AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers on Thursday passed a $1 billion education bill that allows families to use public money ...

A definitive plan for layoffs among faculty and staff at the United States Air Force Academy is still in the works.

Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois is calling it quits. The longtime Democrat announced Wednesday he will not seek re-election ...

Standing on his backyard deck Thursday – the same place where he declared his 1996 candidacy for U.S. Senate – Illinois’ senior Sen. Dick Durbin reflected on his decision to retire after four decades ...

President Donald Trump issued a rare rebuke of Russian President Vladimir Putin after Russia launched a major attack on ...

Everyone, from Congress, which convened a special commission on the urgent need for change, Pentagon officials, who have ...

Florida Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo sent shockwaves through the state capitol Thursday when he announced from the senate floor that not only was he stepping down from his leadership position, ...

State Sen. Mayes Middleton, the Galveston Republican who authored Senate Bill 1798, says it would amend state law so that ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including Senate launches and Latino ...

The head of the Democratic National Committee on Thursday issued a warning to a senior party official to back away from plans ...

The visit by Sen. Adam Schiff was the first by a U.S. senator in the port's 84-year history, port officials said.

North Carolina is spending millions each year on tax-payer funded private school vouchers, but currently requires no accountability for how the funds are spent.