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The NRA broke a 15-year-old fundraising record in March, the first full month after the Parkland, Fla. school shooting.'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will announce a plan for the federal government to guarantee a job paying $15 an hour and health-care benefits to every American worker “who wants or needs one,” embracing the kind of large-scale government works project that Democrats have shied away from in recent

For the millions of Americans who voted for President Donald Trump because of his support for immigration policies that put American workers first, recent testimony by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen can be summed up in just one word: betrayal. For the second year

The Senate is expected to confirm Mike Pompeo as President Trump's secretary of state as early as this week, after he found a way to squeak through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Monday.

Michael Tubbs is the 27-year-old leader of one of California's biggest cities. And he's using that position to try out some truly radical policy ideas.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the nomination of Mike Pompeo as secretary of state (all times local):5:25 p.m.Sen. Rand Paul says he now supports Mike Pompeo as secretary of state.The Kentuc...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., believes he's more closely aligned to President Trump's position on trade with China than he was with former President Barack Obama.

In Arizona, new data suggests that 1 in 3 Amazon's own employees depend on SNAP to put food on the table. Later this year, Amazon will begin accepting grocery orders from customers using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the federal anti-poverty program formerly known as food stamps.

Mitt Romney failed to win the Utah Republican Party's nomination, which means he must compete in a June primary against Mike Kennedy.

Comedian Bill Maher faced backlash on his late-night talk show by a panel that pressed him to show more respect for Trump voters.

More than 130 Hollywood stars and activists — including Alec Baldwin, Jimmy Kimmel, Alyssa Milano, Debra Messing, Julianne Moore, Amy Schumer and Michael Moore — are joining...

After a great deal of agitation by Republicans and the right-wing media, last night the Justice Department sent Congress lightly redacted versions of James Comey's memos on his meetings with President Trump -- and the memos were leaked to the press in

President Trump on Saturday criticized The New York Times for stories that he says attempt to "destroy" personal lawyer Michael Cohen and suggested he will betray Trump to avoid prison -- particularly singling out reporter Maggie Haberman, who the

Another Twitter storm surrounding Fresno State professor Randa Jarrar, after she shared a phone number in a tweet. The number, not even hers.

The official account for WikiLeaks tweeted that they were looking to file a countersuit against the Democratic party, which sued the organization Friday along with...

Hillary Clinton collaborated with Flint to create a program designed to help people find work, but there is little evidence the project was successful.

The administration has explored the possibility of using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose limits on investments from China in sensitive technology.

Two weeks ago, we warned you about the implications of California's "Must Stay Gay Bill." Now others are sounding the alarm about the full weight of this onerous bill, which could literally mean the banning of certain religious books. If we do

Democrats in the alt-left state of California have passed a bill in the Assembly that would ban the sale of books that express Christian beliefs about sexual morality, quite possibly [...] The post California Gender Bill May Ban the Sale of Bibles appeare

James Comey gave his friend four memos he wrote after conversations with Trump, including two documents containing classified information.