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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and 174 other Democrats in the chamber signed a letter sent Wednesday to the new Postmaster General demanding the agency reverses operational changes they argue would hamper mail-in voting on Nov. 3, NBC News reports.

Joe Biden has chosen California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, in a move that fulfills the wish of Democrats clamoring to see a woman of color on a major party’s presidential ticket for the first time in history.

The Massachusetts’ 4th Congressional District has a big primary coming up on Sept. 1. That’s when nine Democrats will face off to fill Rep. Joe Kennedy III’s seat.  “This is going to be really, really close. And the candidate who wins may only get 20 or 25% of the vote,” Democratic political consultant Alex Goldstein said. But despite months of campaigning,...

Progressive Democrats are celebrating two primary victories in U.S. House races.

Talks over the coronavirus aid package have reached a stalemate at the Capitol

In a debate aired on NBC10 Boston and NECN, Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Joe Kennedy discussed the respose to the coronavirus pandemic and social justice reform.

Senate Republicans and the White House have reached tentative agreement for more testing funds in the next COVID-19 relief package

President Donald Trump’s sagging popularity is creating opportunities for Senate Democratic candidates in Republican-leaning states where they normally wouldn’t be competitive

In another signal that the Democratic convention is still on track to be largely virtual because of the coronavirus, a top convention official told members of Congress on Thursday not to travel to Wisconsin next month for the already-scaled back gathering.

From Mississippi retiring its state flag to local governments removing Confederate statues, a bipartisan push across the South is chipping away at reminders of the Civil War and segregation.

A national reckoning on racism, a ravaging public health crisis and depression-level unemployment have enveloped Donald Trump’s already tumultuous presidency

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is taking a jab at President Donald Trump as she unveils a plan to expand the Obama-era health law

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is requiring that House members wear masks when attending committee hearings

Democrats proposed a sweeping overhaul of police oversight and procedures Monday, an ambitious legislative response to the mass protests denouncing the deaths of black Americans at the hands of law enforcement.

House Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., explained on Monday why the Democrats’ police reform bill is just the beginning of what needs to be done to help all people find a more perfect union.

Democrats from the House and the Senate took a moment of silence on Monday to remember George Floyd and others killed during interactions with police officers.

Democrats say they will interview officials who may have information about the ouster of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick

Some Pennsylvania Democrats are accusing House Republican leadership of covering up a fellow GOP lawmaker’s COVID-19 diagnosis.

Democratic members of the state’s Board of Elections have filed an appeal of a federal judge’s reinstatement of the New York presidential primary.

President Donald Trump and Democrats are bickering over how to provide voters with safe and secure access to a ballot, as coronavirus pandemic rages in the U.S. and threatens to extend into the fall and affect the general election