All 67 people on board the plane and the helicopter were killed. An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ...

This week’s election will likely mark another milestone in the partitioning of America into divergent and increasingly hostile blocs of red and blue states.

During oral arguments on Wednesday in Louisiana v. Callais, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson forcefully rebuked an attorney defending Louisiana’s congressional map, interrupting his claim that plaintiffs ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court began hearing arguments on Wednesday in a dispute over the composition of Louisiana electoral districts in a case that could imperil a key section of the ...

Democrats would be in danger of losing around a dozen majority-minority districts across the South if the court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act. Republicans gain 12 more seats, including ...

Oct. 8 (UPI) --Government shutdowns are the mark of some of the most tumultuous times on Capitol Hill in the United States, grinding government operations to a halt as lawmakers reach an impasse over ...

Illinois elections are broken — with roughly half of legislative races uncontested after politicians drew maps to lock in power. Now, two political veterans, one a Democrat and one a Republican, think ...