A West Virginia lawmaker who was charged with making terroristic threats wasn't permitted to take the oath of office required ...

Disgraced former congressman George Santos, facing a federal prison sentence, has won a few months' freedom to come up with ...

New York will study how the state could provide universal access to child care through a new coalition of stakeholders that ...

The top elections official in Kansas is running for governor after building his public profile by pushing back against ...

New York Democrats don’t want to fight Trump, but are going on offense on the issues that propelled him to the White House.

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Before President-elect Trump chums the waters with more outrage bait — renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America? — those who rely upon the independence and courage of the news media ought ...

“The MTA operates like the mob,” Councilman Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island) said. “The Congestion Capo, Janno Lieber, is ready ...

The husband of Senator Deb Fischer, Republican of Nebraska, drew criticism online when he failed to accept a handshake offered by Vice President Kamala D. Harris at his wife’s ceremonial swearing-in.

Jimmy Carter’s final journey to the nation’s capital Tuesday was a solemn affair, a vivid if rare reminder that the ...

Washington – U.S. Rep. John Mannion voted for a Republican-led immigration bill Tuesday, splitting with his fellow Democrats ...

New Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski of Canisteo was officially sworn into office on Jan. 2. But he enjoyed another ceremonial ...