politics

The terms "open rule," "structured rule" and "modified open-rule" don’t mean much to people who don’t toil on Capitol Hill. But those phrases speak volumes if you want to understand…

Wisconsin wildlife officials on Friday released thousands of public comments on a new wolf management plan, some calling for the restoration of a statewide population limit and others urging a…

Republican lawmakers say their proposed North Carolina budget addresses inflation with big worker raises while spending cautiously, after the state House approved the two-year plan Thursday. The chamber voted 78-38…

Colmon Elridge, the chairman of the Kentucky Democratic Party, prompted backlash during Christian Holy Week after he compared Republicans to Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus to death.  "In…

A federal judge in Texas has ordered a halt to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion pill mifepristone on Friday.  Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Matthew J.…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., renewed her calls for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be impeached after a report detailed the justice's close relationship with a billionaire Republican donor —…

Federal regulators said Friday that railroads need to re-examine how they assemble their trains after a string of derailments in recent years that were at least partly caused by the…

Bodycam and dashcam footage from the Texas Department of Public Safety shows a driver in Zavala County, Texas, attempting to drive his car into a law enforcement officer as he…

The North Carolina House voted on Wednesday for a Republican-backed budget measure that would fund the state government for the next two years, including billions in spending for infrastructure and…

China this week dismissed the idea it is the source of fentanyl that is being trafficked across the U.S.-Mexico border, and said the drug crisis was "completely made in the…