Politics

When Ritchie Torres won his race for the New York City Council at age 25, he became the youngest elected city official in New York City and the first openly gay person elected to legislative […]

Democratic senatorial candidate Amy McGrath appears to have a very narrow lead over Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in Kentucky’s race, according to a recent poll. The polling, which was conducted by RMG Group, shows […]

Rep. Maxine Waters drew a connection between the killing of an unarmed black man by police in Minneapolis this week and President Trump’s conduct. “My first thought was not again, not one more killing,” Waters […]

Senate Democrats argued Wednesday that Congress should provide accelerated legal status to illegal immigrants during the coronavirus pandemic. “Of course we should move toward legal status for the undocumented as quickly as we can,” Vermont […]

In an interview with the Daily Beast, a black voter who cast his vote for Barack Obama twice to be president admitted that he voted for Donald Trump in 2016 and would have no problem […]

(Reuters) – The Trump administration discussed last week whether to conduct its first nuclear test explosion since 1992, the Washington Post reported late on Friday, citing a senior official and two former officials familiar with […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got into a heated virtual debate with her chief Democratic primary opponent, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, this week — and the exchanges got very personal. Caruso-Cabrera accused AOC of staying in her “luxury” DC […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is bringing on the granddaughter of civil rights leader César Chávez as a senior adviser to help with Latino outreach and building out its operation in the states. […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Monday gave President Trump a 30-day deadline to explain his decision to fire State Department Inspector General Steve Linick. “You are required to notify Congress of your removal of an Inspector […]

Sen. Ted Cruz ripped Democrats for not being tougher on China and other communist dictatorships around the globe. “We won’t prevail in that battle, that fundamental battle of systems, if we’re too naive, if we’re […]