Tennessee state representative Aftyn Behn says she nearly won a U.S. House special election in December in a very ...

The GOP’s best chance of defending its narrow, five-seat majority in the House of Representatives in 2026 — and beyond — could come from an upcoming Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act.

The Supreme Court could reshape U.S. elections for years to come as it hears a number of cases with implications for the country’s political landscape. In perhaps the most high-stakes example, the ...

WASHINGTON — A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that is designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices ...

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Friday said congressional lawmakers are retiring because “nothing is happening” on Capitol Hill. “If nothing’s being accomplished — because they are making ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century, a change that ...

The right to flow, the right to native biodiversity, the right to be free from pollution. These are some of the rights that a small but growing number of local authorities in the south-east of England ...

Former West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin expressed concern about the upcoming May primary, emphasizing the importance of voter choice. "It's not what our founding fathers intended," Manchin said, ...

The United States could be headed toward the largest-ever decline in representation by Black members of Congress, depending on how the Supreme Court rules in a closely watched redistricting case about ...