Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton reached out to a budding political activist this week to praise her for kneeling during the Pledge of Allegiance.
President Trump on Wednesday personally revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John O. Brennan, a bitter and vocal Trump critic, citing his "erratic conduct and behavior" as their clashes escalated over the special counsel's Russia investigation.
Socialism has gone "mainstream" and is now supported by the majority of Americans, Sen. Bernard Sanders asserted this week, saying Democrats should embrace rather than shun the term as they campaign to win control of Congress.
San Francisco's Ethics Commissioner Quentin Kopp sued the U.S. Secret Service Tuesday after the agency failed to comply with a FOIA request submitted in February.
A former utility executive from Vermont has become the first transgender candidate to win a major political party's nomination for governor. Christine Hallquist defeated three other Democrats en route to victory in Tuesday's primary.
Gov. Jeff Colyer of Kansas on Tuesday conceded defeat in the Republican primary race, paving the way for Secretary of State Kris Kobach to seize the party's gubernatorial nomination a week after voters went to the polls.
Although Ron Paul's 2008 and 2012 presidential runs didn't make much of a mark on the election, they did threaten to upend the Republican Party, with Paul acolytes grabbing control of state parties and sparking major rules changes and demanding that the party adopt his libertarian-infused ideas. But somewhere along the way, the revolution ran aground.
Democratic senators demanded Tuesday that the federal government un-deport hundreds of illegal immigrant parents, letting them back into the country to reunite with their children and make new asylum claims.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee released a new attack ad Tuesday accusing Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of being soft on "sanctuary cities."
Democrat Ben Jealous is struggling to close the gap in the Maryland gubernatorial race against Gov. Larry Hogan, according to a survey that shows Mr. Jealous down by double digits in the deep-blue state.
President Trump went after former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman Tuesday, praising Chief of Staff John F. Kelly "for quickly firing that dog."
Democrats are fighting to beat back Republican gains across the Midwest as the 2018 primary season roars through Wisconsin and Minnesota, two states where President Donald Trump's appeal among working-class voters threaten to upend decadeslong political trends this fall and beyond.
President Trump said Monday that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised him that he wouldn't run for president against him. But Mr. Trump said he hopes the Democrat reconsiders.
With early voting beginning Monday in some Florida counties, the Senate race there was jolted as Republican Gov. Rick Scott kept up the pressure on Sen. Bill Nelson's thus-far unsubstantiated claims that Russian operatives have already compromised Florida elections.
Homeland Security officials say someone forgot to update a computer system last week, leading to an illegal immigrant mother and daughter being deported despite a strict promise to a judge that they wouldn't be touched.
President Trump signed a $716 billion defense bill Monday that authorizes hundreds of new planes, ships and tanks -- and delivers a substantial victory to the administration by watering down penalties on a Chinese telecom company.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's blast at the "racist" criminal-justice system may have won her points with the progressive crowd at Netroots Nation, but not so much with the men and women in blue back in Massachusetts.
There much ado in the news media about the rise of socialism among millennials, even as self-described democratic socialists are emerging in politics with attractive promises for a better life. But is socialism chic genuine, or just a passing fancy? The reviews are tepid at best.
Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison on Sunday denied allegations of physical and verbal abuse of a former girlfriend that surfaced just days before Minnesota's primary election.
FBI agent Peter Strzok became a face of anti-Trump resistance within the government. It's now cost him his job. Mr. Strzok confirmed Monday that he had been fired from the FBI, months after an internal watchdog revealed damning text messages he exchanged with paramour and fellow FBI employee Lisa Page vowing to "stop" Donald Trump's rise to the White House.
