Katie Zacharia is out as White House press secretary after five days, leaving the administration without a permanent chief spokesperson weeks before the midterms....

Social Security and SSI benefits will rise 3.6% in 2027, adding about $75 a month to the average retired worker’s payment....

Harris County is set to operate 589 Election Day vote centers on Nov. 3, down 193 from the 2022 midterms, with steep reductions in Acres...

Texas officials say counties have cleared a backlog of more than 500,000 voter-registration records days before early voting, but questions remain about the yearlong software...

The FBI and Postal Inspection Service are investigating suspicious-substance letters sent to congressional and election offices nationwide, with evacuations reported in Louisiana and Oklahoma....