Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral ...

The imbalance caused by a court decision that negated an election victory for a DFL lawmaker who didn’t live in the district ...

There were no surprises in Virginia’s three special elections this week, but that won't stop political observers from looking for clues about voter sentiment in the first official ...

President-elect Donald Trump is meeting with Senate Republicans to try to get lawmakers "on the same page" on how to advance some of his major policy initiatives.

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump emerged from a lengthy meeting on Capitol Hill with Republican senators late ...

But the chamber split along party lines on the issue, with one Republican leader arguing that lawmakers should wait until the ...

Democrats outperformed Kamala Harris’ showing in three legislative districts but fell short of President Biden’s showing back in 2020.

The two-year session is likely to focus early on the continued recovery from the record damage caused by Hurricane Helene in late September.

The U.S. Senate is poised to vote on the controversial Laken Riley Act, an immigration bill that has gained bipartisan traction following its passage in the House earlier this week, on Friday.

CT Mirror's legislative guide is here to answer questions about state government and introduce Connecticut residents to their ...

A new Illinois General Assembly was sworn in and legislators now face several tough issues including how to plug a projected ...