House Republicans are about to find themselves with multiple rival road maps for budget cuts, just as a high-stakes battle over the nation’s debt limit is set to intensify in the Capitol. In addition to the House Budget Committee’s plan that is expected in the coming weeks, the Republican Study Committee, the largest conservative caucus...

Closing statements are set Tuesday in an Ohio corruption trial where two Republicans are charged with conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise.

The Biden administration is reportedly considering the revival of a policy that would detain migrant families who cross the southern border illegally.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed atheists a temporary win by rejecting a the City of Ocala, Florida's request to toss a lawsuit over a prayer vigil.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who faced criticism for leaving the state last week during record-breaking winter storms, has returned from Baja California, Mexico, his office says.

Oklahoma voters will decide whether the state should legalize recreational marijuana Tuesday. If approved, those over 21 years old would be able to use it.

Hollywood has traditionally been a pulpit for performative activism, where celebrities deliver political sermons and broadcast their virtue by endorsing causes in a manner that requires nothing more than talk. The biggest surprise at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony will be if no one onstage demands more equity and inclusion in movies, denounces white male privilege, delivers a lecture on police brutality, or declines to accept an Oscar, declaring the muscular, sword-wielding statuette an obvious symbol of heteronormative male supremacy.

Any parent would want to hold someone accountable if that person put their children in “cold, smelly” jail cells. But if that person happens to be a judge, it can be incredibly difficult to do so. A case in front of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit last week could help make it clear, however, that even judges aren’t above the law.

As the newly appointed chief medical officer at the nation's top public health agency, Debra Houry says her job is to make sure the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is ready to respond quickly to the next pandemic. Houry was named to her position as part of CDC Director Rochelle Walensky's massive agency...

Biden and top officials are surrounded by scandal regarding private plane use, despite being one of the most “progressive” administrations and purporting to be hyper climate cautious.