Admiral Frank Mitchell Bradley, known as Mitch, is under scrutiny for ordering a second military strike in the Caribbean, which killed two survivors of a boat targeted for drug smuggling. Despite having congressional authority, Bradley’s actions are being questioned by lawmakers from both parties.
Gov. Janet Mills and other Maine Democrats are pushing back on the Trump administration's threat to withhold administrative funding for a food stamp program.
Republican Matt Van Epps won a nationally watched special election in Tennessee for a U.S. House seat Tuesday, maintaining his party's grip on the conservative district with help from President Donald Trump.
Luigi Mangione is due back in court on Tuesday for the second day of a hearing in his bid to bar New York prosecutors from using evidence that they say links him to last year's killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The Northeast was getting ready Tuesday for its first major snowstorm of the season, just as the Midwest began to escape snow and ice that snarled travel after the Thanksgiving holiday.
The Trump administration's maneuvers to keep the president's former lawyer Alina Habba in place as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor were illegal and she is disqualified, a federal appeals court said Monday.