As bills cross over from th Senate to the House of Representatives and vice versa in the Capitol this week, many pieces of legislation have failed to ...

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The little known panel made up of officials from several federal agencies has been in existence since 1890. As more settlers and prospectors headed west following the American Civil War ...

In this photo provided by Andrew Esola, Joe McAneney stands on his plane in the Ruth Amphitheater on Mount McKinley, Alaska, May 25, 2024. (Andrew Esola via AP) ...

Authors of the state’s 1890 constitution based disenfranchisement on a list of crimes they thought Black people were more likely to commit, the lawyers argued. But the state responded that the Supreme ...

A San Franciscan’s landmark legal victory almost 130 years ago helped firmly define what it means to be an American citizen — a longheld understanding that could be completely upended if an ...

Members of the Native Hawaiian Caucus have announced their list of priority bills for this year’s legislative session. Courtesy photo Members of the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives Native ...

And in 1890, the secretary of the treasury issued an opinion denying citizenship for the child of a would-be immigrant who was being held on a ship in New York Harbor while awaiting immigration ...

One of Trump's executive orders moves to end birthright citizenship, a right enshrined in the Constitution. Here's what you need to know about the legal principle and its possible future.

But not everybody has stepped up,” he said. State Sen. Lamont Bagby, D-Henrico, chair of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, said former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, the presumptive Democratic ...

With Democrats poised to deliver an early immigration victory to President Donald Trump, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus split over how to approach the issue in a closed-door meeting ...

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), one of the largest in Congress, blasted President Trump on Wednesday for rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in the federal government.