Rebecca London spends a lot of time observing school play yards. While doing so, the community-engaged researcher and professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz has seen ...

Aug. 3 (UPI) --The U.S. Senate began its month‑long recess Saturday night amid negotiations to advance the nomination of dozens of Donald Trump's pending nominees, as the president told Sen. Chuck ...

With three pieces of controversial legislation on the docket while another congressional recess looms, Republicans are facing “hell week” as they attempt to overcome resistance both from the Democrats ...

After weeks of negotiations and even a rare weekend meeting, senators were unable to come to an agreement on President Donald Trump's nominations before the August recess. Now, Republicans say they ...

Washington — The Senate left Washington Saturday night for its monthlong August recess without a deal to advance dozens of President Donald Trump’s nominees, calling it quits after days of contentious ...