Sen. Kamala Harris is teaming up with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler to introduce legislation on Tuesday that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and expunge past cannabis-related convictions.
Rep. Jim Himes said Tuesday a Justice Department letter telling former special counsel Robert Mueller to stay within the confines of his report during his House testimony is “meaningless.”
Former special counsel Robert Mueller’s upcoming testimony before both the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees beginning Wednesday has already mesmerized the news media, who remain fixated with “Russia collusion” and other narratives that are hostile toward President Trump.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib sent a clear message Monday that she has no plans of backing down in the rhetorical battle with President Trump, who has criticized the Michigan congresswoman and the other minority women in the House who have become known as “The Squad.”
The president of an Illinois Republican group apologized Monday for a now-deleted meme that was posted to their Facebook page depicting four congresswomen of color as the “Jihad Squad” in the midst of their feud with President Trump.
Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday warned that an economic crash was coming and said she had a plan to stop it.
Tom Steyer picked a fight Monday with the party he is hoping to represent in the 2020 presidential election, calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to cancel the summer recess for members of Congress to hold daily oversight hearings into President Trump and his administration.
Fair weather could arrive in the nation’s capital this week, courtesy of The Heartland Institute’s 13th International Conference on Climate Change, to be staged at Trump International Hotel on Thursday. Of special note: the host organization is the planet’s leading think tank which remains skeptical about human-caused climate crisis.
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden is leading the 2020 Democratic race in the early primary states, according to a new survey.
A teenager has taken a plea deal for the fatal shooting of a Lincoln man.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a presidential candidate, said Monday she has no regrets in pushing for former Sen. Al Franken's resignation after he was accused of sexual assault, despite a recent New Yorker article making a case that he got "railroaded."
Here are five things you may not know about Boris Johnson, who is set to become Britain's next prime minister :
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Tuesday unveiled a plan aimed at overhauling the criminal justice system in the U.S., seeking to take on an issue his 2020 Democratic presidential rivals have worked to use against him during the campaign.
When Bernie Sanders wanted to preview a speech about his signature health care plan, "Medicare for All," he did not opt for a traditional interview.
A leading rights group is criticizing Egyptian authorities for imposing repressive probation measures on pro-democracy activists recently released from prison.
A gun safety group hoping to change state law to require background checks on virtually all guns sales has received state approval to start collecting petition signatures.
South Korea says it has fired warning shots after Russian military planes entered South Korea's airspace.
It's not easy for small-town presidential libraries to keep up these days with behemoths like the ones for Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and the Bushes, but no president knew more about overcoming long odds than Harry Truman.
The Trump reelection campaign has raised more than $200,000 by selling about 140,000 plastic straws in just four days, campaign manager Brad Parscale tweeted Monday.
Democrats on Monday made their case that President Trump is a racist directly to the national NAACP convention in Detroit, urging the country's preeminent civil rights organization to marshal the black vote to oust him in 2020.
Massachusetts authorities confiscated multiple electric stun weapons and knives at a flea market.
President Trump and congressional leaders reached a deal Monday evening to boost spending by hundreds of billions of dollars, while carving out trillions of dollars in new debt space for future borrowing.
Prosecutors have asked an Arizona appeals court to let them pursue the death penalty against a Mexican immigrant charged with murder in the 2015 shooting death of a convenience store clerk.
