Joe Biden isn't on the ballot this fall, but three of his administration members are running for governor.

Democrat Xavier Becerra has advanced to the general election for California governor after pitching himself as an experienced choice to lead the nation’s most populous state.

California Democratic Rep. Doris Matsui has advanced to the November ballot after facing a reelection challenge from a younger Democrat.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles says it has opened “multiple election fraud investigations” related to California’s elections and sent a prosecutor to the county’s vote-counting center.

President Donald Trump says he will attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday at Madison Square Garden — and says he doesn't have much sympathy for ordinary Americans who can't afford the sky-high ticket prices.

Lawyers representing the federal government argue that a court cannot stop construction of a White House ballroom because it was already underway and because of the sensitive security concerns they say the structure is meant to address.

A screwworm outbreak would threaten the state’s cattle industry and potentially increase already high beef prices nationwide.

A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration policy enacted after the shooting of two National Guard members that made it harder for immigrants from dozens of countries to stay and enter the country.

The Texas senator’s defeat to Ken Paxton sparked talk he’d join the “YOLO Caucus” of Republicans defecting from Donald Trump. This week, he sided with Senate GOP leadership on every key vote.

A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration policy that made it harder for immigrants from dozens of countries to enter and stay in the U.S. The judge criticized the policy for putting immigrants' lives in "indeterminate legal limbo" and accused the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of ignoring the law.

Washington, D.C., is gearing up for pivotal primaries this month to elect a new delegate to Congress and a new mayor.

Menefee, 38, unseated U.S. Rep. Al Green, 78, to represent a redrawn Harris County congressional district. The men faced off after Republicans combined parts of their current districts into one.

The Senate has passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies, sending it to the House.

Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, insists voters will support him despite controversies about his past.

President Donald Trump is planning to attend an NBA Finals game in New York next week to root for his hometown Knicks.

Andrea Pedro Francisco was scheduled for surgery to remove an ovarian cyst in February. Then ICE detained her, repeatedly denying her the procedures.

Some Republican Texas House members floated want to give more power to the attorney general to sue cities and issue financial penalties.

President Donald Trump says his acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, will not be in the role permanently.

Days after the state’s primary, California voters are in a familiar position -- waiting to find out which candidates will go on to the general election in their most high-profile races, for governor and Los Angeles mayor.

The House has passed a bill to aid Ukraine and sanction key segments of the Russian economy.

The first case of New World screwworm in 60 years has been confirmed in Zavala County, near the Mexican border. The flesh-eating fly poses a threat to the state’s $15 billion cattle industry.

June is Pride Month across the U.S. But in some Republican-controlled states it's now officially Fidelity, Nuclear Family or Strong Families Month.

Senate Republicans are working toward passage of legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is back on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Ways and Means Committee on the department’s priorities, one day after he refused to say whether President Donald Trump and his family would still get immunity from IRS audits after the administration abandoned plans for a $1.776 billion compensation fund that would have benefited the president’s allies.

Advocates want a federal appeals court to allow them to fight for the Texas Dream Act. The law giving eligible undocumented students in-state tuition at colleges was blocked last year.

More than 130 cities, most with fewer than 10,000 residents, were blocked from increasing their property tax revenue because they had broken the law.

Michael Stansfield never expected to be a major player in California politics when he threw his hat into a congressional race as a Republican agitating for peace in the Middle East.

Officials tested a sample from La Pryor in Zavala County at a lab in lowa, confirming the infestation, Secretary Brooke Rollins said.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is refusing to say whether President Donald Trump and his family will still receive immunity from IRS audits after the administration abandoned plans for a $1.776 billion compensation fund.

Polymarket is ending its paid relationship with George Santos as federal regulators investigate him for possible insider trading.

Republicans have won a partisan redistricting battle for Congress.

Businessman Zach Lahn's win in Iowa’s Republican gubernatorial primary over President Donald Trump's pick is a rare electoral setback for Trump.

