Politics

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday avoided a question on Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s re-election loss and appeared to blame…

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., on Wednesday pressed Attorney General Merrick Garland to explain his thinking behind a controversial 2021 memorandum directing the Justice…

A Republican-proposed overhaul of how Ohio oversees K-12 education and decision-making on academic standards, model curricula and school district ratings cleared the state…

Getting North Carolina legislators to formally call for a convention to consider creating amendments to the U.S. Constitution is the way forward to…

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday unveiled a $53.1 billion budget for fiscal year 2024, about 5% more than the spending…

The House voted Tuesday to kill the Biden administration’s controversial rule that encourages private retirement plan fiduciaries to consider environment, social and governance…

California’s COVID-19 state of emergency officially ended Tuesday, nearly three years after Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the nation’s first statewide stay-at-home order. …

The state of Oregon is weighing a bill to give homeless and low-income people $1,000 a month in universal basic income. The Oregon…

Leaders of the Republican minority at the Minnesota Legislature rolled out a $13 billion ‘Give It Back’ plan Tuesday to tap most of…

West Virginia’s Republican state auditor announced Tuesday that he will run for governor next year. JB McCuskey is in his second term as…