Eight mothers associated with the Black Lives Matter movement were given a prominent platform to endorse Hillary Clinton during the second night of the Democratic National Convention Tuesday in Philadelphia.
Prosecutors and attorneys for Rod Blagojevich sharply disagree in new court filings about whether the imprisoned former Illinois governor has taken enough responsibility for his crimes to justify a reduced sentence when he's resentenced next month.
Democrats have only one major task to accomplish at their convention this week -- formally nominate a candidate for president. But that effort could go sideways Tuesday if Sen. Bernie Sanders’ supporters disrupt the delegate voting for presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton.
Hundreds of cafeteria workers who help feed senators and others in the Capitol and nearby office buildings will get back pay totaling more than $1 million because their private employers illegally underpaid them, the Labor Department said Tuesday.
After Bernie Sanders doubled down on his endorsement of Hillary Clinton Monday, many of his supporters remain politically homeless and in no mood to back the presumptive Democratic nominee -- a situation Donald Trump is keen to exploit.
Just two days after an email scandal forced her resignation as head of the Democratic Party, Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz could be on her own in a suddenly tough re-election battle, as fellow House Democrats turn their back — and withhold their money — while contributions pour in for her primary opponent.
Tens of thousands of politicians, delegates, reporters and political junkies who have come to this sprawling East Coast city -- amid a relentless heat wave -- to attend the Democratic National Convention are being greeted with traffic gridlock, subway snafus and venues without food or water and piled high with trash.
The Obama administration will soon expand efforts to help Central American families and children legally immigrate to the United States amid another surge of migrants caught crossing the border illegally.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D., Fla.) will not receive funding from the House Democratic campaign arm to help fend off her populist primary challenger Tim Canova, party officials said Monday.
The ex-wife of Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson is claiming he physically abused her over two decades – accusations the Florida congressman vehemently disputes, Politico reported Tuesday.
A potential Russian connection to the politically explosive hack of Democratic National Committee files is becoming clearer, with a former senior intelligence official who ran computer security for the Defense Intelligence Agency telling Fox News the hackers left behind evidence on the servers that points to sophisticated techniques associated with the country.
Parents who entered the U.S. illegally from Mexico and Central America will have an easier time getting birth certificates for their children born in Texas following a lawsuit settlement with the state, lawyers for immigration advocates said on Monday.
North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons — when the world is trying to rid itself of them — is "very provocative deeply concerning," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday and warned that there will be consequences if it does not stop.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Monday night on “Hannity” that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders “lost his energy and his drive” after conceding defeat and endorsing presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for president.
An Illinois Republican lawmaker resigned from his position in the state Legislature on Monday after saying he faced cybersecurity issues involving fraudulent social media accounts allegedly set up in his name.
Democrats tried to turn their attention Monday night from an email scandal that claimed their party chairwoman and sent Bernie Sanders supporters into near rebellion with a scorching attack on Donald Trump that ranged from unnamed references by Michelle Obama to in-your-face attacks by Elizabeth Warren and Sanders himself.