The Pentagon will allow service members up to three weeks of leave to travel for abortions and other noncovered reproductive health care, according to a slate of new policies announced on Thursday. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin first announced in October that the Defense Department would provide leave to and reimburse service members for travel required to access reproductive health...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) took aim at Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday, fueling an argument that could help lay the groundwork for a potential impeachment. “This has got to stop. And it starts with the Secretary of Homeland. Stop lying to the American public. Tell them...

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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is calling for the resignation of Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg because of his handling of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment.

Arizona's 1st-year governor has vetoed a GOP-backed state budget calling it "one-sided" on Thursday. Gov. Katie Hobbs proposed $17.1 billion in spending for the 2024 fiscal year.

A plan currently navigating through the Minnesota Legislature would mandate that most employers provide paid sick leave to all of their employees.

Some Kansas Democrats are pushing back against a legislative ban on TikTok from government devices, claiming to oppose laws that target private companies by name.

House Republicans are targeting local D.C. laws for several reasons, but partially because it's an easier target than other issues like border security, budgets or the debt ceiling.