Smith is the second Democratic senator to announce their retirements ahead of the midterms in 2026, when the party wants to contend for the majority but faces obstacles.

Medical professionals say accounts from nearly a dozen states of no or very few abortions are not only untrue but ...

Former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, who was forced from office in the wake of the Whitewater investigation, has died.

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A historic Black church whose Black Lives Matter sign was destroyed by members of the extremist group ...

House Republicans’ draft budget calls for $2 trillion in cuts to federal nutrition assistance and other programs.

When Lou and Lindsay Volpe's son was diagnosed with a chronic bowel disease at age 11, their health insurer required constant preapproval of drugs and treatments — a process the Volpes say often ...

The Senate Republicans most eager to trumpet their independence have abandoned their constitutional responsibility to “advise ...

“This foolishness they have going on here is insanity,” says freshman Rep. Janelle Bynum. It’s an eventful time to be ...

Yet while white people felt welcomed, many Black residents said their civil rights were violated. In 1971, after a trial, U.S ...

The decision appears — at least in the immediate future — to shutter federal court venues to settle the November election ...

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