A federal judge in Alaska has declared that President Trump’s order revoking a sweeping ban on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans is illegal, putting 128 million acres of federal...

A planned UK tour by US evangelist Franklin Graham is in question after every venue booked by the preacher canceled planned appearances, following an outcry over his homophobic and Islamophobic...

Former Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill (Mo.) said on Sunday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has “presided over absolutely destroying Senate norms” amid partisan tensions in the…

Eight other lawmakers in competitive districts are currently on the fence ahead of the full House vote, according to an NBC News tally.

A handful of Senate Republicans, whom McConnell needs on his side, are being watched for signs they may vote with Democrats to call witnesses.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff says new evidence raises questions about Mike Pence's knowledge and involvement in the Ukraine scheme. Chairman Schiff sent a letter to Pence sa...

The host of Deadline White House was overcome with rage at these vile GOP talking heads disparaging a true patriot, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman.

The mother of a former US intelligence analyst and the first whistleblower arrested during the Trump era said it made her “sick” that Russian agent Maria Butina was released from a Florida prison...

Senate Republicans -- including potential swing-voters -- expressed outrage Friday after lead House Impeachment Manager Adam Schiff, D-Calif., referred in his closing remarks at President Trump's...

Democrats are questioning why the Department of Justice's Inspector General has not investigated Attorney General William Barr as he conducts a review of the FBI's conduct in the Russia probe. NBC...

The gravity and drama of the first televised impeachment hearings into Donald Trump's presidency on Wednesday will imprint themselves on history and reverberate far from Washington.

In the wake of August's Dayton mass shooting, DeWine is unveiling the exact details of the draft legislation he wants lawmakers (including skeptical Republicans) to pass.

The Senate impeachment trial is set to begin on Tuesday in Washington.

The letter was sent days after Parnas spoke publicly for the first time about his role helping Rudy Giuliani push Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden.

Nearly one-fifth of all people living in the United States who died at the hands of a firearm since 1999 were killed over a three-year period.

Minnesota Teacher of the Year, Kelly Holstine, kneels during the college football championship.

President Trump has become increasingly isolated from America's allies and, much to his annoyance, ridiculed.

It is about time! NYC Bar Association gives Bill Barr a stunning rebuke — and asks Congress to investigate him for bias The New York City Bar Association has taken the extraordinary step of asking...

"Lock her up!" the crowd at President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Toledo, Ohio, on Thursday night chanted. "You should lock her up, I'll tell you," Trump agreed.

Two judges in two days struck down a proposed Trump administration rule that would have allowed health care workers to refuse care for religious reasons.

NPR wants the State Department to explain why it removed its diplomatic correspondent from Secretary Mike Pompeo's trip.

“As physicians, we have seen the effects of flu infections...The outcomes can be devastating."

The White House chief of staff had been scheduled to appear Friday for closed-door congressional testimony.

President Donald Trump's stunning victory was regarded by many Republicans as the possible beginning of a new era of GOP dominance. It's been the exact opposite.

U.S. senators dug into their political positions Thursday upon the kickoff of President Donald Trump’s historic impeachment trial.

From 1990 to 2017, more than three-quarters of high-fatality mass shootings involving large-capacity magazines occurred in states which lacked a ban on those devices.

The president's strategy in Iran, as with everything else, was to show that he was greater than his predecessor. The risks in that were always obvious.

A trial of the president can't begin in the Senate until it receives the abuse of power and obstruction measures passed by the House on Wednesday.

The teen climate activist urges leaders at the World Economic Forum "to act as if you loved your children above all else."

Scrutiny of the U.S. election system, spurred by Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, has put Election Systems & Software in the political spotlight.

President Trump on Monday said he will “strongly consider” giving written or in-person testimony in the House impeachment inquiry, despite his repeated refusal to cooperate with the inv…

The Trump administration's proposed rule would allow adoption agencies that refuse to place children with LGBTQ families to still collect federal dollars.

To save thousandths of a percent of the federal budget, Trump wants to throw half a million children off the school lunch program.

Just over half of voters want President Trump impeached and removed from office, according to a Fox News Poll released Wednesday.

CEO Chris Rondeau has repeatedly donated to Donald Trump's presidential campaign and other far-right politicians...

She was on a bike ride in 2017 and was photographed making the gesture as the president's motorcade went by.

Sen. Doug Jones, an Alabama Democrat facing an uphill reelection battle in 2020, said he will vote to convict President Donald Trump on both articles of impeachment.

As a powerful committee chair, he had blocked LGBTQ rights legislation for years...

Mobster doing mobster shit: In case you can’t read that tweet, it says, “A @POTUS confidant tells CBS News that GOP senators were warned: ‘vote against the president & your head will be on a pike.’”...

Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday that efforts in Washington to pass gun legislation in the wake of a spate of deadly mass shootings have been derailed because of the impeachment proceed...

The Trump administration "has absolutely no clue" what families go through, one mother said.

Sgt. Keith Wildhaber sued the department and claimed that he was told to "tone down his gayness" if he wanted to be promoted.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam's push for new gun control laws after the May massacre of 12 people in Virginia Beach flopped when the Republican-controlled state legislature acquiesced to his call...

Georgia Rep. Ginny Ehrhart claims an 'epidemic' of transgender children influenced her to begin raising awareness for her bill proposal - that she hasn't written yet...

The city’s board of supervisors said the organization spreads propaganda and misinformation.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency arrested hundreds of foreign students through a fake university sting.

Two factions within the church have not been able to agree on the issue of gay marriage and clergy.

A Virginia judge ruled that a firearms ban imposed by the governor ahead of a planned pro-gun rally can stay in place, but gun rights groups are still fighting the ban.

Master Bootlicker and All-Around Toady Matt Gaetz, whom GQ calls the “Trumpiest Congressman in Washington,” is out there again lighting fires for his master. Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) wants to appoint...

Despite Lawrence VanDyke’s stated commitment to treating gay litigants with respect if confirmed, some advocates remain skeptical.

The violence continues, with no interest or involvement from America’s top doctor. 

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted a controversial judicial nominee out to the full Senate on Thursday over the vigorous dissents of Democrats, but the panel held over another at the request of the...

GOP Rep. Tom Graves of Georgia announced on Thursday he will not seek another term in office, becoming the latest Republican who is not seeking reelection in 2020.

His appearance at Madison Square Garden was the first in his hometown since announcing he was changing his permanent residence to Florida.

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