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Texas lawmakers sparred over voting legislationintothelateeveningThursday.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week said those residents receiving unemployment benefits will soon be required once again to show proof they’re looking for a job.

A prosecutor with the Los Angeles County district attorney's office is blasting DA George Gascón's Thursday decision to drop the office's bid for the death penalty in the case of a woman and her boyfriend accused of torturing and killing her 10-year-old son.

In a special “Hannity” investigation, investigative journalist Sara Carter traveled to the Antelope Valley around Lancaster, Calif., where – hundreds of miles away from the Mexican border – the Biden border crisis is starkly affecting everyday Americans as cartel-linked marijuana growing

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has quietly lobbied for keeping qualified immunity for police officers – a practice that shields officers accused of excessive force and other civil rights violations from personal liability – despite legislative and grassroots support to end it.

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told her supporters Thursday night that she would not seek reelection this year.

Members of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet have been told not to give in-person commencement addresses at universities this year, according to a report Thursday.

US defense officials said Thursday they don’t have the answers 'yet' when asked how they will prevent the Taliban from taking over Kabul after U.S. forces leave Afghanistan.

The White House condemned Florida’s new voting legislation as a step in the “wrong direction” just after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law Thursday.

President Biden appeared to significantly misstate estimates on how many jobs would be created through the implantation of his “American Jobs Plan” during a speech Wednesday in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

I Am Jazz — a children’s book illustrating the transition of a two-year-old biological boy into a girl — was read to the first grade students of the Bellingham School District, sparking concerns from parents.

I Am Jazz — a children’s book illustrating the transition of a two-year-old biological boy into a girl — was read to the first grade students of the Bellingham School District, sparking concerns from parents.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made an impassioned case arguing those who truly value life must support Planned Parenthood, adding “how many babies have been born” because of prenatal services offered by the organization.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday the U.S. has no plans to shoot down a Chinese rocket hurling back toward earth this weekend, but he hopes it will land in the ocean.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement would be a “great loss,” as liberal groups have launched a campaign for the 82-year-old to resign and make way for a younger liberal to take the seat.

Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who's running for a second term this year, received $25,000 in campaign contributions from a businessman linked to his failed electric car company.

The latest official photo of the Supreme Court's current nine justices has been released, showing all three of former President Donald Trump's picks for the first time.

GOP lawmakers are expected to press Biden administration climate envoy John Kerry on his dealings with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee next Wednesday.

GOP lawmakers are expected to press Biden administration climate envoy John Kerry on his dealings with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee next Wednesday.