Police and court records obtained by The Associated Press show that deputies who were accepted to a Mississippi sheriff's department's special tactical unit have been involved in at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another seriously wounded

Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou departed for a tour of China Monday, in what he called an attempt to reduce tensions a day after Taiwan lost one of its few remaining diplomatic partners to China

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says it has agreed on the sale of troubled Silicon Valley Bank to North Carolina-based First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. The sale involves the sale of all deposits and loans of SVB to First-Citizens

Massachusetts Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has announced she will seek a third term in 2024

Response rates to federal surveys have been dropping in recent years due to growing public concern about privacy and online scams

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is beginning her first full day in Africa as she meets with Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo

The Supreme Court seems skeptical of making a broad ruling that would leave state legislatures virtually unchecked when making rules for elections for Congress and the presidency

The Supreme Court is taking up a case with the potential to reshape elections for Congress and the presidency

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a runoff election in Georgia

California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to use Medicaid money to pay for housing for some vulnerable people

Hundreds of women are traveling weekly to the southern tip of Illinois to secure an abortion

Police in South Texas say that two migrants have been found dead and at least 10 have been hospitalized after authorities received a call that they were “suffocating” in a freight train car traveling near the U.S.-Mexico border