Millions of women formed a massive human chain in the southern Indian state of Kerala on January 1 after being denied access to one of the world's largest Hindu pilgrimage sites.
The president might resolve to keep his mouth shut some and silencing his cellphone more this year. Pelosi too could work on her public speaking and maybe use notes a bit more to remind of the subject at hand.
U.S border officials fired tear gas at migrants on the US-Mexico border in Tijuana on January 1. At least 100 migrants attempted to enter the US illegally in the incident, CNN reported.
Democrats take charge of the House in January and are ready to investigate a myriad of Trump White House issues, including Cabinet secretaries’ travel and family detention policies. But above all, they don’t want to go too fast or interrupt Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
A new two-year presidential election cycle is about to begin. From exploratory committees to caucuses to convetions to the general election, here is how to follow the fight for the White House.
Democrat Dan McCready’s campaign listed 48 witnesses for the state board of elections to subpoena for a scheduled Jan. 11 hearing into possible election fraud in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.
A look back at political events, trends, stories, personalities and crises both real and imagined, through the always-skeptical eyes of the Lexington Herald-Leaders Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist.
A program called PACE makes it possible for people with equity in their homes to get easy money for clean energy improvements, regardless of income. But some warn this can lead to financial hardship, even foreclosure.
The Trump administration is expected to take steps to block a historic agreement that would allow Cuban baseball players from joining Major League Baseball in the United States without having to defect, according to an official familiar with the discussions.
Rep. Jim Clyburn is out to not only lead Democrats as majority whip, but to prove himself amidst rumblings that he didn’t do enough the last time he had the job.
President Trump’s three picks to fill 9th Circuit Court vacancies in California didn’t get confirmed in 2018, which means he will have to renominate them next year.
One of Michael Cohen’s mobile phones briefly lit up cell towers in late summer of 2016 in the vicinity of Prague, undercutting his denials that he secretly met there with Russian officials, four people have told McClatchy.
The Kansas Republican took heat during his last re-election for not owning a home in Kansas. On Thursday just his wife, who lives with him in Virginia, joined Roberts to man the empty Senate.
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, answers questions from reporters on at the U.S. Capitol about the government shutdown. On Thursday, Dec. 27, Roberts was the only senator from either party on Capitol Hill.
California Republican Party Chair Jim Brulte is sounding a warning on the GOP needing to appeal more to Asian and Latino Americans. California House Republicans don’t know how to do that.
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited troops in Iraq on Dec. 26. It was Trump’s first time visiting the region. During remarks to troops, Trump defended his decision to pull out of Syria.
After getting the farm bill passed with historically large majorities, Pat Roberts is spending the holiday break weighing another run for Senate after nearly four decades in Congress. Is his bipartisan dealmaking an asset or a red flag with Republican voters?
Mark Meadows, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, rallied House Republicans to fight for border wall funding — in one last show of leverage before Democrats take the chamber next month.
Hundreds of thousands of federal employees will stay on the job without pay, while others will be furloughed, as the government got ready for a shutdown
Disability advocates praised a new rule requiring airlines to disclose how many wheelchairs they break or lose. Sen. Tammy Duckworth and others say this is a common problem for disabled travelers.
