House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he was "open" to a stand-alone bill to ensure active-duty military troops continue to receive pay during the government shutdown. On Wednesday, the Louisiana Republican reversed course and quashed that idea.
The City University of New York Graduate Center is offering an English course titled "Global Antifa" that focuses on students taking an active role in the sometimes violent far-left movement to fight conservatives in the name of anti-fascism.
When Rob Coverdale started his job in 2023 as superintendent of the K-12 Crow Creek Tribal School in South Dakota, there were 15 unfilled teaching positions.
One of three Tennessee lawmakers who drew national attention in 2023 when Republicans in the Tennessee Legislature moved to expel them following a gun control protest is running for Congress, he announced Wednesday.
Joan B. Kennedy, the former wife of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy who endured a long and troubled marriage marked by family tragedies, her husband's infidelities and her own struggles with alcoholism and mental health, died on Wednesday. She was 89.
National Guard troops are positioned outside Chicago and could be in Memphis by Friday, as President Donald Trump's administration pushes ahead with an aggressive policy toward big-city crime - whether local leaders support it or not.
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani clashed over economic policies at a business forum, with Cuomo rejecting his opponent's approach to governing New York City.
The Trump administration threatens to deny backpay to furloughed federal workers as the government shutdown enters its eighth day with no resolution in sight.
The largest donor to the beleaguered Virginia attorney general campaign of Jay Jones is billionaire heiress Elizabeth Simons who also recently gave to Zohran Mamdani.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker accuses President Donald Trump of "suffering dementia" amid their feud over the deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois.
External pressure from the White House has had little sway on Senate Democrats in their bid to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies, forcing the government shutdown into an eighth day.
