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.

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.

Lt. Governor Dan Patrick told CBS News Texas the state will do whatever it takes to secure the southern border. His comments follow a number of Executive Orders issued by Governor Greg Abbott for ...

Because when it comes to birthright citizenship, the virtue signaling and armchair excoriation is not just silly -- it's dead ...

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

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

( NewsNation) — Ken Martin, chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, won the Democratic National Committee’s election to be the party’s next chair. He won in the first round with 246.5 ...

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.