The House approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to seek to end the war.

Paxton is banking on his recent lawsuits against tech and social media companies like Meta, WhatsApp and Discord to win a Senate seat, building on notable victories in years past.

Republicans would have just a 76-74 majority in the Texas House if the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee succeeds in flipping its targeted GOP districts.

When musical acts pulled out of a concert series marking America's 250th anniversary, fearing it might be too closely tied to Donald Trump, the president decided to formally make himself the headlining act.

A new Gallup poll finds support for same-sex marriage and relationships in the U.S. has stopped rising after two decades.

The City Council rejected the treatment plant last year over cost and environmental concerns, but plans resurfaced as the city’s water woes continued.

President Donald Trump is in a hurry to rebuild the tariff wall the Supreme Court tore down less than four months ago.

The Supreme Court is allowing Alabama to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s elections, blocking a lower court ruling that the map intentionally discriminates against Black people.

Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced Tuesday that she will step down from her role as the state’s top elections and business filings official on July 17, ending a tenure that spanned more than three and a half years.

Nelson’s office oversees elections. Abbott appointed her to the role in 2023 after she became the longest-serving Republican woman in Texas Senate history.

On Monday, state Rep. Don McLaughlin said the parasitic fly that threatens the state’s cattle industry was 1 mile away. U.S. officials said that was not yet true.

Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman has won a hotly contested race to be the next president of the 193-member United Nations General Assembly.

The White House Correspondents Association dinner has been rescheduled for July 24.

A federal judge has heard from voting rights groups and a coalition of two dozen states that want the courts to halt President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to create a federal voter list and limit who can receive a mail ballot, The plaintiffs argued in two lawsuits that Trump’s order should be found unconstitutional because the states and Congress, not the president, have the power to set election rules.

U.S. Senate hopefuls Ken Paxton and Graham Platner are in Washington, D.C., to rally party support.

For a state that’s home to Hollywood, there isn’t much star power in California’s gubernatorial race.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will face more questions about the Trump administration’s fragile or stalling diplomatic efforts around the world in back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill for the first time since the Iran war began.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Amy Webb, Pete Sessions and Annette Gordon-Reed among newly announced TribFest voices helping us navigate a world in flux.

At least 248 data centers are planned to be built in Texas. Of those, nearly half will be built in unincorporated areas, where county officials are limited in their ability to regulate development, according to a Texas Tribune analysis.

President Donald Trump has found multiple ways to harness the presidency to benefit himself.

California’s congressional primaries were a preliminary test of Democrats’ best chance at countering Republican redistricting gains elsewhere this year.

Two Democrats and a Republican are leading in early returns in California’s crowded primary in the race to replace Gov. Gavin newsom.

The Senate race in Iowa is one of the most closely watched this year and the general election matchup is now set, with Democrats hoping for a gain.

Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek won Tuesday’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and will next try to flip the seat currently held by GOP Sen. Joni Ernst, who is retiring.

Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has clinched the Democratic nomination for New Mexico governor.

The Houston hospital must set up the facility within 90 days of the $10 million settlement it reached with the Texas attorney general and create a list of potential gender affirming patients.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says he is standing by Graham Platner in the wake of media reports that the Maine Senate candidate previously exchanged sexually explicit text messages with several women.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is drawing attention online after sharing an AI-generated image of himself wearing a San Antonio Spurs jersey and appearing to dunk a basketball over a player wearing a New York jersey.

The policy change was announced hours after the Department of Public Safety removed the Spanish language option for commercial driver’s license tests to align with federal guidance.

Reports say Scott Pelley has accused CBS head Bari Weiss of "murdering" the hugely successful “60 Minutes.”.

President Donald Trump is reconsidering whether to move forward with a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate his allies, a person familiar with his thinking said Monday.

Two LGBTQ+ groups called the lawsuit “frivolous,” saying plans for the event at a public pool had already changed to comply with a new Texas law.

