The Voting Rights Act, a crowning achievement of the civil rights movement, turns 60 this week. It’s not in good shape.

Mairekk Griffiths, a 26-year-old cook in a Denver suburb, doesn’t think he’ll ever pay a lot of attention to U.S. politics ...

It's impossible to miss, and it's been turning heads left and right. Here's what to know about the "Colossal Head" statue at The Parthenon.

U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s ...

Texas Republicans are scheduled to reconvene Tuesday after they voted to issue civil arrest warrants for Democrats who fled ...

U.S. Department of Justice officials say the department will seek voting and election information from all 50 states, ...

Alabama resident Roald Hazelhoff treasures his newly won right to vote. When election officials flagged the naturalized U.S.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta will deliver an update on California's litigation against the ...

Democratic governors in blue states—including New York’s Kathy Hochul, California’s Gavin Newsom, and Illinois’ J.B. Pritzker ...

Dozens of Texas Democrats left the state to protest a redistricting map, facing potentially steep consequences. Lawmaker ...

As recently as 2023, the high court said lower courts could intervene in "instances of intensive racial politics where the ...

Largely symbolic move follows Democratic attacks against GOP plans for partisan-fueled redrawing of state’s congressional map ...