TikTok added new tools to allow parents to restrict and control teenagers' access, a move meant to address widespread fears about unhealthy social media habits and the threat of government regulation or even banishment.
Voters will decide the direction of Chicago for the next four years in a runoff election between two Democrats, one more progressive-leaning and one leaning toward a more conservative agenda, each with different methods to address the city's problems with rising crime and declining education.
House Republican leaders are pushing back against criticism over the release of surveillance footage documenting the Jan. 6 riot to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, vowing all video clips will be vetted before being aired on the network.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and J.D. Vance (R-OH) is set to introduce legislation seeking to address the fiery train derailment in East Palestine and avoid future incidents.
Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson, the top challengers in Chicago's mayoral race to incumbent Lori Lightfoot (D), have earned enough votes to move to a runoff in April, meaning Lightfoot's reelection bid is now over in a historic defeat.
Lori Lightfoot's tenure as mayor of Chicago has ended, marked by four years of grappling with rising crime rates and keeping the city afloat during nationwide pandemic. Both her job performance and electability of her opponents led to her becoming the first incumbent to lose an election since 1989.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is set to introduce legislation aimed at curbing biologically male transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports.
Ghislaine Maxwell asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to overturn her sex trafficking conviction and 20-year prison sentence for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls for more than a decade.
The Supreme Court issued two opinions on Tuesday ahead of its busy oral argument session on the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, repeating a pattern of non-traditional alliances among the justices in a small set of early rulings.
Former President Donald Trump vowed a “sweeping pro-American overhaul” of the nation’s trade policies if returned to the White House, drawing early battle lines in the Republican presidential nominating contest by reviving a message that helped propel him to victory in 2016.
