The White House announced that President Biden will sign the bipartisan infrastructure bill he helped negotiate into law at a ceremony with both Democrats and Republicans on Monday.The ceremony will allow the president to take a victory lap for...
A Pennsylvania court on Wednesday rejected a statewide mask mandate for K-12 schools and child care facilities, claiming that acting Health Secretary Alison Beam did not have the authority to issue the measure.Judge Christine Fizzano Cannon wrote in...
The Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys held its first meeting on Tuesday. Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) introduced legislation establishing the commission following the murder of George Floyd and the nationwide protests...
Gov. Jay Inslee (D) has appointed a Democrat to serve as Washington's next secretary of state after the Republican incumbent, Kim Wyman, resigned to take a top elections security job in the Biden administration.Ins...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and two other Democratic senators sent a letter on Tuesday to President Biden pressing him to make good on campaign promises and pardon federal nonviolent cannabis convictions. “After over a century of failed and...
A Nevada Democrat on Wednesday launched her bid to become the first openly transgender statewide elected official in the U.S. Kimi Cole, who publicly transitioned a decade ago, announced her bid ...
Senior Trump-era Department of Justice (DOJ) officials made a flurry of calls on Jan. 6, including two calls between the acting attorney general and then-Vice President Mike Pence, and late afternoon calls from the ...
Kyle Rittenhouse's defense attorneys on Wednesday asked Judge Bruce Schroeder to declare a mistrial in the case, alleging prosecutorial misconduct.Once the trial resumed after a lunch break, defense attorney Corey...
Reps. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) and Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) introduced a bill on Wednesday that would direct the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to examine veteran opioid overdose deaths in the past five years.The bill, dubbed...
Lawmakers are asking the Department of Education to look into Liberty University's handling of sexual assault claims. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) were among the lawmakers ...
Lawmakers are asking the Department of Education to look into Liberty University's handling of sexual assault claims. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) were among the lawmakers who called for an investigation into how the...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with where to draw the line between a town’s right to restrict garish billboard ads and constitutional free speech protections.The justices posed difficult questions to both the lawyers supporting and arguing...
A Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman was hospitalized Tuesday after experiencing COVID-19 symptoms.A source told ...
The Justice Department is suing Uber over allegations that it discriminated against passengers with disabilities through the platform's “wait time” fee charges. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, alleges the ride-hailing service overcharged...
Marine veteran Nick De Gregorio on Wednesday launched a bid to oust Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D) in New Jersey's 5th Congressional District, hoping to oust the moderate lawmaker whom the Republicans' campaign arm has la...
A mother whose 10-year-old autistic daughter died by suicide is blaming the Utah fifth-grader's death on the bullying she endured at school and the apathetic response of its leadership. Brittany ...
Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook has denied allegations in a new civil lawsuit of assault from a former girlfriend. In a lawsuit filed in the Dakota County District Court on Tuesday, U....
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) released pages of transcripts and exhibits Wednesday from her office's investigation into sexual harassment allegations against the state's former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), accordi...
The judge in Kyle Rittenhouse's trial admonished the prosecutor during the teenager's cross-examination.The spat came as prosecutor Thomas Binger began cross-examining Rittenhouse after he testified about the event...
A former MMA fighter who assaulted a police officer during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol was sentenced to 41 months in prison Wednesday.Scott Fairlamb pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer and obstructing an official proceeding earlier this...
Celebrities including Billie Eilish, Ricky Gervais and Joaquin Phoenix have signed a petition asking President Biden to release this year's "pardoned" Thanksgiving turkeys to an animal sanctuary. “These turkeys are often sent to...
The Biden administration will invest $785 million to help stop the spread of the coronavirus in some of the nation's most vulnerable populations by building confidence in vaccines and helping to establish a more diverse public health workforce,...
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) is upping pressure on Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) to scuttle President Biden's social and climate spending bill.McConnell, during an interview ...
Former GOP Rep. Mike Bishop (Mich.) is mulling waging a comeback bid after losing his House seat in the 2018 midterms.A source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill that Bishop, who served in the House for two terms before losing his seat...
Actor and Texas native Matthew McConaughey said Tuesday that levels of government need to be "aggressively centric" at this moment to overcome divisive politics and create unity.The "Lincoln Lawyer" actor, 52, made the comments at The New York...
