President-elect Donald Trump is planning to nominate South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem to serve as the secretary of ...

In contrast, Biden has a mixed record on capital punishment. Unlike his predecessor, he has not carried out any federal executions, but, as the Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig explains, “neither has he ...

A Dunleavy departure wouldn’t be without precedent: former Alaska Gov. Wally Hickel left office in 1969 to become secretary ...

Republicans kept Rep. Jan Jones of Milton as House Speaker Pro Tem and Rep. Chuck Efstration of Dacula as majority leader.

The election of Republican Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire’s governor means 13 women will serve as a state’s chief executive ...

The race for lieutenant governor in North Carolina is between Republican Hal Weatherman and Democrat Rachel Hunt. Independent Wayne Jones is also on the ballot. Only a handful of states elect the ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for state lawmakers to convene a special session in December to help safeguard the ...

North Carolina Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Stein's veto could become more effective than outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper's stamp has ...

Donald Trump was elected to a second term as U.S. president and Republicans have won control of the U.S. Senate for the first ...

Donald Trump has begun the process of choosing a cabinet and selecting other high-ranking administration officials following ...

Gavin Newsom wants the newly reelected Donald Trump to know California has a line, and the former president better think ...

New GOP senators in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Montana, West Virginia and Utah, oppose abortion, are skeptical of 2010 ...