Iowa Republican and former state lawmaker Jim Carlin announced last week he is seeking to challenge the incumbent Republican ...

President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” is now in the Senate where its fate ultimately depends on an obscure Senate rule: the Byrd rule.

A contentious public utilities bill passes the Delaware Senate. A bill proposing a new Veterans Affairs Department clears committee.

Melissa Hortman was a lifelong Minneapolis-area resident who went to college in Boston and then returned home for law school. She was elected to the Minnesota House in 2004 and helped pass a sweeping ...

Melissa Hortman’ s influence at the Minnesota Capitol and her power as a Democratic leader to shape the course of a deeply ...

Disputes among Republicans about parts of Trump's major tax bill threaten approval in the Senate and past compromises reached ...

The Republican-led Big Beautiful Bill Act aims to provide $1,000 'Trump Accounts' for babies, eliminate taxes on tips, provide billions for border wall and increase the U.S. debt limit.

California State Senate Democratic Caucus members denounced the federal government's immigration enforcement in the state, ...

The search for Vance Boelter put the state on edge. He has been charged with second-degree murder in the attacks, which ...

MINNEAPOLIS: Americans talk constantly about how their country is split down the middle politically. Melissa Hortman lived ...

Melissa Hortman was the Minnesota House's top Democrat and as House speaker helped shepherd a package of liberal initiatives ...