Republicans are all but sure to pick up a new Senate seat in ruby-red West Virginia next year with Sen. Joe Manchin’s retirement ringing like a death knell for Democrats’ presence in state-wide offices there.
Manchin’s Thursday announcement sent shock...
Congress is rapidly running out of time to hash out a spending deal to keep the government open past Nov. 17.
House GOP leaders are expected to put a short-term spending bill known as a continuing resolution (CR) on the...
A former Indiana lawmaker has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge alleging that he accepted promises of lucrative employment from a gaming company during his time in public office, federal prosecutors said Friday.
Sean Eberhart, 57, agreed to...
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has asked the state Supreme Court to set execution dates for two men on death row.
Fitch's office filed motions Thursday that asked the court to schedule executions for Willie Jerome Manning and Robert Simon...
A North Carolina state House member who won't seek reelection next year says having to serve in the minority in the chamber has been "worse than a dental appointment."
Mecklenburg County Democratic Rep. John Autry, who is among the more...
Washington state Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz is dropping her bid for the governor’s office to run for Congress.
Franz, a Democrat who lives in Grays Harbor County, is running to replace retiring Rep. Derek Kilmer, who has served the...
The Biden administration was heavily criticized Friday after it moved forward with a plan to allow producers in Paraguay to begin importing fresh beef into America.
On Thursday, the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)...
An Ivy League professor and self-described animal rights activist promoted a pro-bestiality study online Thursday, calling it "thought-provoking."
Princeton University bioethics professor Peter Singer shared the study from the Journal of Controversial Ideas, which he co-founded, saying the article challenges...
A federal court rejected a legal challenge filed by a coalition of environmental advocacy groups earlier this year after the Biden administration approved a massive oil drilling project in Alaska.
Judge Sharon Gleason of the U.S. District of Alaska, who...
Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn is pressing for the Senate Judiciary Committee to issue a subpoena for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's flight logs in order to identify possible perpetrators partaking in his "horrific conduct."
"Since we're in the business...