The right flank of the House Republican caucus has vowed to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker if he doesn't adhere to its demands.

State Sen. Joe Morrissey lost his primary run for reelection Tuesday night against Del. Lashrecse Aird in a campaign focused on abortion rights.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is spinning his party’s failures as a mandate.

Democrats from across the country will come to Washington this week to focus on discussing how they can protect LGBTQ rights, voting rights, and democracy.

McEachin had recently been reelected for a fourth time to represent the Congressional district comprising most of Richmond, Virginia’s state capital.

The plan would close a tax loophole and raise an estimated $203 billion over a decade, which Democrats say would be used to delay until 2031 a shortfall in the Medicare trust fund.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) joined 35 House Democrats in asking the president to impose vaccine restrictions ahead of the holiday season, as polls show a majority of Americans would support the policy.

The 26-year-old progressive organizer would be the district’s first Black representative.

LGBTQ people are making progress in politics, but they still have a long way to go to achieve equitable representation.

The stakes are high.

‘This ruling is much worse than we had anticipated,’ said an attorney for the Brennan Center for Justice.

The Democratic Party’s identification advantage is the largest it’s been since 2012.

Approaches to election reform reflect a partisan disagreement over the problem that needs solving.

In modern times, Virginia is second only to Texas in the number of executions it has carried out.

The goal: to make sure at least something gets passed.

‘The pandemic made a bad situation worse, with women and people of color paying the price.’

The state is set to become the first in the South to end capital punishment.

Recent CDC reports show a troubling lack of data on the matter.

‘Republicans won’t police their own.’

Congressional Republicans say increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 will cost millions of jobs. Experts say that’s not quite true.

Democratic lesbian and gay lawmakers say they’re determined to improve the lives of LGBTQ people, now that they have control of the Senate once more.

Nothing is certain, but Democrats, including President-elect Joe Biden, want the checks ‘out the door’ as soon as possible.

She just shattered another glass ceiling.

Democrats have ambitious plans if they take back the White House and Senate.

Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in polling results every time the two faced off.

‘The president now appears to be attempting to buy votes just weeks before the election using taxpayer dollars,’ lawmakers said.

More Republicans than in previous years, particularly young Republicans, are planning to vote across the aisle this year.

Death tolls in red states are sky-high too — especially those that had early reopenings and no statewide mask orders.

Millions of U.S. citizens currently live in the 24 Democratic-led states Trump maligned this week.

Democrats’ plan would limit legal protections for police, create a national database of excessive-force incidents, and ban police chokeholds, among other changes.