The bar for appointing an acting mayor in Evanston won’t be raised after all. City Council members shelved a proposal at their June 8 meeting to require a two-thirds majority vote for selecting a new ...

MADISON, Wis. — Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu says he needs two more votes to revive a failed deal to spend part of Wisconsin’s projected surplus. LeMahieu said on Thursday that the Senate ...

(JTA) — A House resolution aimed at preventing U.S. involvement in hostilities in Lebanon failed Thursday. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat and fierce critic of Israel, forced a vote on the ...

The resolution, forced to the floor by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, drew support from 91 Democrats but was opposed by party leaders. A House resolution aimed at preventing U.S. involvement in hostilities in ...

The Maine Republican, who is in the middle of a tumultuous re-election race, became the first senator in history to reach the threshold without missing a vote. Senator Susan Collins of Maine has not ...

Guinean President Mamadi Doumbouya has strengthened his hold on power after his party won most of the seats in the May 31 parliamentary elections. Doumbouya’s Generation for Modernity and Development ...

SANTA CRUZ — As ballots continue to be counted, Ryan Coonerty led a crowded race for Santa Cruz mayor Wednesday. As of 2:45 a.m. Wednesday, Coonerty held a majority of the votes with 50.56%. Trailing ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday night said it would allow the state of Alabama to use a new map for congressional districts that a lower federal court had ruled was discriminatory to Black voters. The ...

Sen. John Cornyn lost the Senate GOP primary to Trump-endorsed Ken Paxton. Though Trump called Cornyn 'not supportive of me,' the longtime Texas senator was not one of the seven who voted to convict ...

Non-whites are set to become the majority for the first time in the US by 2050, a situation mirrored in up to 16 states — including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, according to new census data.

OTTAWA — A majority of the House of Commons voted against a non-binding motion on Monday that called on the federal government to protect private property from First Nations land claims — a political ...