But going back is precisely what the legislature voted to do, as Tennessee became the first of the former Confederate states ...

Three decades ago, Cuba shot down two Brothers to the Rescue planes, killing four Cuban Americans and drawing swift ...

Thirty years ago, a Cuban fighter jet shot down two civilian planes operated by Florida-based exile group Brothers to the ...

Barney Frank, the longtime Democratic congressman and leading liberal who brought new visibility to gay rights and crafted ...

The dismantling of the Voting Rights Act begun by the Supreme Court in the case of Shelby County v. Holder in 2013 was ...

Proposed amendments would fold SB 458's appraisal right into the Auto Bill of Rights every Texas insurerissues to ...

Pete Babcock began his working life as a high school basketball coach and teacher. He wound up spending 42 years in the NBA ...

Colorado lawmakers are preparing to introduce legislation that would blunt a proposed ballot initiative giving residents the ...

A Republican proposal to spend $1 billion in taxpayer money on security for the White House ballroom has become a political landmine in the Senate debate over funding Immigration and Customs ...

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After last week's bipartisan vote in Congress to end the longest shutdown in U.S. history and fund the Department of Homeland Security, Republicans are moving ahead with an approximately $70 billion, ...