Politics & Policy

New Jersey was the last state in the nation to use the term, which dates back to a time before the Revolutionary War.

“There is nothing political with me whatsoever,” said one restaurant owner in the Philadelphia suburbs. “I’m just trying to survive.”

After more than four years of Brexit political drama, the day itself is something of an anticlimax.

Dick Thornburgh died Thursday morning at a retirement community facility outside Pittsburgh. The cause is not yet known.

N.J. bars face penalties of up to 66-day liquor-license suspensions for ignoring COVID restrictions.

The Census Bureau plans to deliver a population count of each state in early 2021, as close to the missed deadline as possible.

The only woman in history to serve as speaker, the California Democrat has a reputation as a formidable vote-counter and wily deal-cutter.

Democrats are against a plan to combine a vote on $2,000 payments with other demands from Trump. The measure is entwined with an effort to override Trump's defense bill veto.

Advocates for raising the standards say it will create jobs and help address climate change.

Of the state’s 67 counties, six of the most highly populated decided to open auxiliary offices. Just one has firm plans to continue using them in the future.

Trump flexes his pardoning power on the way out of office, including a controversial move to pardon the private military mercenaries responsible for civilian deaths in Iraq.

A total of 109 Republicans, including Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, a member of GOP leadership, joined with Democrats to approve the override, the first of Trump’s presidency.

Officials outline new rules intended to curb global warming.

We get the latest on the Russian hack, what is being called the largest act of espionage in U.S. history.

The vote passed with the needed two-thirds majority in order to advance.