Democrats are signaling plans for aggressive congressional scrutiny of artificial intelligence companies and their executives when the party takes control of Congress in January. Rep. Greg Casar of Texas called Tuesday night for AI CEOs to testify under oath."The House...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned Wednesday that Republicans' midterm election losses Tuesday could damage the party for a decade or longer, describing the defeat as "close to an extinction-level event for Republicans across the country."

Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George faces a major test in turning her left-wing campaign promises into policy as she prepares to become Washington, D.C.'s mayor amid a substantial budget deficit, economic challenges...

Paul Pelosi, husband of former Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has been barred from driving for six months after pleading no contest to charges stemming from a hit-and-run crash in California's Napa Valley, the latest in a string of traffic offenses involving the...

House Speaker Mike Johnson told staff Wednesday that he will not seek to lead House Republicans in the next Congress, setting up a leadership fight after the party lost its majority in Tuesday's midterm elections.

Voters delivered what one AI policy advocate called an "AI earthquake" Tuesday, approving data center bans or restrictions in at least 29 jurisdictions and electing governors who favor tighter oversight in major construction markets.

California voters appeared poised to reject a proposed billionaire tax Tuesday, joining voters in several other states who turned down tax increases in a series of ballot measures.

Voters across more than a dozen states largely backed stricter election rules Tuesday, approving voter ID and citizenship requirements while rejecting new identification mandates in California and Colorado.

Arizona and Nebraska voters approved measures Tuesday barring transgender girls from girls' school sports, the first statewide ballot tests of an issue conservatives had advanced mainly in Republican-run states. Decision Desk HQ, an election-results service, projected the...

A shooting and subsequent firefight with responding officers left three people dead, including the suspect, and two deputies critically wounded in eastern Washington state Tuesday. Deputies responded to a home in Spokane County, which borders Idaho, around 2:30 p.m. after a...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk joked on Wednesday about Republicans' defeat in U.S. midterm elections after spending hundreds of millions of dollars to help the party. Democrats seized control of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday accepted as legally binding the certified results from last week's parliamentary elections and said he would begin consultations with party representatives on the formation of a new government. Herzog's acceptance of the results...

Women are poised to hold a record 17 governorships following Tuesday's election, as Democratic gains and several historic victories expanded their representation in the nation's statehouses. At least 10 Democratic women and three Republican women were projected to win their...

Progressive favorite Abdul El-Sayed has defeated Republican Mike Rogers in a bitter campaign for Michigan's open Senate seat, giving the Democratic Party's left wing a breakthrough victory in one of the nation's most important swing states. El-Sayed, the son of Egyptian ...

Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro won reelection Tuesday in Pennsylvania, defeating Republican state Treasurer Stacy Garrity in a race he was heavily favored to win, with the Associated Presscalling the race.

Tesla has misled tens of thousands of South Korean customers by marketing driver-assistance software that the company knows cannot be legally used in most of its vehicles in the country, according to a complaint an advocacy group plans to file

Josh Turek, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Iowa, said he selected three Republicans when he voted on Election Day.

A House Education and Workforce Committee report charges that leaders of the American Psychological Association (APA) "repeatedly failed to confront antisemitism within their own organization."

Jacob Allen Morley, a convicted murderer who escaped from a West Tennessee prison more than a week ago, was captured Tuesday near Kansas City, Missouri, ending a multistate manhunt, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said.

The Justice Department has intensified its investigation into the recruitment of a same-name opponent to Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, sending 20 letters notifying Democrats they could be targets or directing them to preserve records. The letters went out over the...

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., remains hospitalized Tuesday, three days after he had a stroke, his office told The New York Times.

Vice President JD Vance issued an urgent call to action Tuesday, calling on Republican voters to turn out and reject Democrats at the ballot box as the GOP battles to retain control of Congress.

Brazilian Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, who left the country last week in defiance of a Supreme Court order barring him from traveling, said in his first public comments since then that he is calm and confident about the political work he plans to begin in the United States.Flavio...

An aviation expert identified two potentially critical cockpit decisions that might have contributed to Sunday's Learjet 60 crash in Florida, which killed all nine people on board.

Incumbent GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan's campaign and Senate Republicans' campaign arm have established a recount fund as the Alaska Republican faces a challenge from Democrat former Rep. Mary Peltola amid scrutiny over a second candidate with nearly the same name as his.