Politics & Policy

The federal agency went against the advice of its own scientists who said the standard needed to be lowered.

If confirmed by the Senate, Austin would be the first Black leader of the Pentagon.

The appeal, filed Friday, is one of at least four pending cases in which Trump or Republicans are trying to throw out certain ballots or trying to upend the entire election.

In just three years, the state’s medical marijuana industry has exploded.

President-elect Joe Biden has said addressing the coronavirus pandemic is his top priority. Here are some of the people he is putting in charge of that big task.

Giuliani has spent the last several weeks leading failed legal challenges to try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

The Trump campaign and allied Republicans had sought to overturn results in six states. "We don't need courts," Rudy Giuliani told Fox News.

According to a tweet from the Georgia governor, Trump also asked him to order an audit of signatures on absentee ballot envelopes from the presidential race in his state.

The number of 2020 census records requiring quality checks has ballooned into the millions. That may stop Trump from getting control of a key count before leaving office.

Pennsylvania Senate Democrats proposed a plan to provide financial aid to restaurants, hospitals and other sectors that are expected to continue struggling.

California certified its presidential election Friday and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Joe Biden, officially handing him the Electoral College majority.

A group of Pa. Republican lawmakers are urging Congress to take an extreme, last-ditch, and likely ineffective step to overturn President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory.

President Trump’s campaign filings list more than 100 payments for facility rentals – but none to the Philadelphia company that hosted his most memorable press conference

Supporters say the pot bill would help reverse adverse effects of the decades-long “war on drugs.”

With days left before Congress aims to wrap for the year, Republicans and Democrats appear more willing to negotiate on a COVID-19 relief bill. But key sticking points remain.