Tennessee state Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones have raised more than $2 million combined through about 70,400 campaign donations after Republican lawmakers abruptly expelled the Democrats this spring for their gun control protest on the House floor.

When John McCain was the Republican presidential nominee in 2008, he was forced to reject megachurch pastor John Hagee's endorsement after a sermon surfaced that was derided as antisemitic.

Republican Daniel Cameron selected state legislator Robby Mills as his running mate Wednesday in Kentucky's race for governor, turning to a steadfast conservative with a record of shepherding pro-coal and anti-transgender legislation that fits into his campaign themes.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's second-in-command has quietly stepped down amid reporting by The Associated Press that he once consulted for a pharmaceutical distributor sanctioned for a deluge of suspicious painkiller shipments and did similar work for the drugmaker that became the face of the opioid epidemic: Purdue Pharma.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Last June, Pastor Kenneth Simon of New Bethel Baptist Church led a group of people from the faith community, along with any neighbor who wanted to join, through the city’s North Side neighborhood, calling for prayer and an end to the violence that has plagued the community.

Last Friday, CNBC released a ranking of “America’s 10 worst states to live and work in for 2023.” It is just as out of touch as one may expect.

Have we gotten to the point that it’s politically necessary to defend the principle of free speech? Apparently so.

Last night, former President Donald Trump sat down for an hourlong town hall with Sean Hannity in front of a full audience. But while he certainly said a lot of words, they were almost completely devoid of substance. More importantly, Trump dedicated essentially no time at all to outlining what he would do in a second term and why he is a preferable candidate to his fellow Republicans in the primary.

You can always rely on former President Donald Trump to say something that makes your head turn. And he did just that last night during his hourlong town hall with Sean Hannity. He inadvertently explained why, even by his own standard, the defense he is using against the 38-count indictment related to alleged mishandling of classified documents just doesn’t work.