In a stunning victory aided by scandal, Democrat Doug Jones won Alabamaβs special Senate election, beating back history, an embattled Republican opponent and President Donald Trump, who urgently endorsed GOP rebel Roy Moore despite a litany of sexual misconduct allegations.
The City of Charlotte is looking for ways to speed up your commute through Uptown. Monday night, City Council gave the green-light for a plan to allow traffic lights to be adjusted remotely.
Alabama Democrats see Tuesdayβs special Senate election as a chance to renounce a history littered with politicians whose race-baiting, bombast and other baggage have long soiled the stateβs reputation beyond its borders.
Congress prevents a government shutdown, for now....delaying the deadline for two weeks.
Minnesota Democrat Al Franken, facing fresh allegations of sexual misconduct and vanishing support from fellow Democrats, appears to be on the brink of resigning from the Senate.
Local leaders are speaking out on both sides of the argument after President Donald Trump formally declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel Wednesday.
Defying dire, worldwide warnings, President Donald Trump on Wednesday broke with decades of U.S. and international policy and formally recognized Jerusalem as Israelβs capital.
President Donald Trumpβs move to recognize Jerusalem as Israelβs capital on Wednesday could have deep repercussions across the region.
President Donald Trumpβs rare move to shrink two large national monuments in Utah triggered another round of outrage among Native American leaders who vowed to unite and take the fight to court to preserve protections for lands they consider sacred.
Tonight, Charlotte has a new mayor and a set of new, younger city council members.
The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries.
President Donald Trump formally endorsed embattled Republican Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race on Monday, looking past sexual misconduct allegations against the GOP candidate to argue that Mooreβs vote is needed in Congress.
Amid a rush of weekend tweets taking aim at targets old and new, President Donald Trump criticized the FBI and raised questions about the special prosecutorβs investigation into Russian election meddling and possible ties to his campaign.
Debate continues as the GOP tax plan gets closer to reaching President Donald Trump's desk. This week lawmakers from the House and Senate will work to reconcile the bills passed in each chamber.
Republicans pushed a nearly $1.5 trillion tax bill through the Senate early Saturday after a burst of eleventh-hour horse trading, as a party starved all year for a major legislative triumph took a giant step toward giving President Donald Trump one of his top priorities by Christmas.
Senate Republicans steamed toward passage of a $1.4 trillion tax bill Friday, overcoming eleventh-hour hitches in their drive to deliver a major legislative accomplishment to President Donald Trump by Christmas.
North Korea abruptly ended a 10-week pause in its weapons testing Tuesday by launching what the Pentagon believes was an intercontinental ballistic missile, a move that will escalate already high tensions with Washington.
President Donald Trumpβs year-end agenda is at a critical juncture as he heads Tuesday to Capitol Hill to rally Senate Republicans on taxes β and then pivot to negotiations with Democrats pressing for victories of their own in a separate, high-stakes showdown over the budget and immigration.
Mecklenburg County's new District Attorney is promising to stand up for victims of burglaries, domestic violence, and sexual assault. Spencer Merriweather is also the first African-American to lead the DA's office.
Even while fiercely denying allegations of sexual harassment, Michigan Rep. John Conyers is giving up his leadership position as top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, acknowledging a congressional probe into his possible misconduct had become an unwelcome distraction.
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