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Speaker Kevin McCarthy rolled the dice.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden capped South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's official state visit with a glamorous state dinner at the White House Wednesday night to celebrate the two nations' 70-year alliance.

Federal prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday to continue the detention of the Air National Guardsman accused of posting a trove of classified documents to social media, saying that he posed a flight risk and that the government was still grappling with the amount of stolen classified information.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy passed his toughest test yet by buying off holdout Republicans and squeezing a bill with huge spending cuts through the House on Wednesday.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' war with Disney overshadowed his foreign visit to Jerusalem on Thursday, as he responded to questions about the entertainment giant's lawsuit against him by saying it lacks "merit."

Two of Donald Trump's defense lawyers now believe that classified briefings of phone calls with foreign leaders were among "all manner of documents" in 15 boxes that Trump returned to the National Archives a year after he left the presidency, according to a new letter his lawyers sent to Congress.

President Joe Biden says he "took a hard look" at his own age as he contemplated whether to seek reelection, marking his first substantive response to a question about his decision to run for president again since he announced his 2024 bid on Tuesday.

Montana's Republican-dominated House voted Wednesday to ban Rep. Zooey Zephyr, who had said GOP lawmakers would have "blood" on their hands for passing bills restricting transgender rights and rallied protesters Monday after Speaker Matt Regier blocked her from being recognized to speak, from the House chamber for the remainder of this year's legislative session.

With almost all gun legislation a nonstarter on a divided Capitol Hill, states are charting wildly divergent paths. Some states are doing everything they can to restrict access to certain weapons. Others are doing everything they can to make guns as accessible as possible without much government oversight.

The rapper Pras Michel was found guilty in federal court in Washington on Wednesday of 10 criminal counts related to an international conspiracy reaching the highest levels of the US government.

The judge overseeing a civil battery and defamation trial for columnist E. Jean Carroll against Donald Trump warned the former president's counsel on Wednesday about comments their client made on social media about the case.

The US House of Representatives has passed the GOP's debt limit plan, a symbolic win for Republican leadership. The measure isn't expected to pass the Democratic-led Senate. Follow here for the latest live news updates.

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson formally kicked off his presidential campaign on Wednesday with a speech in Bentonville, Arkansas, seeking to distinguish himself from the GOP field with his long career in government and as a "consistent conservative."

The board appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee Disney's special taxing district on Wednesday sought to claw back its power from the entertainment giant, voting to invalidate an agreement struck between Disney and the previous board in February, just before that board's dissolution.

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the board that oversees the company's special tax district.

Former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll took the stand Wednesday in her battery and defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump, testifying in chilling detail about the alleged sexual assault by the former president in a New York City department store.

The sprawling military base on Cape Cod where Airman Jack Teixeira allegedly stole classified intelligence is home to a 24/7 intelligence operation that is theoretically a highly secure government facility but one where nobody noticed top secret military papers slip out the door.

A Senate committee voted along party lines on Wednesday to move forward with President Joe Biden's pick to lead the Department of Labor, marking a key milestone in the nomination process amid high-level efforts by the White House to secure Julie Su's confirmation.

House Republicans are using the debt ceiling standoff to advocate for one of their longstanding goals -- requiring more low-income Americans to work in order to receive government benefits, particularly food stamps and Medicaid.

President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced a key new agreement at the White House on Wednesday that aims to deter North Korean aggression, including a new US commitment to deploy a nuclear-armed submarine in South Korea for the first time since the early 1980s.