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Top House Democrats want to revive the spending practice that allows members to request money for specific projects. It has been effectively banned since 2011.

Jeffrey Rosen will serve as the acting attorney general for the last few weeks of the Trump presidency. NPR takes a look at Rosen's background and the pressures he may face.

The postmaster general spoke to dozens of the nation's top election officials Thursday, ahead of an election season that will see record numbers of mail ballots.

Text messages of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló private communication with cabinet members leaked and show derisive, profanity-laced messages about political foes.

A judge could rule whether Britney Spears' father will be removed as conservator of her estate. In June, Spears revealed she's had no control over her finances or personal life for the past 13 years.

The rules follow controversies surrounding trades by the presidents of two regional Fed banks. Critics say the rules don't go far enough.

President Biden signed the bipartisan infrastructure bill into law Monday, surrounded by members of both parties. But some of the Republicans backing the bill face death threats.

The Newsweek editor looks at how women helped bring about peace in Liberia; how they're changing the state of marriage throughout Asia; and the rise of Christine Lagarde to the top of that notoriously male-dominated institution, the International Monetary Fund.

The top U.N. human rights official said Saturday that she raised concerns with Chinese officials about the impact of measures on the rights of Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region.

Portugal's Luiz Felipe Scolari and England's Sven-Goran Eriksson are top international soccer coaches. The resemblance pretty much ends there. The World Cup paths of Scolari, a hot-blooded, mustachioed South American, and Eriksson, a cool, fair-haired Scandinavian, cross in the World Cup quarterfinals Saturday.