New Jersey law seeks to stem pollution in minority areas

Phil Murphy signed into law Friday a measure giving state regulators power to deny development permits to businesses whose operations pollute predominantly Black and othe...

Science mag makes first endorsement in 175 years, taps Biden

Editor-in-Chief Laura Helmuth said President Donald Trump's administration was much worse for the scientific community than the magazine had feared. The magazine's endors...

US charges Russian with plot to create election distrust

WASHINGTON The Trump administration has charged a Russian national in a sweeping plot to create distrust in the American political process. The Justice Department charge...

Once-powerful NY lawmaker due to surrender for prison term

Tears in my eyes.: Houston and Texas leaders react to Biden-Harris run in 2020 election

The Latest: Republican ends bid on primary day after arrest

States eager to expand broadband, wary of CARES Act deadline

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accuses U.S. Rep. Roger Williams of joining in on harassment

Democrats say White House blocking CDC head from testifying

Texas Democrats' congressional campaign received a PPP loan in May

Top Democrat calls new Census staffers 'starkly partisan'

Houston Newsmakers: A talk with U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia

Pelosi calls for removing Confederate statues from Capitol

Las Vegas reopening from coronavirus casino closure

Comptroller Susana Mendoza makes clear how much legislators will be getting in pay raises this year: Zero

California moving university classes online as Fauci warns of reopening too soon

Restaurants in parts of California can open for sit-down dining

Illinois lawmaker wins restraining order against governor's state-at-home order

House antitrust chairman says most mergers should be banned during the pandemic

More U.S. states make plans to reopen; California holds firm

Senate Democrats seek $30 billion plan for national coronavirus testing program

Howard Schultz warns 30% of small businesses at risk of closing for good without more help

'It's not enough' Pelosi wants more small business loans, direct payments and unemployment benefits

Durbin denies Congress is rescuing airline shareholders with $50 billion bailout

U.S. House Speaker Pelosi will not take coronavirus test

Six members of U.S. Congress diagnosed with coronavirus

Factbox: Six members of U.S. Congress diagnosed with coronavirus

U.S. Representative Joe Cunningham tested positive for coronavirus

Nancy Pelosi says, 'I don't think we've seen the end of direct payments' during coronavirus crisis

Coronavirus surge to hit New York hard and fast, governor warns

House Democrats introduce a $2.5 trillion coronavirus stimulus plan as Senate bill stalls

Florida Republican Congressman tests positive for coronavirus

U.S. charges Connecticut man with threatening to murder Congressman Adam Schiff

House passes coronavirus relief bill, sending it to Senate

Facebook and Twitter slammed by congressman for allowing spread of 'racist themes and language' about coronavirus

Democrats' coronavirus bill 'unworkable': Top U.S. House Republican

U.S. Capitol may need to be closed to visitors in coronavirus response: senior Democrat

5 things to know before the stock market opens Wednesday

House panel seeks to interview the four career prosecutors who quit Roger Stone case

Koch donors at annual summit, concerned that Trump could lose, discuss the need to defend GOP Senate majority

Trump impeachment trial: Democrats push for witnesses and documents

Schiff says Senate impeachment process will not lead to a fair trial

Ayanna Pressley publicly reveals struggle with alopecia for first time in powerful video

Arizona Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick to seek treatment for "my alcohol dependence"

Biotech stocks are set up to rally double-digits back to all-time highs, chart suggests

Trump accepts Pelosi's invitation to give State of the Union address on Feb. 4

House begins voting on articles of impeachment against Trump

Schumer accuses McConnell of wanting to use Senate for 'cover-up'

Federal spending deal funds gun safety research, increases wildfire spending

Amazon will open a new office in New York, less than a year after dropping plans for HQ2

Pelosi directs House Democrats to proceed with articles of impeachment against Trump

Baltimore ex-mayor enters guilty pleas in fraud case

Florida state senator decries being targeted by 2016 Russian election hacking

'It will live forever in American political history': reaction to Trump impeachment hearing

Former Baltimore mayor charged with wire fraud over self-published book deal

Twitter unites with hilarious reactions to #Fartgate after congressman appears to fart on live TV

Democrat Andy Beshear says it's time to move "forward" after Kentucky governor's race