Virginia voters will begin the new year filling state Senate and House vacancies on Tuesday in a trio of special elections that could determine control of the narrowly divided chambers.

Most of the U.S. holds its major primary and general elections in even-numbered years, but there are a handful of places where competitive congressional, state and local-level contests will be happening in 2025.

Some transgender people worry President Joe Biden did not do enough to shield them from the torrent of Trump policies to come.

Republican Mike Johnson has narrowly won reelection to the House speakership on a dramatic first-ballot vote, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts in a tense standoff.

A new poll finds that Republican voters are more confident in the accuracy of U.S. elections now that Donald Trump has won.

President Joe Biden has awarded the Medal of Honor to military recipients who displayed heroism and self-sacrifice in combat and the Medal of Valor to first responders who put their own lives at risk to save others.

Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of California has always stood apart.

It was a decision that robbed hundreds of athletes of their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic glory.

President Joe Biden has awarded the second-highest civilian medal to Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson, leaders of the congressional investigation into the Capitol riot.

The FBI says it recovered the black flag of the Islamic State group from the truck that an American man from Texas smashed into New Year’s partygoers in New Orleans’ French Quarter.

If you think elections are once every four years, think again. They’re not even only in November. In Florida, voters potentially have at least one election every year. That’s because many local governments have elections in “off” years, and 2025 is no exception.

Former President Jimmy Carter was widely known as a man of faith, a born-again Christian who defined himself as a progressive evangelical.