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.

Hamas agreed to release the last of the hostages from its 2023 attack on Israel but said the rest of a US peace plan would be subject to negotiation, a stance that offered uncertain hopes for an end to the conflict in Gaza.

About 200 Oregon Army National Guard soldiers were activated under the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, US Northern Command says in a statement.

Chris Gober, an attorney that helped Elon Musk’s America PAC raise more than $250 million to support President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, launched a congressional campaign in Texas on Friday.

China is pushing the Trump administration to roll back national-security restrictions on Chinese deals in the US, dangling the prospect of a massive investment package as part of a proposal that would upend a decade of policy.

The Trump administration dropped requirements for $1.3 billion in grants that said states must support and aid federal immigration enforcement to qualify for funds supporting crime victims.

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva’s swearing-in to the House will likely be further punted after GOP leaders canceled next week’s planned session amid the shutdown standoff.

A unit of Fluor Corp. was sued Friday by a former subcontractor who claims the company enforced illegal wage-fixing and anti-poaching agreements that robbed him and others of fair pay.

Four large solicitations emerged during the final run-up to the new fiscal year and four moved into the formal bid stage before a government shutdown cast uncertainty over agency procurement plans.

The Justice Department has directed US attorneys to proceed on all civil immigration cases during the government shutdown, departing from protocols that restricted work on such matters when federal funding lapses.

The US Supreme Court said Friday that it will consider whether to revive a suit alleging freight broker C.H. Robinson’s negligence in hiring a driver caused an Illinois truck crash.

President Donald Trump is weighing slashing “thousands” of federal jobs ahead of a meeting with his budget director, Russell Vought, as the White House looks to ratchet up pressure on Democrats to end a government shutdown that has entered its second day.

Atlanta business leaders are backing Mayor Andre Dickens’ decision to give up tens of millions of dollars in federal airport funding rather than dismantle diversity programs, deepening a clash with the Trump administration that is spreading to cities nationwide.

The First Circuit will consider two lawsuits alleging insurers are discriminating against their policyholders by failing to cover popular GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic when they are prescribed for obesity.

As a young lawyer working in the Reagan administration, John Roberts once quipped that only Supreme Court Justices and schoolchildren are “expected to and do take the entire summer off.”

A Texas couple voluntarily dismissed their legal challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s former school bus Wi-Fi subsidy program, ending the case Friday without a court ruling

Former US Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal said the agency is “completely exceeding its authority” by implementing new restrictions on patent validity challenges, a policy shift she warned is emboldening patent assertion entities and threatening US innovation.

Chris Gober, an attorney that helped Elon Musk’s America PAC raise more than $250 million to support President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, launched a congressional campaign in Texas on Friday.

McDermott International Inc. will have to face a class, with subclasses, of investors in a suit over the company’s 2018 acquisition of Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday.