Nancy Pelosi has avoided being beaten up by extremists in her party, unlike Charles Schumer and Mitch McConnell who have ...

McConnell has said the law closes a loophole companies have exploited by taking legal amounts of THC, turning it into intoxicating substances, and marketing it to kids in candy-like packaging.

Canada's main stock index edged higher on Wednesday as optimism that a U.S. debt-ceiling deal could be reached offset worries ...

Martha Layne Collins, the first and only woman elected governor of Kentucky, has died. She was 88. Her most visible legacy is ...

Matthew Chapman is a video game designer who attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing in ...

The peculiar US political phenomenon known as the filibuster is once again in focus. The filibuster is the prerogative enjoyed by the minority party in the Senate to demand never-ending debate to ...

Two Rivers City Manager Kyle Kordell has proposed a resolution to cap the city's debt. The city's current debt load is at 38% of the state's limit. The resolution includes rules for how the city ...