Michael Avenatti, the lawyer representing adult film star Stormy Daniels who has openly feuded with President Trump and his attorneys, announced in an interview Thursday he is looking into a run for the presidency -- and, he says, he hopes people take him "seriously."
A former Ohio State wrestler on Thursday seemingly reversed course on an earlier claim that Republican Rep. Jim Jordan was aware of instances of alleged sexual abuse against students by a team doctor while he was a wrestling coach at Ohio State University.
The first documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's time in George W. Bush's White House were released Thursday, including emails sent in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks -- messages that may play a key role in his upcoming confirmation hearing.
After an exceptionally violent weekend in Chicago that left nearly a dozen people dead, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration is among those being blamed for the outbreak.
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s lead over Gov. Jeff Colyer in the state's Republican gubernatorial primary is now just 121 votes, after two counties reported discrepancies in their initial tallies, officials revealed Thursday.
The Trump administration is taking aim at Philadelphia’s political leaders for a string of crimes committed by immigrants the city released in defiance of Immigration and Customs Enforcement requests.
Vice President Pence called Thursday for America to assert its dominance in space as he made a direct appeal to the Pentagon for a sixth military branch serving this purpose -- and revealed the Trump administration wants to create the “Space Force” by 2020.
President Trump weighed in on the recent violence in Chicago on Thursday, labeling the bloodshed that’s left at least 11 people dead and 70 others injured an “absolute and total disaster.”
A Georgia Democrat running for Congress was arrested this week and now awaits sentencing after a jury convicted him over a drunken-driving incident from last year.
The Kansas Republican gubernatorial primary is still too close to call, as Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s lead over Gov. Jeff Colyer has shrunk to only 91 votes, officials reported Thursday.
A Dallas official pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges after prosecutors said he earned more than $450,000 in kickbacks and bribes in exchange for official actions taken to benefit local business dealings.
Just hours after Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team and Judge T.S. Ellis came to something of a cease-fire in their courtroom war of words, Ellis was back to admonishing prosecutors for wasting time in front of jurors.
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro challenged Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to a debate, and is willing to $10,000 to her congressional campaign if she accepts.
A Kansas City, Missouri, voter was incorrectly told he couldn’t cast a ballot while wearing his Make America Great Again hat, a county election official has said.
The first documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's time in George W. Bush's White House were released Thursday as the Senate begins to review the judge's unusually lengthy public record for confirmation hearings this fall.
After days of being dressed down by the judge overseeing the Paul Manafort case, federal prosecutors sought Thursday to put their foot down -- filing a motion complaining that Judge T.S. Ellis III had unfairly admonished them in front of the jury.
With her congressional primary victory, Sharice Davids moved one step closer to making history; if she wins in November, she will be the first gay, Native American elected to Congress.