House Republicans have come down on Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., for comments he made on Tuesday to Fox News host Sean Hannity, in which he suggested that the Benghazi oversight committee had succeeded in hurting Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
Faced with troubling poll numbers, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush made a point -- and a joke -- on Thursday about his "high energy" from the Republicans' second presidential debate.
Unemployment numbers in the United States remained near a 15-year low last month even though initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased by 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 277,000 in the week that ended Sept. 26.
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR), an independent and bipartisan agency created by Congress, published an in-depth report, calling for the end of immigrant detention.
Oregon officials say that a gunman opened fire at a community college in Douglas County on Thursday, reportedly killing 10 people and wounding about 20 others.
The nation's newest multimillionaire has yet to come forward, but lottery officials revealed on Tuesday that a $310.5 million Powerball ticket was sold at a gas station in Three Rivers, Michigan.
U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., called for the House Natural Resources Committee to hold a hearing on the role of hedge funds in Puerto Rico's financial crisis.
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama emphasized the importance of education in a conference held at Apollo Theater and left with a piece of advice for young school girls: "compete with boys, beat the boys."
Republican presidential candidate and business magnate Donald Trump has recently heard of his ranking in the Forbes 400 list and this had made him quite unhappy with the magazine's estimate.
A coalition of national Latino organizations is campaigning to expand pension access for more millions of Latinos working on their retirement plan, and Latino lawmakers are helping engage the debate.
The tenth named storm of the season, Hurricane Joaquin, is poised to hit the Central Bahamas sometime Thursday morning, before possibly progressing to the eastern coast of the U.S.
New details have emerged about the mother who tossed her newborn baby from a Bronx apartment building, including a previous experience in which she lost another child.
As the U.S. celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., has called for his fellow senators to confirm several Latino judicial nominees -- supported by the non-partisan Hispanic National Bar Association.
Her refusal to follow court orders and issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples not only earned Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis six nights in jail, but also a private audience with Pope Francis.
The U.S. State Department will release another batch of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails on Wednesdays, and the 6,000 pages will likely cover the period from late 2010 to early 2011.
In the midst of the national outcry over recent police shootings of unarmed black and Latino men, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that it will begin collecting more data about police shootings of civilians and providing it to the American public.
