The Justice Department on Friday called on San Francisco Mayor London Breed to increase the allowable capacity in houses of worship, accusing the city of impeding on “religious freedom” amid the coronavirus.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday balked at what he described as “incredibly draconian” university policies in the state, claiming they punish students for attending large gatherings amid the coronavirus, according to reports.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s family and friends spoke to “The Ingraham Angle” on Thursday night about why they think Barrett would make a great Supreme Court justice.
Seattle’s City Council voted 7-2 Tuesday evening to override Mayor Jenny Durkan’s veto of a bill that would cut police funding by around $3 million.
If the crowd at President Trump’s Saturday rally in North Carolina was any indicator, the president’s supporters have already decided what he should do about the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has braced her supporters for a very different future than they may have expected — even if presidential nominee Joe Biden and other Democrats prevail in November.
Collins faces a difficult reelection fight in November.
Former President Obama late Friday called Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg a “warrior for gender equality” and someone who believed justice “only had meaning if it applied to every single American.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee unknowingly and illegal gifted infected apples to residents of towns devastated by wildfires last week.
Lawmakers in Washington, most of them Republicans, called Friday for the Justice Department to take legal action against Netflix for streaming the highly controversial film “Cuties” — claiming the comedy-drama sexualizes young children and “serves as fodder for pedophiles.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “doesn’t have a clue” when it comes to the coronavirus and the economy, President Trump told a rally crowd in the Great Lake State on Thursday — just hours after the Democrat blasted the president during a news briefing.
Nancy Pelosi is a “hypocrite” and a “liar” for getting her hair washed and blown out inside a San Francisco salon Monday and then stating she didn’t believe she’d violated the city’s coronavirus restrictions, San Francisco lawyer Harmeet Dhillon told Fox News.
A group of Portland, Ore. protesters staged a sit-in inside the lobby of Mayor Ted Wheeler’s condominium building Friday evening while others held a loud concert outside.
A 19-year-old Kansas Democrat running for a seat in the state House — who said Sunday he would drop out of the race after admitting to a “revenge porn” incident when he was in middle school and to harassing others on social media — reversed course Tuesday, saying he plans to stay in the race.
President Trump dismissed secret audio recordings released Saturday evening of his older sister Maryanne Trump Barry saying he has “no principles” and calling him “cruel.
Following the third night of the Democratic convention, Lara Trump, the president’s daughter-in-law and senior advisor on his campaign, said she felt the featured speakers gave a “dismal, dark, depressing vision of America”
Tributes and condolences quickly poured in for President Trump’s younger brother, Robert, after the White House confirmed his death Saturday night, days after he was hospitalized in New York.
The Trump administration criticized Maryland Gov. Larry Logan in a letter Wednesday for missing a federally mandated deadline related to coronavirus inspections on its more than 200 nursing homes statewide.
Former national security adviser Susan Rice would be a “human lightning rod” if selected to be Democrat Joe Biden’s running mate, a Washington Post columnist wrote Friday.
The family of slain Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen were scheduled to meet with President Trump at the White House on Thursday to discuss the new “#IAmVanessaGuillen” bill, a proposal aimed to help victims of sexual harassment.
Before a coronavirus news briefing in Harrisburg on Tuesday, Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine responded to a series of transphobic attacks directed against her.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pushed back Tuesday evening against talk of a federal clampdown on big-city lawlessness, saying she wouldn’t allow President Trump to “terrorize” the city’s residents by sending in federal troops.
Three Democratic senators – Dianne Feinstein of California, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania – introduced legislation Wednesday to create a bipartisan commission on the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Voters in California will decide this November whether to restore affirmative action in college admissions and government contracting.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced Thursday she was removing herself as a candidate to be former Vice President Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick.
Cornell Law School professor William A. Jacobson said he’s “never seen” anything like the backlash he’s facing from some students and staff at his school, who are calling for him to be fired for a blog post he wrote that fact-checked and criticized elements of the George Floyd-related protests.
Media figures like CNN’s Don Lemon, MSNBC’s Joy Reid and journalist Roland Martin do more harm than good for African-Americans, a black political consultant told President Trump during a White House roundtable discussion Wednesday.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Mississippi this week began to draft a resolution to change the state’s flag, as calls have grown to remove the Confederate battle emblem, according to a report.
Just as a new poll showed Kentucky Democrat Amy McGrath pulling into a statistical tie in her U.S. Senate election fight against the incumbent, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, some other news emerged that could spell trouble for her campaign.