Politics

President-elect Donald Trump paid his respects on Wednesday as President Jimmy Carter lay in state at the Capitol Rotunda as part of state funeral rites.

Jimmy Carter’s funeral service will be held Thursday. From where to watch to the schedule and more, here’s everything to know.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has responded sarcastically to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to block criminal proceedings in his hush money case in New York, ahead of a sentencing hearing scheduled for Friday.

The bill, named for a nursing school student who was murdered by a man in the country illegally, passed the House last year. The new Republican-controlled Senate is expected to take it up Friday.

Fresh from pouring his money and energies into helping Donald Trump win reelection, Elon Musk has trained his sights on Europe..

Prosecutors say the 36-year-old Santos has earned more than $400,000 from appearances on Cameo, the video-sharing website, and another $400,000 from a new documentary.

Maryland lawmakers face an historic budget deficit when the next session of the General Assembly begins Wednesday, and it could impact taxes and services. The deficit is projected to be $2.7 billion. “Everything is on the table this year,” House Democratic Majority Leader David Moon said.  That means cuts as well as increases in revenue throug...

Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington on Tuesday for state funeral rites.

Greenland’s government described the visit as a private one. And Denmark said “Greenland is not for sale.”

He did not provide details on when or how he would make a possible change.

Virginia Democrats have preserved their Statehouse majority in special elections. The special elections Tuesday were the first official races in Virginia since November’s general election. President-elect Donald Trump’s win had left many Democrats reckoning with their losses in federal elections. They were able to retain their Statehouse majo...

The injunction lasts until three days after the 11th Circuit rules on a pending request to block the release of the report over a separate matter involving Trump’s co-defendants.