Politics

Mexicos congress voted Friday to impeach the current governor of the border state of Tamaulipas on charges of tax evasion, money laundering and organized crime.

A longshot bid to pass legislation that would make the District of Columbia the nations 51st state got a little longer on Friday.

The Biden administration said Friday it will begin work to address the risks of flooding and soil erosion from unfinished sections of the wall on the U.S. border with Mexico and provided answers on how it will use unspent money from shutting down one of P...

The family and representatives of Black men slain by the police met with senators and White House officials Thursday and left optimistic that police reform could be approved by May 25, the anniversary of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Sen. Tim Scott credited former President Donald Trump and Republicans on Wednesday with creating a joyful springtime for our nation, using his party's official response to President Joe Biden's first address to Congress say it was the GOP that bolstered t...

The Latest on President Joe Biden's first joint address to Congress (all times local):

The Biden administration is considering a near wholesale rollback of some of the most stringent Trumpera sanctions imposed on Iran in a bid to get the Islamic Republic to return to compliance with a landmark 2015 nuclear accord, according to current and f...

President Joe Biden intends to keep the watchdog overseeing the U.S. intelligence community, a longtime intelligence official who rose to the post after his predecessor was fired by President Donald Trump for his role in Trump's first impeachment.

Sidhu is looking at some other party as an option, says Amarinder Singh.

Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, a former Ohio State football player, reintroduced on Monday a bipartisan bill that would give college athletes the right to earn money through endorsements and sponsorship deals.

If the nation is to meet President Joe Biden's goal of cutting Americas greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade, it will have to undertake a vast transformation toward renewable energy.

Activist Jan Rivers stood surrounded by JOBS NOW signs as she tried to round up support for a massive infrastructure and climate proposal backed by progressives.

The Biden administration is considering creating a task force of officials from the U.S. Justice and State Departments and other agencies to help local prosecutors fight corruption in Central America's Northern Triangle countries, a senior U.S. official s...

The Democraticled House passed legislation Wednesday designed to constrain a presidents power to limit entry to the U.S., a response to former President Donald Trumps travel ban covering five Muslimmajority countries.

President Joe Biden is convening a coalition of the willing, the unwilling, the desperateforhelp and the avidformoney for a global summit Thursday aimed at rallying the world's worst polluters to move faster against climate change.

Apple said it has reached an agreement with the right-wing social app Parler that could lead to its reinstatement in the company's app store. Apple kicked out Parler in January over ties to the deadly Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol.