California became the first U.S. state to ban public schools from naming their sports teams and mascots "Redskins," which is seen as a racial slur against Native Americans.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made a surprise appearance at a union rally held outside of Donald Trump's hotel in Las Vegas Monday evening, where she bashed the GOP presidential front-runner and showed her support for labor workers.
Jeb Bush would repeal and replace President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law if he were to move into the White House come January 2017, the Republican presidential candidate announced on Monday.
Republicans struggling to find a replacement for outgoing House Speaker John Boehner have their eyes set on Paul Ryan. But if the Wisconsin congressman and 2012 vice presidential nominee can't be convinced to take the job, the race could turn into a free-for-all, analysts predict.
The Supreme Court this week is set to consider whether its decision to strike down automatic life sentences with no chance of release for teenage killers should apply retroactively, a decision that could determine the fate of hundreds of inmates whose convictions are final.
Despite being popular Spanish-speaking Florida politicians, neither Jeb Bush nor Marco Rubio has managed to take lead among Republican voters or Latino voters in their home state in the 2016 presidential race.
A former patient of retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson called him a "liar" and says she regrets having him operate on her brain tumor when she was just nine years old in 1995.
A new sighting of the Jersey Devil has again emerged at the Galloway Golf Course. It's nothing new when news about some paranormal sighting is being spotted along the New Jersey Pinelands, but it's a different story when the Jersey Devil allegedly makes it way to the area of Galloway.
New developments recently came up regarding the highly criticized killing of Zimbabwe's famed lion named Cecil. Apparently, the government of Zimbabwe on Monday announced that they will not be charging Walter Palmer, the dentist and hunter who killed Cecil.
In August 2016 , Texas will join states like Colorado and Kansas and allow its citizens to carry concealed weapons on public university campuses. The news frustrated parents, professors, and students alike. At the University of Texas in Austin it has sparked an protest involving dildos.
Some 400 people rallied in Jackson, Mississippi, on Sunday to demand that the Magnolia State change its flag to erase the Confederate battle emblem from its official banner.
Plans have been made to erect a Martin Luther King monument atop Atlanta's Stone Mountain. Plans have been made to erect a Martin Luther King monument atop Atlanta's Stone Mountain.
Wealthy Middle Eastern nations -- and not the United States -- should protect the thousands of refugees who are fleeing the civil war in Syria, many of whom could be ISIS sympathizers, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump claimed on Sunday.
A group of 39 undocumented students, who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, is petitioning the Georgia Supreme Court to grant them access to in-state tuition at colleges and universities within the state.
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley will face each other Tuesday night on CNN on the first Democratic debate for the party’s presidential nomination. Two other candidates will join them on the stage; however, many see this as a battle between the former secretary of state and the Vermont senator.
The holiday marking the continent's discovery - "Columbus Day" to most Americans and "Día de la Raza" in many Spanish-speaking nations - is increasingly being celebrated as "Indigenous Peoples Day" by jurisdictions across the United States.
Bill Flores, a three-term congressman from central Texas, on Monday announced that he was hoping to replace outgoing House Speaker John Boehner - which would make the 61-year-old second in the U.S. presidential line of succession.
