Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney announced his bid for reelection Tuesday before dozens of supporters inside a Riverhead concert hall, kicking off a campaign that will likely see him run ...

Pope Francis’s appointment of Cardinal Robert McElroy as the highly visible prelate of the church in Washington is already ...

Both of New Hampshire's representatives in Congress broke with the Democrats to vote in favor of a new immigration bill.

Democrats held onto their narrow majorities in Virginia's legislature as they won two of three special elections on Tuesday ...

The State Board of Elections is now temporarily blocked from certifying Allison Riggs as the winner in the Supreme Court ...

The process Colorado uses to fill vacant state legislative seats has come under scrutiny in recent months, with critics calling for change.

The measure, which drew the support of 48 Democrats as well as all Republicans, appears to be on a path to enactment. The ...

A bill that would have imposed regulations on new types of intoxicating substances derived from hemp stalled in the Illinois House Tuesday, dealing a political setback to Gov. JB Pritzker after he ...

The first session day also saw several new members of the Legislature sworn into office to represent sections of the Susquehanna Valley.

Four new members swore oaths of office in the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday. The occasion marks the opening day of the ...

Linda McMahon will face questions from lawmakers in the U.S. Senate in the coming weeks about whether or not she’s fit to ...

Jimmy Carter’s final journey to the nation’s capital Tuesday was a solemn affair, a vivid if rare reminder that the ...