A divided panel of federal appeal court judges has ruled that a Trump administration policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service.

In a story published Jun.

The almost billion-dollar plant, praised as a drought-resistant option, wouldn’t provide water until 2029. Opponents cite cost and environmental concerns.

Native American crops and storytelling connect students, families and culture at this Austin elementary.

Public school leaders told lawmakers how they're navigating finances, teacher quality and special education after last year’s state funding overhaul.

Former Colorado elections clerk and conspiracy theorist Tina Peters has been released from state prison.

California is heading toward an election with its two marquee races defined by uncertainty, while two outsider candidates are looking to crack open the state’s durable Democratic hierarchy.

The world is getting more uptight about lending money to President Donald Trump’s government.

Graham Platner’s wife has responded to news reports about his alleged sexually explicit texts with several women.

The U.S. military said it carried out another strike Saturday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men in the fourth attack this week and putting the total death toll at 205.

California voters face a crowded ballot with 61 names during Tuesday's primary to replace outgoing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

An upcoming celebration of America's 250th anniversary, called "The Great American State Fair," has faced challenges as several musical guests backed out due in part to its connections to President Donald Trump.

In a story published May.

The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a judge to recuse herself from a case involving Georgia election records.

Some New Jersey voters are starting to notice Tom Kean Jr.’s monthslong absence from Congress due to an undisclosed medical issue.

Public demand and the increasingly outspoken calls from the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse have driven Congress to mostly set aside party politics in an effort to search for accountability.

The El Paso tent camp has seen at least three detainee deaths, a measles outbreak and nearly 50 detention standards violations in less than a year of operation.

School officers across the state turned to heavy-handed tactics on children, often in response to minor misbehavior, investigation shows.

Iowa Democrats are deciding between Josh Turek and Zach Wahls in Tuesday's U.S. Senate primary.

The many candidates running for California governor rushed to deliver their closing arguments to voters in the race’s final days before the June 2 primary.

President Donald Trump is giving his endorsement to a January study by the Department of Health and Human Services that calls for cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every American child.

To counter what appeared to be a GOP push to elevate Maureen Galindo, who’d voiced antisemitic stereotypes, national Democrats carpet-bombed the San Antonio area with $1.7 million worth of ads.

President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican candidates in three contested gubernatorial primaries, where competition for his backing has dominated the contests.

La Union Del Pueblo Entero has seen engagement at its 8,000-member organization drop off after the Trump administration’s immigration raids.

Minnesota prosecutors say the agent lied about what led up to the shooting. He is now charged with four felonies and one misdemeanor.

A faculty senate survey found professors altered or were asked to change material in 277 courses after Texas Tech’s restrictions on race, sexuality and gender.

Former Houston City Council member Letitia Plummer defeated longtime local politician Annise Parker to win the Democratic nomination for Harris County judge in what political experts say might be a sign of the changing of the guard.

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill has sent state police to establish designated protest zones and vehicle checkpoints outside an immigration detention center in Newark.

A federal judge says New Hampshire must make it easier for voters to prove their U.S. citizenship.

New York Giants linebacker Abdul Carter says he felt the need to call out quarterback Jaxson Dart for introducing President Donald Trump because he felt it was his responsibility to show his teammates and others that he is against that.

In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, the president proclaimed “TRUMP’S MAKING FOOD AFFORDABLE,” and cited falling prices for a range of groceries, including avocados, fresh berries, and a variety of pantry staples.

Burrows relied on Democratic support to win the gavel last year, then green-lit a wave of conservative priorities.

With one main reservoir almost at capacity, the city may be on pace to delay an emergency declaration from December to early 2027.

Louisiana lawmakers have passed a new congressional map to pick up a Republican seat while leaving the state with one of its two majority-Black House districts.

A judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing it for major renovations.

Lacy Lakeview, a Waco suburb, said it is considering a data center project in efforts to boost their spending power to repair aging roads.