Leaders of five national environmental organizations criticized New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) controversial decision to delay congestion pricing for drivers entering Manhattan and requested a meeting with the governor in a joint letter Tuesday. In the letter, the leaders of Evergreen Action, the Sierra Club, the League of Conservation Voters, Earthjustice and the Environmental...

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) is planning to have a major influence over Republican policymaking even after he steps down as party leader at the end of the year and is working behind the scenes to lay out an agenda for his party if it wins unified control of government. Senate Republicans say McConnell...

The Biden administration will allow certain undocumented immigrants married to U.S. citizens to stay in the country and work legally, expanding a program that’s currently used to provide papers to immediate family of military servicemembers. The Tuesday morning announcement comes amid the 12-year anniversary celebration of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which...

Former President Trump is giving moderate GOP lawmakers some breathing room on the explosive issue of abortion, treading unusually carefully on a topic Democrats are trying to make a political liability for swing-district Republicans. During a closed-door meeting with House GOP lawmakers last week, Trump urged Republicans to talk about abortion in a way that makes...

President Biden is announcing sweeping new rules that would protect the immigration status of hundreds of thousands of family members of current U.S. citizens.

House Freedom Caucus chair Republican Rep. Bob Good is being targeted by former President Trump as he runs for re-election, as Virginia and Oklahoma hold primaries on Tuesday

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates told a radio station host that conservatives do not want Black children to be able to read.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman is facing pressure from members of his own party as his anti-Israel stance throws his re-election bid into uncertainty.

A top Republican senator called for the Interior Department to answer for the lack of arrest and accountability for the pro-Palestinian violence that erupted near the White House.

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction to block a federal rule that would have required two states to provide workers with accommodations to obtain abortions.