Politics

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s suggestion on Tuesday that the United States might reclaim the Panama Canal — potentially by force...

Nonetheless, it seemed at times like Mr. Trump was already president, in large part because Mr. Biden has faded from...

The U.S. government asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to stop Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the man accused of planning...

The ceremonial swearing-in of new senators is normally a perfunctory part of the start of a new Congress, a ritual...

President-elect Donald J. Trump was at the lectern talking through the approaching inauguration of his second term. But across the...

Crossings into the United States from Mexico have dropped sharply since last year. But countries south of the U.S. border...

Former President Jimmy Carter is set to arrive in Washington on Tuesday to be honored in death as the city...

Former President Jimmy Carter, who disavowed the trappings of the imperial presidency and never gave up his humble Georgia roots,...

Defense lawyers asked both the Justice Department and a federal judge on Monday night to stop the special counsel, Jack...

The Defense Department has reached a sweeping settlement with tens of thousands of people who were dismissed from military service...