AP National News

President Donald Trump's administration says it’s appealing a Maryland federal judge’s ruling that blocks the president’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for people whose parents are not legally in the country

A California teenager was sentenced to four years in prison in a case involving hundreds of swatting calls, including to a Florida mosque among other institutions and individuals

Wisconsin’s top education official faces challengers on the right and left as she runs for re-election

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Tuesday that would continue downsizing the federal workforce

President Donald Trump’s most powerful adviser, Elon Musk, has made a rare public appearance at the White House to defend the swift and extensive cuts he’s pushing across the federal government while acknowledging there may be mistakes

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been thrown a lifeline by the Trump administration

Authorities in Detroit are investigating the deaths of two children who likely froze to death in a van outside a casino

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has dismissed a $97.4 billion takeover bid led by rival Elon Musk, but the unsolicited offer could complicate Altman’s push to transform the maker of ChatGPT into a for-profit company

A federal judge has left intact a ban that prevents Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records containing sensitive personal data for millions of Americans, though she made clear that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is exempt

Marc Fogel, an American teacher who was deemed wrongfully detained by Russia, has been released and returned to the U.S. in what the White House described as a diplomatic thaw that could advance negotiations to end the war in Ukraine