State & National News

Judge temporarily blocks release of special counsel report on Trump cases as court fight...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on investigations into Donald Trump...

U.S. House GOP kicks off new session with border security push

WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The U.S. House passed its first bill of the 119th Congress Tuesday, a measure that increases migrant detention and is...

Jimmy Carter is back in the Washington area, where he remained an outsider

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to the Washington area...

Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland...

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control...

Visitors to Carter Center pay one last Georgia visit before casket heads to D.C....

ATLANTA (Georgia Recorder) — Admirers of former President Jimmy Carter braved frigid temperatures Monday to pay respects to the late president before his six-day...

Rudy Giuliani is in contempt of court in $148 million defamation case

NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court Monday for failing to properly respond to requests for information as he...

Harris calls it a ‘good day’ for democracy as she oversees peaceful certification of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — There was no drama on Monday as Kamala Harris oversaw the ceremonial certification of her defeat to Donald Trump. The vice...

What to know about President Jimmy Carter lying in state at the U.S. Capitol

WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — Former President Jimmy Carter will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C., beginning Tuesday at 7...

Louisiana AG orders security investigation as Biden directs resources to help New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill ordered on Monday an investigation into safety and security deficiencies in New Orleans, where an...

Trump’s election as president certified by Congress, four years after Capitol attack

WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — Lawmakers certified President-elect Donald Trump’s win Monday in a smooth process that four years ago was disrupted by a violent...

Biden signs bill expanding Social Security benefits for retired teachers, public employees

WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — President Joe Biden has expanded Social Security benefits for more than 2 million Americans by signing broadly bipartisan legislation that...

Biden issues ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters. Trump...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort...