The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats of attempts to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and possibly other ...

MORGANTOWN — Residents opposed to President Donald Trump’s budget bill tried one last time to get Rep. Riley Moore to hear their voices before he voted Thursday on the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill.’ However, ...

The Justice Department had demanded that James E. Ryan step down in order to help resolve a civil rights investigation into ...

Three very different politicians — from New York, Virginia and New Jersey — won elections this month with a common theme: ...

Gun control crusader and former U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy of New York has died. She was 81. McCarthy was a political novice ...

If we don’t have the ability as a state to regulate [AI], that’s a problem,” Delegate Michelle Maldonado said.

On top of a starting salary of $87,826, most leaders earn longevity pay, an extra $7,284 for each year of service after their first, up to the maximum of $29,136.

Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, are increasing patrols around elected officials in the area after a shooting in Minnesota on Saturday. The Fairfax County police posted on X saying that they ...

In 2024, the pay rate was $121,000 annually. County Attorney Matt Jennings saw his salary move from approximately $148,000 in 2024 to $159,813 in 2025, making him the highest paid elected official.

Federal prosecutors have also lost high-profile cases against elected officials, like those into former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) and former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R), with the conviction ...

Elected officials secretly texting each other during public meetings may or may not become a problem requiring a statewide fix. But it’s happening enough that a Virginia transparency panel may ...

From new rules over out-of-state travel to restricting luxury car purchases, lawmakers took steps this session to assert more oversight over other state officials. Some Republican lawmakers who ...