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Xochitl Torres Small was sworn in as deputy agriculture secretary of the US Department of Agriculture on Monday, making history as the first Latina in the No. 2 position.

Taiwan's Vice President Lai Ching-Te is expected to transit the US next month en route to Paraguay, the island's presidential office announced at a news conference Monday.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose formally announced his candidacy for US Senate on Monday, joining a crowded Republican field hoping to challenge Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on Monday named Sens. Ted Cruz and Mike Lee among several hard-line conservatives he would consider for the Supreme Court if elected, while also including the judges behind contentious rulings on abortion pills and the federal Covid-19 mask mandate on his list for possible appeals court nominations.

As the start of summer brought several landmark Supreme Court rulings that jerked the law to the right, across the street, the Democratic-controlled Senate was confirming judicial nominees whose progressive legal backgrounds served as a foil to the direction the conservative justices were heading.

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin will be back driving Democrats to distraction Monday by appearing in New Hampshire with a group whose exploration of a third-party presidential ticket is stoking fears they could hand the White House to Donald Trump.

Top House Democrats are rebuking Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal's comments from earlier this weekend that "Israel is a racist state," which she sought to walk back on Sunday.

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie sharpened his attacks on former President Donald Trump on Sunday, calling his rival for the 2024 GOP nomination a "liar" and a "coward."

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly on Sunday leaned into his experience as an astronaut to call for climate crisis action amid a blistering heatwave across the United States, including his home state of Arizona.

The US will allow European countries to train Ukrainians on F-16 fighter jets, a top Biden administration official confirmed Sunday, a potential boon for Ukraine's efforts to counter Russia's air superiority.

The first full financial look at the 2024 presidential race came into focus over the weekend as candidates filed campaign finance reports with federal regulators. They highlight potential trouble spots for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a skeletal campaign operation for the current White House occupant and a wide chasm between the early fundraising leaders in the Republican primary and the rest of the field.

A federal judge in Oregon ruled on Friday that a new state gun law does not violate the US Constitution, keeping one of the toughest gun laws in the country in place.

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is relying on larger donors to fuel his campaign and saw the pace of contributions slow after his initial announcement, a new report detailing his fundraising for the quarter ended June 30 shows.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged the Senate to quickly advance the dozens of State Department nominees that remain pending due to holds put into place by Republican senators, decrying the impact of the holds on US national security, its standing in the world, and the State Department itself.

A number of high-profile Jewish groups are denouncing Democratic presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s false remarks that "Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese" people are "most immune" to Covid-19.

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie raised $1.65 million over the first 25 days of his candidacy through June 30, according to the former New Jersey governor's latest fundraising report.

Anyone who spends time following American politics is bound to encounter reports about polling. With the 2024 election just around the corner, here are tips from CNN's director of polling and election analytics on what to look out for and avoid.

Donald Trump hasn't yet committed to the first Republican presidential primary debate in August -- but some of the former president's most vocal critics within the party's 2024 field are still working to qualify for the stage.

Two veterans of Gov. Ron DeSantis' political operation are departing his presidential campaign to work with an outside group that will focus on boosting the Florida Republican in his race for the White House.

A Tunisian man who the Justice Department accused of working with members of Al Qaeda, including Osama bin Laden, to plot a suicide bomb attack against Americans in Europe was acquitted Friday by a Washington, DC, jury of all charges he faced -- a rarity in a terror trial.