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A major reform goes to the governor for his signature.

Case Western Reserve University has become the latest Ohio institution to shut down its DEI office, citing recent federal ...

N.Y., has served since 1999 as a U.S. senator, has led the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017, served as Senate majority leader from 2021 to 2025 and has served two stints as Senate ...

Schumer’s miscalculation on the stopgap spending billl exposed Democrats' inability to communicate with the public, Steven ...

The suggested changes to Social Security include cutting thousands of jobs, closing offices, and implementing stricter identity checks that could require in-person visits to Social Security offices ...

The left continues to rage against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for casting a vote to avoid a government shutdown. He ...

A statement by influential Chicago advocacy groups against Sen. Dick Durbin's vote, coupled with a climate group protest ...

Democrat James Andrew Malone narrowly won a special election for a Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a stretch of ...

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the SSA distanced himself from some of the actions taken at the agency by officials ...