Freshman Rep. Angie Craig (D) will have to vacate her seat when her term ends in January and run in a Feb. 9 special election.

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A speech and an executive order stood as a tacit admission that the president had failed to keep his 2016 promise to replace his predecessor’s…

Demonstrators in the streets of our nation are crying out for truth and justice. At an already contentious time in a deeply divided country, state-sanctioned…

As businesses across the United States continue to grapple with the impact of COVID-19, Black and Brown communities are being impacted at drastically disproportionate rates….

When a ‘no-knock’ policy collides with the ‘castle doctrine,’ the results can be tragic and infuriating, which is why legal experts say the two do…

Donald Trump is not looking to make any promises about a peaceful transfer of power should he lose the November election. In fact, as the…

Ma’Kiya Congious, a former employee at a Whataburger in Fort Worth, Texas, has filed a discrimination complaint against the company, alleging she was fired for…

Democrats, however, are taking the threat seriously and have begun preliminary talks about how to respond to a constitutional crisis.