By JONATHAN MATTISE, LEAH ASKARINAM and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For weeks, a Tennessee special election was flying under the radar in a heavily Republican congressional district. But now funding from President Donald Trump's allies and an appearance by ...

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says its plan to dismantle the Education Department offers a fix for the nation's lagging academics — a solution that could free schools from the strictures of federal influence. Yet to some school and ...

By The Associated Press Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat who served as a House manager in President Donald Trump's 2021 impeachment trial, has launched his bid for California governor. Swalwell highlighted his desire to help Californians prosper as he announced his candidacy on ABC's "Jimmy ...

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, LISA MASCARO and SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as ...

By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent a recent Wednesday showered in praise from the vice president and health technology CEOs at a glitzy "Make America Healthy Again" event in Washington, designed to celebrate the health secretary's successes and ...

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The board overseeing Alabama public libraries on Thursday voted to remove books that discuss being transgender from the teen and children's sections of all public libraries in the state. The Alabama action is the latest salvo in ...