Politics & Policy

Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper's son who rose to become the powerful chairman of the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee, died early Thursday.

These new numbers from the Urban Institute offer the first reality check on the rhetoric that has dominated the Democratic debate over health care reform.

The requests are in response to an executive order Trump issued in July after courts blocked his administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

The vast majority of Pa. voters will fill out ballots by hand Nov. 5. In the past, direct-recording electronic machines dominated.

A Delaware senator wants to repeal legislation passed in early 2018 that aimed to address disparities in the state’s cash bail system.

The acting Department of State secretary says the legacy system doesn’t make it easy for applicants to tell how long the process will take.

A look at hows the candidate's performed at Tuesday night's Democratic presidential debate in Columbus, Ohio.

The fourth Democratic debate was a long one. You might not have made it through the whole thing, but there were some potentially consequential moments.

It reflects a frustration among activists that issues of sexual violence and harassment have largely been absent from the debate stage and campaign trail.

The last few weeks have been dominated by the congressional impeachment inquiry into President Trump. But Democratic presidential candidates take center stage again this week.

If the bills pass, it will be the first time the legislature has raised municipal salary caps since 1995.

What's the latest in the impeachment inquiry, what are the the legal ins-and-outs of impeachment, what constitutes a “constitutional crisis,” and what might happen next.

Pollsters are trying their best to track public opinion about the House Democrats’ decision to initiate an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.

The surging Working Families candidate already has a pile of endorsements and cash.

Joe Biden unveiled an ethics plan on Monday that directly targets President Trump, accusing him of creating the "most corrupt administration in modern history."