Democrats' crushing loss in Montana's nationally important U.S. Senate race settled a fierce political debate over whether a surge of newcomers in the past decade favored Republicans.
President-elect Donald Trump launched a blitz of picks for his Cabinet, but he took his time settling on billionaire investor Scott Bessent as his choice for treasury secretary.
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction and deregulation, to serve as his next treasury secretary.
A freelance photographer has been arrested on charges that he joined a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol and pushed against a police officer's riot shield.
A coalition of conservation groups and Native American tribal citizens have asked President Joe Biden to designate thousands of acres of rugged, scenic Badlands as North Dakota's first national monument.
CNN wants a defamation lawsuit against it filed by North Carolina's lieutenant governor dismissed. Mark Robinson filed the suit against the network for its report saying he once made explicit posts on a pornography website's message board.
The Supreme Court has stepped into a major legal fight over the $8 billion a year the federal government spends to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas, in a new test of federal regulatory power.
Gov. Josh Shapiro says he'll divert more than $150 million in federal highway funding to help Philadelphia's mass transit system avoid near-term service cutbacks and delay fare increases.
