Portugal's presidential election features a record 11 candidates, with a populist party leader poised for a potential breakthrough. The large field makes a first-round win unlikely, leading to ...

Republicans thought they could beat freshman U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg in 1988.  New Jersey had gone Republican in five ...

Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington’s nonvoting delegate to the House for more than three decades, will not seek a 19th term in ...

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Legendary college football coach Lou Holtz, best known for coaching Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish to a national championship ...

Here is a look at the life of Jay Inslee, former governor of Washington and former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate.

Illinois’ congressional delegation is getting a makeover. In the March 17 Democratic primary, voters will decide who fills five open U.S. House seats in the Chicago area — vacancies created by ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized President Trump and portrayed his state as “a beacon” of democracy in a State of the State address that suggested national ambitions. By Laurel Rosenhall Reporting from ...

Minneapolis has erupted with protests after federal agents shot and killed a second U.S. citizen there, and Trump's "border ...

The election of elderly leaders is seen by supporters as a statement of ...

The National LGBTQ Task Force, the nation’s oldest LGBTQ advocacy organization, wrapped up nearly a week of programming as ...

In America, it is conventional political wisdom that the campaign for their next presidential election begins the day after ...