Rep. Will Hurd's retirement announcement this week goes beyond the simple numbers--Hurd is the sixth Republican and the third from Texas to decline to seek re-election next year--the 41-year-old was seen both as a GOP rising star, and was the only black Republican in the House.

A variety of political observers and strategists expressed confusion and dismay with how much President Barack Obama and his legacy came under fire from other Democrats during this week's CNN Democratic presidential debate.

Democratic presidential rivals Tulsi Gabbard and Kamala Harris kept up the argument that began Wednesday evening during the Democratic presidential debate off-stage this week, as well.

Homelessness and the lack of affordable housing are already at crisis levels in the United States, but extreme weather events, fueled by climate change, threaten to compound these problems.

We’re staying up late again to watch the next round of Democratic debates, and give all the candidates the grades they deserve.

Let’s talk about Maryland’s 7th Congressional District, the subject of Trump’s latest weird tweetstorm, and aside from reminding Donald Trump that he actually is the president of Maryland’s 7th Congressional District, let’s look at it just from a “facts” standpoint first.

The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge Tuesday to block the Trump administration from continuing to separate hundreds of families in defiance of a previous court order.

If Donald Trump thought his Twitter attack against Rep. Elijah Cummings will help him politically, he is wrong, according to a California Democrat.

While hundreds of House Democrats and much of official Washington is busy debating whether to open an impeachment proceeding against Donald Trump, one top member of the House Judiciary Committee says impeachment has functionally already begun.

Migrants hoping for U.S. protection have been waiting in Mexico for months, as the U.S. allowed fewer than ever to enter. Then it changed the rules entirely.