Feinstein was a passionate advocate for important liberal priorities, including gun control and reproductive rights.

Pennsylvania resident Samuel Lazar’s conviction for his role in the Jan. 6 capitol riot was kept under seal with no explanation, even after his release from prison.

The United Auto Workers union and major automakers couldn't reach a deal over demands for better wages and benefits, prompting workers to walk off the job.

The former president received his fourth indictment over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results under a law often used to target mobsters.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker pledged to sign the bill, which is part of an effort by Democratic state lawmakers to address gun violence.

The Supreme Court put a hold on a lower court ruling invalidating the regulation while the administration appeals.

“It’s all about revenge politics to keep Trump’s base,” says one independent voter.

With two weeks until the first debate of the 2024 GOP presidential primary, eight candidates have met the qualifications to be on stage.

Janet Protasiewicz's April victory upended 15 years of conservative control of the state's highest court.

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill on Thursday, which uses the state's consumer protection law to defend access to abortion.

The judge’s ruling came nearly a week after the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned an injunction halting enforcement of a similar law in Tennessee.

The administration said 26 million people had applied for relief under the plan and 43 million would have been eligible.

In her dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called the decision banning race-conscious admissions practices 'truly a tragedy for us all.'

If Yusef Salaam wins the ranked choice primary, he is all but guaranteed a victory in a district that is unlikely to elect a Republican.

The Bureau of Land Management has approved nearly three dozen renewable energy and grid improvement projects since 2021.

Conservatives in the one-house Nebraska Legislature announced early this month that they would amend the trans health bill to squeeze in the abortion restrictions, combining the two most contentious measures of the session.

The bill would let state funds be used to pay for health insurance plans that cover state workers and Medicaid recipients seeking abortions.

The changes come with the end of coronavirus restrictions on asylum that have allowed the U.S. to quickly turn back migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border for the past three years.

The Supreme Court ruled in an opinion by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson that the 5th Circuit was wrong to rule against Estrella Santos-Zacaria.

Kansas City’s new sanctuary status sets it apart as a Democratic-leaning city in a state with a Republican governor and GOP-controlled Legislature.

The Food and Drug Administration guidelines finalized Thursday ease decades-old restrictions designed to protect the blood supply from HIV.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) blamed Democrats after he was criticized by the White House for refusing to denounce extremists serving in the military.

The law makes New York the third state to make it possible for residents to access contraception without going to a doctor.

President Biden dropped by the vice president's meeting with the heads of Google and Microsoft after the administration announced investments in artificial intelligence research.

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Awareness Day is held every May 5, which was the birthday of Hanna Harris, a 21-year-old woman who was found dead after going missing in 2013.

A law ending all licenses for clinics by 2024 was blocked by an injunction while it is challenged in court.

The three-term congressman is the third candidate to declare his candidacy to replace Sen. Ben Cardin.

The first transgender legislator elected in the state's history was barred from the House floor, and she'll now have to be reelected before she can return in 2025.

The NFL veteran and Obama administration alum will seek to be the first Democrat elected statewide in Texas since 1994.

A county judge issued a temporary restraining order against Missouri’s Republican Attorney General preventing his emergency order from going into effect for at least another two weeks.