For decades, Americans have gathered at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. to watch the inauguration of the incoming ...

Sister JoAnn Persch and Sister Pat Murphy used to set up a sacred space in the McHenry County Jail library once a week for ...

Plans remain fluid—but there is no doubt of a push for highly visible raids in Democratic cities in the first days of the new ...

José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, civil rights activist and founder of the Young Lords Organization, died Friday, Jan. 10. He was 76.

My assumption that humanist academics were all on the left was foolish, of course. But so was my defeatist certainty that ...

Jose “Cha Cha” Jimenez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and ...

President Biden tells USA TODAY he hasn't picked a location for his presidential library – but hopes to see it in his home state of Delaware.

The 119th United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. New members were ...

President Joe Biden presents David M. Rubenstein with the Medal of Freedom during a Jan. 4 ceremony at the White House.

Washington — The 119th Congress begins Friday with Republicans in full control of the House and Senate for the first time since 2019. Still, there's the potential for sparks to fly in the House ...

The 119th Congress kicks off Friday as lawmakers return to Washington with a long January to-do list and a packed first day. Confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees are set ...