States must balance complying with a civil rights law that protects the voting power of a racial minority while not discriminating against other voters.

Earlier this week, state lawmakers passed a grocery tax cut aimed at offering shoppers some relief as prices continue to soar. On Tuesday, Alabama’s House of Representatives passed four ...

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is seeking to rally Democrats desperate for effective action now against President Donald Trump’s ...

But for Alan Simpson, I might have been a United States senator. I loved him anyway. I was the 1982 Democratic Party nominee for the Senate. Back then, Democrats had ...

Oakland, California, voters who recalled their mayor in November over crime, homelessness and allegations of corruption are ...

Medicaid is the main government program covering health care insurance and long-term care to approximately 83 million people.

The SS United States had a distinguished career as a transatlantic steamship. Now, officials in Florida plan to turn it into ...

Al Franken is headed back to the White House — well, sort of. The former politician, 73, appears in the new murder mystery series, “The Residence,” and portrays fictional senator Aaron Filkins. The ...

Several members of Alabama’s congressional delegation reacted Thursday to President Donald Trump’s long-promised order to close the U.S. Department of Education.

Learn more about the political career of Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers, a Republican for Alabama's Third Congressional ...

The new law allows the governor to directly appoint and supervise the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs commissioner.