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The House put on a display of Democratic priorities this week with two bills to bolster background checks on firearms purchases.

At least eight states, including some that have experienced measles outbreaks this year, want to remove personal exemptions for the measles vaccine.

Cohen relied on the argumentative strategy of dissociation to carefully separate his actions from his essence and Trump’s actions from Trump’s essence.

Sen. Cory Booker, one of half a dozen Democratic senators running for the White House, is reintroducing a bill on Thursday that would end the federal prohibition on marijuana.

The House passed what advocates call the most significant gun control measure in more than two decades on Wednesday.

In matter-of-fact testimony, the former Trump lawyer drew a troubling picture of his former boss, implicating the president in lies big and small to the American public.

Michael Cohen suggested that Trump also implicitly told him to lie about a Moscow real estate project.

Representatives from AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck, Sanofi, and AbbVie, attended during Tuesday's Senate Finance Committee hearing.

Cohen is scheduled to testify Wednesday before the House oversight committee in a highly anticipated public hearing that will be broadcast live nationally.

Paul Manafort's attorneys argued to a federal court on Monday that their client is not a hardened criminal and shouldn't be sentenced too harshly.

R&B singer R. Kelly's attorney entered a not guilty plea on behalf of his client Monday as the singer faces multiple charges of sexual abuse in Chicago.

Former Vice President Joe Biden is seizing on that opening to position himself as the sole global policy expert in a crowded Democratic field if he decides to run.

When the Grand Canyon became a national park 100 years ago, native tribes who lived in the canyons were pushed aside. Now the park service is working with them.

Bernie Sanders has again proved he should not be underestimated in a presidential contest.

This weekend, more than 860 delegates from across the world will convene for a four-day conference, where they'll debate and likely vote on one of three proposals.