With the start of the 119th Congress on Friday, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott has become the longest-serving Black U.S. senator.

Most of the U.S. holds its major primary and general elections in even-numbered years, but there are a handful of places where competitive congressional, state and local-level contests will be ...

Trump picked former State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus to serve as deputy Mideast envoy Friday afternoon.

House members applauded an official announcement on Friday that former Republican Representative Matt Gaetz will not return ...

Symptoms of the virus are similar to that of other respiratory illnesses that are currently circulating throughout the U.S.

There are 459 incumbent members of Congress who are returning with 129 of them belonging to the Catholic Church, which ...

Honduras President Xiomara Castro’s comments earlier this week threatening to stop her country’s cooperation with the U.S. military if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on promised mass ...

Stocks were solidly higher in mid-afternoon trading Friday, led by a rally in shares of large-cap technology companies, as ...

No, the president cannot privatize USPS. Because federal law establishes the postal service as a core function of the ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared headed for defeat before two Republicans switched their vote, delivering him a majority.

Vice President Kamala Harris flubbed the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of the 119th Congress Friday prior to swearing ...

An updated report from the NWS Eureka CA on Friday at 2:03 p.m. warns of strong thunderstorms until 2:30 p.m. The alert is ...