One of Elon Musk’s latest targets is a nonprofit dedicated to bolstering democracy overseas that has long been a darling of ...

A Maryland bill seeking to create a public registry of repeat domestic violence offenders is getting mixed reactions from lawmakers.

In a complaint to the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, Bagby claims she was driven out of City Hall for bringing harassment and ...

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. was with his cousin and best friend Emmett Till the night he was murdered and is still haunted by the ...

Happy birthday Abraham Lincoln. He’s 216. The McLean County Museum of History is hallmarking Lincoln’s Feb. 12 birthday with the start of a coloring contest to celebrate Lincoln and work on a mural ...

Illinois politicians across the state are reacting to former state legislator Michael Madigan’s convictions. A jury convicted ...

Standing trial alongside Madigan was longtime confidant Michael McClain, who prosecutors called Madigan’s “mouthpiece.” ...

"I'm really disappointed," House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., told USA TODAY. He said he's urging Arrington to require $2.5 trillion in cuts, which he said would be the minimum ...

President Donald Trump’s Cabinet is made up largely of his most loyal supporters. Here’s a look at who has already been confirmed and who is waiting.

In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell was the lone dissenting voice amongst his fellow Republican Senate members in the vote to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence.