Upon his return to the House Appropriations Committee after an 18-year hiatus, Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., has one central ...

Catch up with the latest from the Mississippi legislative session with our weekly recap from the politics team.

It’s a staggering turn of events for a governor used to getting his own way — and a test of his national staying power as he ...

President Donald Trump took a victory lap in a speech before House Republicans Monday evening, touting the executive orders ...

Leaders of both parties honored 100 Black lawmakers from the Reconstruction era, then turned to modern battles over ...

Just a matter of days into the new Trump administration, LGBTQ+ issues have already been brought to the forefront.

Henry L. Marsh III, the first Black mayor of Richmond and a figure who embodied the rise of African American power in the ...

Donald Trump is remaking the traditional boundaries of Washington, unleashing unprecedented executive orders and daring anyone to stop him ...

House Republicans responded by pushing ahead in the half-empty chamber and electing their leader as the new House speaker ... for allegedly assaulting a Black man outside a bar last year.

Donald Trump is remaking the traditional boundaries of Washington as his administration’s priorities begin to take shape.

Virginia took another decisive step in its ongoing reckoning with its Confederate past as the House of Delegates in a bipartisan move approved legislation to strip tax-exempt status from organizations ...

Tuesday marks President Donald Trump's first full day in office. Keep up with the USA TODAY Network's coverage of his top ...