President Donald Trump has been using diplomatic appointments as a soft landing for officials leaving his administration.

Police agencies in Illinois will soon be required to do more thorough background checks on prospective officers.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) pushed for the District’s statehood again on Tuesday amid President Trump’s crackdown on the ...

The tension between the interests of the state’s commercial fishing industry and its recreational fishers reached a boiling point when North Carolina lawmakers sought to ban inland shrimp trawling ...

Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie plan to bring survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s abuse to Capitol Hill ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and placing the city’s police department under federal control in an effort to boost public safety ...

A proposal headed to the Seattle City Council next month would allow the Police Department to expand where it uses ...

Sonya Massey was shot and killed by former sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson. His employment record has come under scrutiny, ...

A Granby, Mass. family is still enduring an unimaginable loss more than a month after their son and brother was shot and killed on the streets in Washington DC.

"We organized an event for our members down at Kennedy Space Center to really understand and meet with the people there," said Jim Carroll.

The Texas Legislature is preparing to adjourn early this week amid a continued quorum break by House Democrats. But Gov. Greg ...

Trump's expansion of federal authority over Washington, D.C., is in many ways unprecedented, but calls to mind other times ...