WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is in discussions to potentially send more than 1,000 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort and…

Democrats are celebrating an election win in Virginia that could put them slightly ahead in the national redistricting competition that President Donald Trump triggered in an attempt to preserve his party’s House majority in this year’s midterms. But Tuesday's vote won’t be the final round. The new Virginia maps face a court challenge and could be tossed. Meanwhile, Florida Republicans are poised to begin a special session on redistricting and could give the GOP more seats in the state. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule in a case that could lead to more Republican seats by eliminating districts drawn to elect minorities.

Georgia's Democratic congressman David Scott has died at age 80. Scott was the first Black chairman of the House Agriculture Committee and was seeking his 13th term in Congress despite challenges from within his party. Scott was the Democrats’ ranking member on the Agriculture Committee, despite most recently representing a metro Atlanta district. The congressman was once a leading voice for Democrats on farm aid policy and food aid for consumers and a prominent Black member of the moderate Blue Dog caucus. But Scott faced criticism and concerns in recent years because of declining health. Scott was born in South Carolina and graduated from Florida A&M University and the University of Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with Michigan in ruling that the state's lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — To President Donald Trump, the Kennedy Center is a “tired, broken, and dilapidated” building in urgent need of repair. To ar…

The Supreme Court is clearing the way for a veteran wounded by a suicide bomb in Afghanistan to sue the government contractor for whom the attacker was working when he built the explosive. The court ruled Wednesday in the case of a former Army specialist, Winston Hencely. He was wounded in a 2016 explosion at Bagram Airfield that killed five people. Hencely sued after an Army investigation faulted the company’s failure to supervise an Afghan employee who built the vest on the job site inside the base. Wednesday's ruling reverses lower courts that found the company was immune because it was working during wartime for the federal government.

More kids than ever are attending state-funded preschool in the U.S., 1.8 million of them the last school year. A report by the National Institute of Early Education Research finds that 37% of 4-year-olds and about 10% of 3-year-olds are enrolled. However access to free preschool remains uneven across states. California contributed significantly to the increase by making all 4-year-olds eligible for a program called “transitional kindergarten.” But the rapid rollout meant the state missed many quality benchmarks last school year. Evidence shows that high-quality preschool can positively impact a child's future, but challenges such as uneven access and funding persist.

A Republican senator juggling three roles — lawmaker, doctor and political candidate seeking reelection — has walked a fine line as he questioned Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sen. Bill Cassidy supported Kennedy's confirmation as health secretary but is a strong vaccine advocate and has clashed with him over vaccine policies. Kennedy was a longtime anti-vaccine activist before entering politics and has moved to dramatically scale back vaccine guidance in the Trump administration. Wednesday's hearings come as Cassidy faces a competitive primary election in his home state of Louisiana in less than a month. Cassidy asked Kennedy about the rise of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles as he took a tough but measured posture throughout his questioning.