In a ceremonial formality, Mayor Karen Bass on Thursday swore in former L.A. County Sheriff Jim McDonnell as 59th chief of ...

The government is hoping to pass legislation that would prevent Clive Palmer-style campaign spending, and Australia has voted ...

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney wrote the Dred Scott decision in 1857, ruling that Black Americans were not and ...

The Albanese government is pushing for the biggest shake-up of funding and disclosure laws in more than a decade.

Rep. Mike Johnson has won the Republican nomination to remain as House speaker, on track to keep the gavel after a morning ...