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a critical-minerals deal at ...