Key Senate progressive Chris Van Hollen said Wednesday that Democrats should demand a “bold agenda” targeting entrenched corporate interests in Washington before agreeing to back Chuck Schumer or any ...

Speaker Mike Johnson doesn’t intend to lead House Republicans next year following the party’s election defeat, said people familiar with his plans, triggering a struggle over who will guide GOP ...

New York can continue enforcing its statewide ban on law officers working with federal immigration agents to make civil arrests, a US judge ruled Wednesday.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s changes to grant standards will likely become a target of the new Congress after Democrats swept up the House and Senate majorities Tuesday.

Fiscal conservatives in the House pressed their colleagues Wednesday to wrap up key fiscal issues before the end of the calendar year in order to deprive Democrats of additional power after Tuesday’s ...

Attorneys general across 45 states are urging Congress to pass Senate legislation that would strengthen online protections for children and teens.

Arizona and Nebraska were successful in passing midterm ballot measures meant to bar transgender girls and women from participating in female sports competitions, an issue that has emerged as a key ...

A Seventh Circuit panel weighed whether federal trafficking law allows a worker imprisoned in China to sue Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. over grueling work he alleges he was forced to complete for the ...

For nearly two years, Wall Street firms and startups have enjoyed a sweeping deregulatory agenda from President Donald Trump that relaxed post-financial crisis rules and boosted nascent industries.

Vice President JD Vance said voter frustration over the war in Iran and the US-Israel relationship doomed Republicans in the midterm elections, distancing himself from some of President Donald Trump’s ...

House Republicans will face a familiar question when they gather Tuesday to select their next leader: partisan brawler or more mainstream elder statesman?

Democrats will take control of Georgia’s utility regulator for the first time in decades, propelled by voter frustration over rising electricity bills.