Across the United States, state prison systems are grappling with chronic understaffing and overcrowding — dual crises that ...

Republicans are planning to use the budget reconciliation process to address immigration and energy in one bill.

Democrats' party leadership elections came as they lost their slim majority in the Senate, and Republicans picked up four ...

The back-and-forth over delays in compensation occurs as an additional $1.5 billion in compensation hangs in the balance.

The U.S. Education Department called on every state, school and district on Tuesday to adopt policies on cellphone use in ...

New Mexico’s three congressional representatives urged leaders of both parties in the U.S. House of Representatives to act ...

Grijalva, an Arizona progressive, has led Democrats on the committee overseeing environmental, public lands and tribal issues ...

Women in New Mexico won big this last election and now make up more than half of the state‘s lawmakers. Along with a ...

States that have focused on tackling climate change are preparing to fight back by filing lawsuits, or with their own ...

President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son from federal gun and tax crimes —and any other offenses over a nearly ...

The outcomes of seven ballot measures in Arizona, California and Colorado reflect the stricter approach to crime that’s been ...

The pardon is a reversal in Joe Biden's long-standing pledge that he would not exert his executive authority to clear his son ...