A small creek on Alaska’s Little Kiska Island has been renamed, more than 80 years after it was named after Germany’s Nazi Party by World War II soldiers fighting in the Aleutians.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal judges will weigh a request to bring Alabama back under the preclearance requirement of the ...

A new lawsuit challenges Wisconsin's congressional district maps, claiming they are unconstitutional due to anti-competitive gerrymandering.

The legislative package that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, has several provisions that will shrink the safety net, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, ...

A viable third party is the great white whale of American politics — but Elon Musk appears willing to try it anyway.

In recent decades, American presidential elections have been decided by a small handful of swing states — places where the ...

JD Vance casts tie-breaking vote as Senate passes ‘big, beautiful’ bill - The Independent was on Capitol Hill overnight as ...

AI: Commerce Chair Ted Cruz and Sen. Marsha Blackburn are pitching a plan to cut the megabill’s 10-year moratorium on state ...

Photo by Marcy Stamper The Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest includes 1.7-million acres in Okanogan County, just part of the vast array of public lands in Washington state and the West. Proposal ...

Places like Alaska, Pennsylvania, New Mexico.” State Senate District 26 is often cited by progressive groups as not having contiguous boundaries as required by the Wisconsin Constitution. (Wisconsin ...

Colorado’s congressional and local leaders are responding to a proposed budget reconciliation bill that proposes making more than 250 million acres of public lands eligible for sale.

The Senate's reconciliation bill would mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of public lands. See where they are.