Politics

WASHINGTON — A Pentagon panel is recommending that decisions to prosecute service members for sexual assault be made by independent authorities, not commanders, in what would be a major reversal...

A bill designed to change how Arizona’s early voting list works was voted down in the Republican-led state Senate where it was originally expected to pass. SB 1485, would have...

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor repeatedly cited fellow Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s past opinions in a blistering dissent after the court’s conservative majority effectively allowed automatic life sentences without parole for...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is pulling back a proposal put forward by President Donald Trump’s administration that would have allowed taxpayer-funded homeless shelters to discriminate against transgender...

A measure that would restore the voting rights of people on parole was delivered Thursday to the desk of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The bill, passed earlier this year...

Before passing legislation that aims to curb hate crimes against Asian and Pacific Island Americans, Senate Democrats shot down an attempt by Republicans to loop in a conservative priority that...

Sen. Tim Scott will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s joint address to Congress next week. The announcement comes as negotiations over policing reform have taken center stage...

Sen. Tim Scott was tapped to offer the Republican response to President Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority...

WASHINGTON — A group of Senate Republicans on Thursday unveiled a public works proposal with a much smaller price tag and a narrower definition of infrastructure than what President Joe...

A group of Senate Republicans on Thursday laid out what they see as a “road map” to overhauling the nation’s crumbling infrastructure system, offering a much different vision than the...