Democrat Derek Tran won the Nov. 5 election in California’s 45th Congressional District over Rep. Michelle Steel (R), who conceded Wednesday.

Republican Nick Begich unseated Rep. Mary Peltola (D) in Alaska’s at-large Congressional District, the Associated Press said Wednesday.

Democrat Janelle Bynum unseated Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer in Oregon’s 5th District, the Associated Press said Thursday.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) asked a federal court to prevent special counsel Jack Smith from destroying documents related to his investigation and prosecution of president-elect Donald Trump.

The idea of injecting more politics into filling state supreme court seats through partisan elections has taken hold in some Republican circles, and momentum could pick up after the party’s success this week in North Carolina and Ohio.

A convicted felon in New York may help determine whether Republicans hold all the levers of government in Washington next year.

The US Department of Defense is set to invest in L3Harris Technologies Inc.’s missile unit with a $1 billion convertible preferred security, tightening the direct links between the government and a major defense contractor.

Global central bankers threw their support behind Chairman Jerome Powell after the Trump administration ratcheted up its already unprecedented pressure campaign against the Federal Reserve.

President Donald Trump said he would cut off federal funding to so-called sanctuary cities at the end of the month as part of his administration’s efforts to address fraud, in the latest escalation over immigration policy with Democratic jurisdictions.

The two California lawmakers who proposed legislation last session to amend certain provisions of the Los Angeles “mansion tax” say they won’t be revisiting the effort this session.

The Justice Department is standing behind President Donald Trump’s handpicked US attorney in Virginia even though a judge found she was unlawfully appointed.

The US budget deficit shrank to $1.67 trillion for the 2025 calendar year, the smallest in three years, thanks mainly to a record surge in customs revenue.

The US Department of Defense is set to invest in L3Harris Technologies Inc.’s missile unit with a $1 billion convertible preferred security, tightening the direct links between the government and a major defense contractor.

IBM can move forward with a $162 million task order to provide IT architecture and engineering to US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the GAO said in a decision released Tuesday.

Omni Fed LLC is cleared to perform a $472 million US Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency order for IT cloud services and development, among other services, the US Government Accountability Office ruled.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegsethlamented the defense industry’s “risk-averse culture” and praised Elon Musk during a visit to the SpaceX Starbase launch site, offering fresh evidence that the billionaire is back in the White House’s good graces after a dramatic falling out last year.

US Senator Mark Kelly sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, asking a federal court to vacate the Pentagon chief’s letter censuring the Arizona Democrat and block a move to lower his military retirement rank.

A Minnesota city and an assortment of clean energy advocates were partially successful Monday after a federal court judge found the government acted unlawfully when cutting grants in blue states.

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole, the New York law firm known for representing SPACs, is combining with an intellectual property boutique in a second move this year to expand offerings.

A full panel of Ninth Circuit judges overturned Tuesday the court’s decades-long precedent of granting an exception to the federal rule of criminal procedure’s “plain error” review standard when the issue on appeal is a “pure question of law.”

The first international fraternity founded on the campus of a historically black college claims a current member is violating trademark laws by promoting “falsely branded” unauthorized events at a large upcoming annual meeting.

The Justice Department is standing behind President Donald Trump’s handpicked US attorney in Virginia even though a judge found she was unlawfully appointed.

The US Supreme Court signaled it’s likely to uphold state laws that ban transgender girls and women from competing for their schools on female athletic teams, tackling a fraught issue that has become a lightning rod across American society.

Jerome Powell was clear: No beehives or terraced roof gardens. No new fountains or fancy marble. No special elevators or VIP dining rooms.