Edith Renfrow Smith grew up in the 1910s hearing her grandparents’ stories of surviving slavery, including a grandfather who ...

Three African American senators in California have been appointed to leadership roles in the state Senate, reflecting their ...

A terrorist inspired by ISIS drives a Ford F-150 pickup into pedestrians on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing 14 people and injuring 57.U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell is sworn in to represent Missouri’s ...

WASHINGTON — House Clerk Cheryl Johnson became an unlikely folk hero in Washington this past week, running the lower chamber of Congress with a steady hand as Republicans struggled to elect a speaker ...

Watch Night, also known as Freedom’s Eve, is a sacred New Year’s Eve tradition in Black communities rooted in Christian worship and remembrance of Dec. 31, 1862, when enslaved and free African ...

As this turbulent year draws to a close, it appears that most Americans still have at least one thing in common: contempt for Congress. Gallup’s final 2025 poll, conducted Dec. 1-15, found that only ...

A 32-year-old woman was found dead inside a freezer at a Dollar Tree in Miami over the weekend, according to local police. A Dollar Tree employee contacted Miami police at about 8 a.m. on Sunday, Dec.

The deadline to enroll in Affordable Care Act plans for coverage starting Jan. 1 is Dec. 15, as key subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year unless Congress intervenes, a lapse that could ...

Only one American woman in politics, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, made Forbes’s 2025 list of most powerful women. Wiles, the White House’s first female chief of staff, is ranked 66th on the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a nationwide conversation in the U.S. about how much people trust scientists and trained medical professionals. But for some communities, distrust has been the norm. For ...

WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson is staring down a revolt from House Republican women. Several female lawmakers have been increasingly defying Johnson, R-La., on legislative matters and lobbing ...