House Republicans will elect a new majority House leader on Thursday in wake of Eric Cantor's stunning loss in the Virginia Republican primary to little known Tea Party challenger Dave Brat
While on his trip to Latin America, United States Vice President Joe Biden told a Colombian newspaper that he wants countries in the region to take in prisoners from Guantánamo Bay so the military prison can be closed more quickly.
Chairman Tom Wheeler, of the Federal Communications Commission, has hinted that the agency might be interested in increasing Internet broadband competition by stopping local and state laws, often imposed with pressure by big incumbent Internet service providers, that outlaw municipal broadband.
The United States (U.S.) Senate made history on Tuesday morning with the confirmation of the first Hispanic judge for Eastern Washington. With a 92-4 vote, Salvador Mendoza Jr. became the first Hispanic federal judge for his court.
Texas Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott has released his first statewide television ad for his campaign, and it's in Spanish. The Spanish-language ad, which features him surrounded by loved ones, reaches out to Texas' Hispanic population, who make up 38.2 percent of the state.
A group of nuns in the Chicago area is suing a strip club next to their convent that they say is disturbing their peace with loud noise, glaring neon lights, fist fights and heaps of litter that include empty liquor bottles and used condoms.
President Barack Obama's approval rating continued to slip, according to new polling data. The poll also showed a majority of respondents believe the country is heading in the wrong direction.
Hillary Clinton said in an interview Tuesday that unaccompanied migrant children should be sent back to their home countries. The number of migrant children crossing the border unaccompanied has risen dramatically over the past year.
A U.S. judge struck down a motion to allow suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to meet with his family members without having federal agents present.
Team owner will appeal, could affect merchandise sales. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the Washington Redskins' trademark registration, saying the team name is offensive and "disparaging to Native Americans.
In addition to announcing the expansion of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument to create the world's largest ocean preserve, President Barack Obama also announced plans to fight seafood fraud on Tuesday at the Our Ocean conference.
While fighting continues to rage on between the Iraqi military and ISIS militants, the Iraqi military reported Wednesday that it drove the militants back from the country's main oil refinery.
It looks like Hillary Rodham Clinton's views on marijuana legalization may be evolving. It looks like Hillary Rodham Clinton's views on marijuana legalization may be evolving.
On Tuesday a judge removed Arizona congressional candidate Cesar Chavez, the former Republican known as Scott Fistler before changing his name, from the 7th Congressional District primary ballot.
The ambassador bluntly asks, "Isn't it time to stop hating?" The U. S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic, James "Wally" Brewster, appeared in a new video where he spoke about gay rights in honor of LGBT Pride Month.
