Several hundred people gathered for a worship ceremony at a high school stadium in Texas on Wednesday evening to remember the at least 120 people who died in the catastrophic flash floods over the ...

President Donald Trump's “big, beautiful bill” has received plenty of criticism and pushback, including from U.S. Rep Adam Smith, D-WA.

Gov. Kelly Ayotte laid out her priorities for any increased state spending if revenues continue on an upward swing and said ...

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President Trump isn't planning to send a new to-do list to Congress after he signed his signature legislative victory into ...

The death toll from the July 4th weekend flooding in Central Texas has risen to at least 110. In Kerr County alone, 161 ...

Alexander Malyshev and Sarah Ganley of Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP discuss a gray area when the 2018 Farm Bill legalized ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday said investigative committees in the House and Senate will look at the response to deadly ...

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One way you can tell is the Republican candidates’ for U.S. Senate social media pages. Both former Attorney General Daniel ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson says he is open to bringing NASCAR back to Chicago. At a news conference with reporters on Tuesday he weighed in on the street race and holiday weekend violence.