Women represent half of the U.S. population. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Women represent half of the U.S. population but it's still ...

In a surprise upset Tuesday, a Democrat won the Jan. 28 special election to fill an open seat in the Iowa Senate. In a ...

A Senate Democrat from Salem tasked with forming new internal rules for the Legislature said she is open to replacing the long-standing joint committee structure with separate House and Senate ...

Both the House speaker and Senate president have introduced bills to keep the Legislature meeting at least some of the time ...

The framers of the Constitution imagined Congress as the preeminent branch of government. But many Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill seem content to play second fiddle.

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Vanishing ARPA funds will test Gov. Ned Lamont’s commitment to budget ‘guardrails' as lawmakers seek more funds for Medicaid ...

A tough new assessment says the Democratic Party needs to reassess the loss of support among groups of voters it has long taken for granted.

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Stefanik has been nominated to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for the Trump administration.

Other states have been reacting "much more forcefully" to President Trump's executive orders than Gov. Whitmer, one Democratic House member said.

Many in the White House were “rattled” by her refusal to directly answer a question about Edward Snowden, according to a person familiar with the White House’s thinking.