Voters on Tuesday will be casting ballots in U.S. state and local elections with an injection of presidential-level politics.

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday that he was “optimistic” the Senate could vote to reopen the ...

Democrat Abigail Spanberger won the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears to ...

Her victory over Republican Jack Ciattarelli shores up Democratic control of a state that has been reliably blue in ...

Even rapid emission cuts may not prevent temperatures from reaching at least 1.7 degrees Celsius (3.1 degrees Fahrenheit) ...

Victor Conte has died at 75 years old. He was the architect of a scheme to provide undetectable performance-enhancing drugs ...

Strong Democratic showings could provide the party a pathway back to national relevance — even if its top candidates have ...

The former foreclosure prevention counselor and one-time rapper becomes the city’s first Muslim mayor, first born in Africa, and first of South Asian heritage — not to mention its youngest mayor in ...

Cheney pushed to expand executive power and was a key force behind the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. FRONTLINE chronicled his influence in multiple documentaries.

A handful of state contests on Tuesday will offer an early test of how Americans are feeling less than a year into President ...

The measure adds language to the state constitution affirming that parents are the primary decision-makers for their children ...

In our news wrap Tuesday, the government shutdown tied the record for the longest in U.S. history at 35 days, UN ...