The proposed North Carolina two-year budget plan has been approved by the state House on Thursday. The bill is now headed to the Senate for consideration.
Vice President Kamala Harris made an impromptu visit in Nashville, Tennessee to meet with state lawmakers who were expelled for storming the state capital.
Alan Keck proposed a plan in which revenue collected from sports betting would be used for school safety. He announced this a week after a bill legalizing sports betting won final passage.
Democrats in the Tennessee Black Caucus on Friday condemned the expulsion of two Black Democratic lawmakers from the state House, accusing the Republican majority of racism.
The South Carolina House approved a bill that would provide a tax cut on feminine hygiene items including tampons and pads. If the bill is signed into a law the state could lose $5.9 million.
The Biden administration is facing heat for multiple actions — regarding Afghanistan, transgender sports and tax audits — it made in rapid succession Thursday ahead of the holiday weekend.
CBP officials are warning those thinking of entering the U.S. illegally via the southern border that it is "not open" and that removal authorities remain in place.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said Thursday that she is willing to introduce articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Younkgin’s process in deciding which felons can get voting rights back is being challenged by a newly filed lawsuit that claims the system is unconstitutional.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas defended travel he took with friends following reports that he failed to report gifts from a GOP mega-donor over several years.
Senators Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell have released a joint statement blasting Russia for detaining Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on “baseless, fabricated charges."
Top House Oversight Committee leadership sparred on Thursday over accusations that Republicans are intentionally shielding Democrats from info into Hunter Biden probe.
Lawmakers in Kansas pushed through a bill that would require providers to tell patients that a medication abortion can be 'reversed' once it's started.
Rep. Adam Schiff announced a fundraising haul of $6.5 million in the first quarter of his Senate bid, outraising Rep. Katie Porter's $4.5 million and Rep. Barbara Lee's $1.4 million.
China has responded to U.S.-Taiwan diplomatic meetings with sanctions against the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California and the Hudson Institute in Washington D.C.
Republicans put forward three bills this week that would make it easier for schools to hire and train armed officers in a bid to discourage more deadly school shootings.
GOP Pennsylvania Rep. Guy Reschenthaler said in a statement Thursday that he is not intimidated after receiving a letter from the Chinese Embassy discouraging a Taiwan trip.
South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has vowed to fight back against the Biden administration's proposed set of Title IX rules to expand the meaning of sexual discrimination to include gender identity that would prevent schools and colleges from banning transgender athletes.