Robert Smalls​ escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship and became a top Union naval officer and South Carolina lawmaker.

President Donald Trump briefly lost track of the room Wednesday, searching for a GOP lawmaker whose bill he was signing while ...

A Senate committee advanced a bill to ban stock trades by lawmakers, presidents and vice presidents despite opposition from ...

Unfettered” — described by its publisher as an unapologetic account of the unconventional life of U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, ...

An appeals court may soon get in the way of President Trump’s trade agenda as his Aug. 1 deadline approaches to impose so-called ‘reciprocal’ duties on a host of countries. One day ...

Congress is working on a proposal that would gut the Marine Mammal Protection Act and erase legal protections for dolphins, ...

Michigan 7th Congressional District candidate Matt Maasdam was endorsed Tuesday by one of his Democratic Party predecessors, ...

"The judges voted to appoint interim U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon," the clerk of U.S. District Court in San Diego confirmed.

Ranked choice voting has entered the governor's race debate, after candidate Bill Berrien previously supported it. What exactly is it?

The Pentagon is seeking to reallocate $200 million in funding for barriers to seal off areas surrounding Arizona’s Barry M.

Josh Schoemann, a Republican candidate for governor, said consideration should be given to dismantling the Wisconsin ...