Legal experts say when National Guard members are deployed into what could be volatile situations with citizens, they could ...

After declaring a public safety emergency Aug. 11 in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump suggested that declaring a national emergency would let him bypass the law’s limits.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s capital challenged President Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department in court on ...

Back in early spring, Trump’s efforts upended the U.S. Institute of Peace, among other institutions and departments. On ...

The deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., affects all Americans, even Mainers. Washington is our seat of government — and like our nation, it is meant to be governed by citizens and ...

The showdown in Washington is the latest attempt by Trump to test the boundaries of his legal authority to carry out his tough-on-crime agenda, relying on obscure statutes and a supposed state of ...

Among those arrested is a minor with Down syndrome who has been separated from his family and was sent to the state of New ...

Texas redistricting fight nears conclusion{beacon}President Trump made new demands for peace between Russia and Ukraine as he touched down in Alaska at 2:20 p.m. Eastern on Friday for a ...

President Donald Trump ‘s face-to-face high-stakes summit with President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday could determine ...

Trump compels his followers to endorse obvious lies. It’s accelerating the country’s descent in authoritarianism.

Historically, it takes U.S. officials roughly 18 months to negotiate a new trade agreement with another country. That boils ...

As the Trump administration seeks to halt D.C. policies limiting police cooperation with immigration authorities and touts immigrant arrests, advocates decry “scare tactics.” ...