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How the Iowa caucuses work, why they're first — and why they're significant

Why does Iowa dominate the political conversation every four years around this time, and how do the caucuses even work? Let's explore why they matter in 2024.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and others in Congress to ask for more aid for his country's war against Russia.

Zelenskyy is making a last-ditch push to get more U.S. weapons and aid for Ukraine

President Biden has asked Congress for billions more in help for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. But Republicans have made it contingent on major changes in U.S. border policy.

The investigation of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has highlighted concerns about the Inspector General Office at the Department of Homeland Security.

DHS watchdog appointed by Trump has fueled an exodus of agency lawyers, sources say

The Jan. 6 investigation has brought new attention to tumult at the watchdog agency for the Department of Homeland Security. Now its Inspector General is under fire from multiple directions.

Academy of American Poets receives its largest-ever donation

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded two grants totaling more than $5.7 million to support the organization's Poet Laureates as well as a national alliance of organizations promoting poetry.

Eric Suter-Bull holds a Vote Uncommitted sign outside a voting location at Saline Intermediate School for the Michigan primary election in Dearborn, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Michigan is the last major primary state before Super Tuesday and a critical swing state in November's general election. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Drama accompanies Biden, Trump victories in Michigan primaries

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won Michigan’s Democratic and Republican primaries Tuesday as they continued their marches toward their nominations.

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters following a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

McCarthy revives immigration battles in bid to shift shutdown blame from GOP feuds

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy still faces a bloc of conservatives who oppose any short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown. He's trying to muscle through a partisan stopgap bill with border security.

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D), in a brief turn as acting governor, signed a bill Friday to allow voters to request an absentee ballot through a state portal, a policy first adopted during the early days of COVID-19.

Benson gets to sign bill adopting SOS ballot policy

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson recently got to sign a voting rights law while Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist were both out of state.

A trash can overflows as people sit outside of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained plastics in modern life

Plastic has become embedded in everyday life. That’s because for the last 70 years, the plastics industry convinced consumers to embrace the material for its low cost and disposability.

Harper Hill, via a video message, announcing his

Hill Harper, an actor on 'CSI: NY' and 'The Good Doctor,' is running for the US Senate in Michigan

An actor best known for his roles on “CSI: NY” and “The Good Doctor” will run for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat and challenge U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin for the Democratic nomination. Hill Harper is the sixth Democratic candidate to announce a bid for the seat being vacated by Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow in 2024.

Rep. Jamie Raskin at his home in Takoma Park, Md. on June 12, 2023.

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, free from cancer, weighs a Senate run

Raskin has given himself until July 4th to announce his plans. He's weighing a run for the U.S. Senate after going into remission following intensive cancer treatment.

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