Alison is a senior news reporter covering US politics and legal news. Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein pose for a portrait during a party at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on Feb. 12, 2000.

Trump celebrated the Senate’s 77-22 passage of the Protect College Sports Act, which would set national college sports rules but still needs House approval. Oct. 4—The U.S. Senate this week passed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — State Rep. Brandon Dules (D-Butler) has introduced legislation that would expand exemptions to the ...

Two Republican lawmakers are introducing a bill that would put a cap on the number of international students college sports teams can add to their rosters. The Training and Education for American ...

A group of federal lawmakers, including both of Oregon's senators and Rep. Val Hoyle, has introduced legislation that would rein in corporate ownership of medical practices, largely mirroring a law ...

The first day of fall is almost here, and the days are already getting shorter — a sign that the end of daylight saving time is approaching. At the same time, lawmakers have been considering the ...

LONDON (AP) — U.K. lawmakers on Friday voted down legislation to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives. Following an impassioned four-hour debate in the elected ...

A bipartisan AI safety bill from senators Amy Klobuchar, Ted Cruz, and John Thune may be introduced as early as next week, Semafor reported, citing unnamed sources. Klobuchar told Semafor in a ...

Senate Ag Committee Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., alongside other Senate Republicans, speaks to members of the press on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) Senate Agriculture Committee ...

A pair of state legislators want a deeper conversation around New Jersey’s history of slavery and reparations to become a regular part of the school curriculum. The bill, called ”The Truth, ...

Lawmakers face pressure to respond to growing alarm over artificial intelligence, after a researcher from leading AI company Anthropic resigned and said in a public X thread that AI could “kill us all ...

You may be under the impression that Bill Belichick has a lot more pressing matters than addressing the role his 25-year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson has as it relates to his head coaching job at the ...