MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Southern Republicans are pushing their states to formally embrace the name Gulf of America — the name ...

In 1980, political activist Pat Quinn, who would later become governor, led a successful effort to change the Illinois ...

As Virginia barrels toward a high-stakes House of Delegates election in November, a dozen Republican incumbents are quietly ...

Taverns and saloons were an integral part of Irish and German immigrants’ lives and social connections in the 19th century. Social Turners, a German American gymnastics club, founded its Chicago ...

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Tuesday event deteriorated into chaos after two attendees were shocked by Tasers.

Life in the tiny borough of Englishtown has attracted unusual headlines with the choice of an ex-mobster to join the council. That's just the start.

President Donald Trump won all four counties in the Rio Grande Valley, once considered a reliable Democratic stronghold.

North Penryn Road will be closed between Airy Hill Road and Oak Lane on Tuesday and Wednesday for base repairs. Police said emergency vehicles, school buses and mail carriers will be able to pass ...

The next battle for the Senate majority has come into clearer focus in recent weeks, with candidates in both parties making ...

Mario Vargas Llosa, who died April 13, helped ignite intellectual fervor in Peru, while his writings stoked the imagination ...

The junior Indiana senator's lack of empathy is a departure from the seven men who have held these two offices over the past ...