The U.S. Supreme Court just gutted the Voting Rights Act. That means state courts matter now more than ever. The next big election is on May 19 — for two seats on Georgia’s Supreme Court.

One of President Donald Trump’s closest allies, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, has had a recent string of “repeated failures” in securing indictments against the president’s political enemies, but those very “failures,” argued MS NOW producer Steve Benen, could ultimately ...

Religion News Service columnist finds "Theo of Golden" the perfect remedy for an ailing America.

Shell Plc.’s acquisition of Canada’s ARC Resources Ltd. marks a vote of confidence in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push to expand the nation’s hydrocarbon exports beyond the traditional US market, analysts say.

Ruth Marcus reports on the lawyers and the lobbyists who are in the business of getting clemency for their clients. For some wealthy offenders, forgiveness is just a golf game—or a million-dollar plate at Mar-a-Lago—away.

A massive plan would turn 136,000 acres of California farmland into giant solar farms as new groundwater rules push fields out of production.

Preservationists say they will continue their lawsuit against President Donald Trump's planned $400 million White House ballroom.

A new therapy has the potential to cure hundreds of diseases — and even reverse aging.

Yet another reminder that Donald Trump's personal Twitter clone doesn't have the juice the original (still) has.

Two 18-year-olds in Florida were arrested after driving a lawn mower into a Target store for a prank video, authorities said.

Two days before the White House Correspondents' Dinner ended in gunfire, Kimmel delivered a mock Correspondents' Dinner speech during a sketch on his show. The first lady said it was "corrosive."

The joke made last week brought the late-night host back in the president’s ire after his show was temporarily pulled last year.

Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere.

President Donald Trump has weaponized Vice President JD Vance to absorb blame over failed negotiations with Iran, an analyst reported on Monday.Salon's Amanda Marcotte described how Trump has forced Vance into a situation he didn't want to be in and by doing so, has put his political future in quest...

The lower numbers — the catch is predicted to drop by more than a third — are driven by off year for pink salmon

Six North Dakota lawmakers failed to submit a financial disclosure form this year despite a new law requiring it be filed annually by Jan. 31.