Republican Gov. Greg Abbott claimed that he had heard that the FBI will search for Texas House Democrats who left the state ...

As Texas House Democrats refuse to return to the state and allow a vote for a Republican-friendly congressional map to move ...

The U.S. Department of Justice published an updated list of "sanctuary jurisdictions." Find out which Illinois counties remain.

A federal appeals court dealt a setback for President Donald Trump’s offensive to end birthright citizenship, even after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the lower courts to avoid overly broad ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states. The law is under threat.

Texas Democrats staying in Illinois were evacuated from their hotel on Wednesday morning over a potential bomb threat, ...

A bomb threat forced Democrats from the Texas state house of representatives to flee the hotel in Illinois where they are staying after they decamped to Illinois to block a Republican attempt to ...

Gov. JB Pritzker took the Texas redistricting battle to late night TV, appearing on Stephen Colbert ’s “The Late Show.” ...

Governor Gregg Abbott ordered state troopers to find and arrest those Democrats who left the state. But lawmakers dismissing those threats as state authorities are beyond their jurisdiction. Abbott ...

In a significant escalation of his spat with Texas Democrats who left the state to stop a controversial redistricting vote, ...