U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts has secured the Democratic nomination in his bid for a third term in office.

The 80-year-old senator fended off the 47-year-old representative in a primary that offered a twist on anti-incumbent clashes this cycle.

The 80-year-old prevails in the Democratic primary over Rep. Seth Moulton

Ed Markey, the 80-year-old Democratic senator from Massachusetts, has seen off a primary challenge from his much younger opponent Seth Moulton in a rebuke to calls for generational change in Washington.

The House on Tuesday passed a measure to extend government funding into December, averting a shutdown in the final stretch of the campaign ahead of the November midterm elections. The Senate approved the short-term bipartisan funding bill in early August before its five-week recess,

La., said after the vote on Tuesday that “we are not going to have our troops in harm’s way without getting paychecks, we’re not going to have the Coast Guard, TSA, other central functions

The House passed a bill Tuesday to fund the government into December, allowing lawmakers to circumvent a politically fraught battle and potential shutdown just weeks before the midterm elections. The House voted 370-48 to pass the stopgap bill,

The House has passed a short-term measure to fund the federal government into early December. What's next for budget talks as election season heats up? (AP Photo)

An anonymous whistleblower is raising concerns that the U.S. Postal Service is unprepared to carry out President Trump’s executive order that requires USPS to only transmit mail ballots to people on a federal list of citizens,

The Trump administration is asking an appeals court to lift an order pausing a USPS plan to implement Trump’s new mail voting restrictions.

The Supreme Court is allowing the White House to continue construction on President Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project while his administration appeals a judge’s order halting th

The whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service has ignored court orders and moving forward with a plan to change vote by mail as we know it.

A Utah judge ruled Tuesday that there is sufficient evidence for Tyler Robinson to stand trial for the murder of Charlie Kirk.

Tyler James Robinson, the 23-year-old accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, will face murder charges, a judge in Utah ruled Tuesday.

Utah District Judge Tony Graf on Tuesday sided with prosecutors who said they had “overwhelming” evidence that suspect Tyler Robinson shot Kirk once in the neck as the ally of President Donald Trump spoke to a crowd of thousands last September in Orem,

Nearly a year after Charlie ⁠Kirk ⁠was shot dead at a Utah ⁠university, a judge on Tuesday is expected to rule whether the Utah ​man accused of killing the conservative activist will stand trial and whether he should face the death penalty.

President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on Aug. 31 that data center critics could 'kill the Golden Goose' that could make them rich and happy.

President Donald Trump on Monday again championed the spread of data centers despite growing bipartisan backlash ahead of the midterms in November. In a post to Truth Social, the president insisted data centers will lead to richer,

The giant computing sites that power AI are increasingly opposed by communities across the country, a signal of voters’ concern about a changing economy.

President Donald Trump doubled down on his support of data centers, writing on Truth Social that the only reason anyone would oppose them is if they "want to end up being backwards and poor."

"As we go through tonight, the heaviest rain will fall near the track of Edouard inland," Lanza wrote. "This should theoretically line up somewhere between Crockett, Huntsville, and Lake Livingston." Some high-resolution models show the potential for 5 to 10 inches or more around that corridor,

Tropical Storm Edouard churned ⁠out ⁠of the Gulf of ⁠Mexico and sloshed ashore near the Texas-Louisiana border on ​Tuesday, packing sustained winds of up to 60 miles per hour and ‌unleashing soaking downpours.

As the Tropical Storm Edouard moves northwest from the Gulf Coast, some districts are planning to cancel school in case of severe weather conditions.

Tropical Storm Edouard has triggered hurricane watches and warnings along the northwestern Gulf Coast after forming on Monday, Aug. 31.