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President Donald Trump has nominated a Justice Department official to an open seat on a key civil rights agency, signaling his administration's determination to forge ahead with efforts to dismantle diversity policies it claims discriminate against ...

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that residents and businesses in Portland, Oregon, had no constitutional right to avoid exposure to chemical irritants such as tear gas deployed by federal officers protecting ICE's facility in the city.

Rep.-elect LaKesha Womack, a community organizer who stunned her own Democratic Party by defeating a well-known North Carolina Republican on her shoestring $56,000 campaign budget, said she's excited to arrive in Washington and show what's possible.

California voters have rejected a one-time wealth tax on billionaires.

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan was elected as Republican House minority leader on Tuesday for the next Congress.

The Mississippi Senate race between incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democratic challenger Scott Colom has yet to be called one week after the election.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, was seen on video offering no response to questions about the midterms.

Florida is investigating the Democratic Socialists of America over contributions from China and Cuba and whether the organization accepted "tens of thousands of dollars" to fund DSA delegations to meet with government officials in the two communist ...

The Justice Department warned the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the entire system of federal administrative fines could topple if the justices rule that the Labor Department can't unilaterally assess fines on employers who abuse the farm worker guest ...

Sen. Bernard Sanders, a leading voice for the socialist wing of the Democratic Party, said Tuesday he won't support Charles E. Schumer for Senate majority leader.