CHICAGO (AP) — From jokes about his well-known stubbornness to tears grieving the loss of a parent, the adult children of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. gave an emotional tribute Wednesday honoring the ...

Several Democratic lawmakers are planning to boycott President Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night and attend a ...

The members of Congress plan to attend a rally organized by progressive advocacy groups on the National Mall instead.

Jesse Jackson’s upbringing in SC shaped his mission for justice and propelled him to work for causes in his home state ...

Four congressional Democrats are asking inspectors general to probe whether ex-lobbyists in the administration broke ethics ...

Several House and Senate Democrats will skip President Trump’s State of the Union address next week to attend counter-programming events near the U.S. Capitol highlighting the impact of the ...

Rep. Randy Fine, a first-term Republican congressman from Florida, is facing calls to resign over accusations of Islamophobia after suggesting he prefers dogs to Muslim people. "If they force us to ...

Megan Kunz, a friend of Borrenpohl’s wearing a “Destroy American Fascism” hoodie, tried to help. But an older man in a blue flannel blocked Kunz’s path, towering over her like a self-deputized sheriff ...

Several key races are at stake and multiple propositions are on the Democratic and Republican ballots. During early voting, ...

The House Democratic leader has asked rank-and-file members to sit quietly at the speech or skip it altogether, wary of ...

The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died ...

House Democrats are plotting a range of moves to broadcast their defiance of President Trump during his State of the Union address to Congress next week. Trump’s speech marks a significant flash ...