Democratic Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney says he's dropping his bid for Virginia governor in 2025 and will instead run for lieutenant governor.

A key procedural vote gained approval Friday to move ahead with the bill, Democrats joining Republicans in a rare assist.

Legislation that could ban TikTok if its China-based owner doesn't sell its stake has won a major boost as House Republicans included it in a package of bills that would send U.S. aid to Ukraine and Israel.

The Senate has dismissed all impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ending the House Republican push to remove the Cabinet secretary from office over his handling of the the U.S.-Mexico border.

President Joe Biden says that he strongly supports a proposal from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

Defiant and determined, House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected a call on Tuesday to step aside or risk a vote to oust him from office.

House impeachment managers have walked two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas across the Capitol to the Senate, forcing senators to convene a trial.

President Joe Biden used the working-class city of roughly 75,000 as the backdrop for his pitch for higher taxes on the wealthy on Tuesday.

Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to display his relationship with former President Donald Trump as he faces a threat to oust him.

The U.S. House has passed a bill to reauthorize and reform a key U.S. government surveillance tool without including broad restrictions on how the FBI uses this crucial program to search for Americans' data.

There's a reason why President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are spending so much time attacking each other — people don't think either man has much to brag about when it comes to his own record.

Suddenly, emboldened national Democrats are pouring new resources into the state as Republicans scramble to navigate the evolving political landscape while confronting nagging internal divisions.

Lawmakers in at least 12 states are debating bills that would legalize physician-assisted death.

Senator Mark Warner is reacting to the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, which are expected to be delivered to the Senate next week.

Thousands more firearms dealers across the United States will have to run background checks on buyers at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores.

A Virginia congressman has gone back to college to study artificial intelligence so he can help regulate it.

The Arizona Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday cleared the way for the enforcement of an 1864 law that bans abortion at all stages of pregnancy with no exceptions for rape or incest.

Just a few hours before the legislative deadline, Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed a bill that would have established a Prescription Drug Affordability Board in Virginia.

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin says he'd like to work together with the General Assembly and find 'common ground' in the budget.

President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping have discussed Taiwan, artificial intelligence and security issues in a call meant to demonstrate a return to regular leader-to-leader dialogue between the two powers.

Donald Trump has been stepping up his anti-immigrant rhetoric, but the Republican presidential contender's speeches and online posts on the matter are resonating with many of his core supporters going back a decade.

A ruling that weakened a key part of the Voting Rights Act is spurring lawmakers in several states to enact state-level protections to plug gaps that the courts opened in the landmark federal law.

A divided panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday rejected arguments by voters that there is clear evidence that Republican manipulation of boundaries for two districts violates the Voting Rights Act.

Overall, about 4 in 10 Americans say that legal immigration to the U.S. is beneficial to the economy and culture, but that sentiment is down since 2017.

Hard-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia filed a motion to vacate on Friday in the middle of a House vote on a $1.2 trillion package to keep the government open.