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A Democrat who represented southeast Wisconsin in Congress in the 1990s before going on to become a leader in the Assembly and state revenue secretary announced Thursday that he's running for Congress again.

Peter Barca announced his bid against Republican U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, who is seeking a fourth term. Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District, previously represented by former House Speaker Paul Ryan, leans Republican but was made more competitive under new boundary lines adopted in 2022.

The seat is a target for Democrats nationally as they...

Newly released emails between a top colleague of

A man who’s served more than half of his life in prison for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of two married Dartmouth College professors as part of a plan to rob and kill people before fleeing overseas has been granted parole

Booming sales of cold drinks at Starbucks stores have created a problem: growing amounts of plastic waste from the single-use cups that Frappuccinos, Refreshers, cold brews and other iced drinks are served in

A juror has been excused from duty in Donald Trump's hush-money trial in New York.

A leader of the AfD party is on trial for saying the words "All for Germany!" at a 2021 rally.

Italy's prime minister hits back at Spanish criticism of a bill allowing anti-abortion groups in clinics.

A spate of strikes and retaliations has left dead and injured on both sides of the border.

The junta has accused three diplomats of "subversive activities", which France has denied.

The actress responds to Hollywood producer Carol Baum saying: "She's not pretty, she can't act."

Millions are bracing for a new round of storms after at least 27 tornadoes were reported across seven states from Kansas to Ohio this week.

The Maine Legislature has approved sweeping gun safety legislation nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history

TikTok may be facing a crossroads sooner than later, with a divest-or-ban bill getting fast-tracked in Congress.

The bill, which would require TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance either to sell the popular social media network or face a ban in the U.S., has been attached to an aid package for Ukraine and Israel, according to a memo issued by House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana.

"We expect the vote on final passage on these bills to be on Saturday evening," Johnson wrote in the memo to House Republicans.

"It is unfortunate that...

A meeting to advance Speaker Mike Johnson’s latest border security bill abruptly ended on Wednesday night without a vote on whether the measure will hit the House floor.

"Sorry, not sorry, for opposing a cr---y rule that is a show vote / cover vote for funding Ukraine instead of border security," Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, wrote on X after the meeting imploded.

He’s one of three Republican foreign aid hawks on the House Rules Committee, which is the final barrier before a piece of legislation hits the House floor.

It comes as conservative rebels in...

One of the jurors selected and sworn in earlier this week to serve on the jury for former President Trump’s criminal trial was excused Thursday morning after she said she no longer believed she could be fair.

Seven jurors were selected and sworn in on Tuesday during the second day of jury selection. The court does not meet on Wednesdays for the Trump trial, and it reconvened for the third day of jury selection on Thursday morning.

Juror #2, a woman who lived on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and works as a nurse, returned to court Thursday morning...