Politics & Policy

He made the announcement Wednesday night at a town hall in New Hampshire just hours before the fifth debate of the 2024 election cycle kicked off without him.

Republicans subpoenaed Hunter Biden to testify behind closed doors in December, but he refused to comply, insisting he will only testify in public.

The governor wants to target medical debt to help families, and to position the Garden State as a leader in generative AI.

The move runs counter to other efforts — including at the federal level — to restrict the use of AI in government work.

The U.S. and Israel are united in the war against Hamas but sharply divided over Gaza’s future.

Without support from the most conservative members of his party, Johnson will have to rely heavily on Democratic support to avert a government shutdown.

The men with faces covered entered the set of the TC Television network in the port city of Guayaquil and shouted that they had “bombs.”

The statement from Walter Reed is the first indication of why Lloyd Austin was hospitalized on New Year's Day. It still doesn't answer why no one was informed.

A bill would make it mandatory for Pennsylvania lawmakers to forego pay during a budget impasse. At least one member says it could force votes for the wrong reason.

A 15-cent bag fee passed City Council, then died on Mayor Kenney’s desk. Proponents aren’t giving up, but the new mayor’s stance isn’t clear.

If signed by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, the bill won’t go into effect until 2026, after Murphy leaves office and lawmakers face voters in the regular 2025 general election.

Looming over the legislature is a court ruling that declared the state’s education funding system to be unconstitutionally inequitable and ordered lawmakers to correct it.

The Pentagon’s failure to disclose Austin’s hospitalization reflects a stunning lack of transparency about his illness, how serious it was and when he may be released.

The deal — which has yet to pass Congress — adheres to the spending levels agreed to by President Biden and former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy in a deal last summer.

The mission is the Secretary of State's fourth to the region in the three months since the war began.