The founding of the United States was the big draw for buyers at a major New York sale of historic documents that saw many estimates fall.

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Exactly 160 years ago on Dec. 18, 1865, the U.S. adopted the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery. Before the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln and other anti-slavery politicians ...

Pro-life leaders from states across the country held a webcast on Monday calling on the U.S. Senate to protect the Hyde Amendment during ongoing healthcare negotiations. "The most persuasive thing you ...

The Virginia Senate passed a constitutional amendment Friday to pave the way for a mid-decade redistricting push, the final legislative step needed to send it to voters for approval. If voters support ...

Officials in Minnesota and Illinois filed lawsuits within hours of each other Monday seeking to curb the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown in their states. Minnesota Attorney ...

The Virginia state Senate on Friday greenlit a constitutional amendment that would clear the way for the Democrat-controlled legislature to redraw the state's U.S. House maps ahead of this year's ...

The First Amendment protects the right to protest, but this right does not extend to physical violence. Protests have occurred nationwide following the fatal shooting of two people by federal ...

Virginia’s Democratic-controlled legislature just got one step closer to victory in the battle against Donald Trump’s gerrymandering scheme. The commonwealth’s Senate passed an amendment Friday that ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Democrat-controlled Senate on Friday passed all four constitutional amendments that can now be placed before voters in a statewide referendum later this year. The four ...

Donald Trump has sent a diplomatic communiqué so shocking that it bears reading in full without preamble. “Dear Jonas,” the president wrote to Norway’s prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre. “Considering ...