The vice presidency seems like a springboard to the presidency, but the majority who ascended owe their promotion to the Grim ...

Donald Trump received a lot of support from people who want abortion to be legal,” an associate professor of political science said.

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell announced he would step down from his leadership post earlier this year, ending his historic ...

Pretty much everyone involved with the movement to defeat Amendment 2 thought it would fail. Kentuckians love their public ...

More than before, progressives working to protect people’s rights will need state supreme courts to be hospitable to lawsuits ...

Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace Mitch McConnell.

An attendee holds a sign that says “Protect trans rights” while listening to speakers talk about transgender rights during ...

A Kentucky man charged with storming the U.S. Capitol is suspected by the FBI of stealing a laptop belonging to then-House ...

Democrats were projected to win at least 208 House seats and Republicans 215 seats as of Friday. A party needs 218 seats in order to have the majority.

The South Dakota Republican failed in his first try for the Senate but came back to defeat a chamber leader. Now he will be ...

The Trump administration offers promise and peril for American Catholic leaders’ top policy concerns, which include abortion ...

Republicans are replacing McConnell, the longest serving Senate party leader, as they prepare to take majority control in the ...