By MICHELLE R. SMITH AND PETER SMITH Associated Press By his own account, Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s 2019 conversion to Catholicism provided a spiritual fulfillment he couldn’t find in his Yale education or...

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST AND JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A decision on whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the U.S. won’t come until after the November presi...

By BRIAN SLODYSKO AND DAN MERICA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Italo Medelius was leading a volunteer drive to put Cornel West on North Carolina’s presidential ballot last spring when he received...

Life, death, crime and taxes will be on ballots for voters to decide this fall. More than 140 measures are going before voters in 41 states during the general election alongside choices for president ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has a new advertising push to draw attention to her plan to build 3 million new homes over four years, a move designed to contain inflationary pressures ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted Tuesday to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the presidential ballot, despite his request to be removed, and also rejected a Democratic attemp...

NEW YORK (AP) — Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination “on behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on Earth.” America, Barack Obama thundered, “is ready f...

WASHINGTON (AP) — “Electric.” “Joyful.” The kinetic energy powering Kamala Harris ‘ whirlwind presidential campaign carries the hopeful aspirations of history and the almost quaint idea of electing th...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the state’s rejection of signed petitions for an abortion rights ballot initiative on Thursday, keeping the proposal from going before voters...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting the Democrats’ presidential nomination Thursday, exactly 60 years after another Black woman mesmerized the nation with a televised speec...

By LISA MASCARO AND FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have released their initial impeachment inquiry report on President Joe Biden, alleging an abuse of power and ob...

By WILL WEISSERT, JILL COLVIN AND SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has replaced President Joe Biden atop the presidential ticket, but his “finish the job” ...

Election officials in Arizona and Missouri this week announced that abortion-rights supporters in their states had gathered enough petition signatures to put proposed amendments enshrining abortion ri...

By STEVE KARNOWSKI AND JOHN HANNA Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has decided on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate in her bid for the White House, according ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi thought briefly she might have died on Jan. 6, 2021. Not quite two years later, the threat of political violence would come for her husband at their home. “Where’s Nancy...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ordinary Americans are “getting whacked” by too many laws and regulations, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch says in a new book that underscores his skepticism of federal agencies a...

By SEUNG MIN KIM AND LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have energized Democrats in the early days of her candidacy, with the surge in warm feeli...

By MATT O’BRIEN AND SARAH PARVINI AP Technology Writers Artificial intelligence’s growing visibility in everyday life has made it a popular discussion topic but hasn’t yet elevated it to a top electio...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has unveiled a long-awaited proposal for changes at the U.S. Supreme Court, calling on Congress to establish term limits and an enforceable ethics code for the co...

By BILL BARROW, ZEKE MILLER, AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Carolyn Valone was not going to cast a presidential vote in November. The 84-year-old Democrat from St. Louis sai...