On April 2, 2005, John Paul II, the Polish pope born Karol Józef Wojtyła, died in his Vatican apartment at age 84. The first non-Italian pope in over 450 years, John Paul II became one of the most influential leaders of the late 20th and early 21st centuries while playing a crucial role in the fall of communism in Europe.
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that set a historic mark to show Democrats’ resistance to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions.
A coalition of state attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its decision to cut $11 billion in federal funds that go toward COVID-19 initiatives and various public health projects across the country.
With President Donald Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” of tariff implementation fast approaching, Senate Democrats are putting Republican support for some of those plans to the test by forcing a vote to nullify the emergency declaration that underpins the tariffs on Canada.
As the United States prepares to welcome the world for various sporting events, the question becomes: Will the world want to come?
The Food and Drug Administration’s chief tobacco regulator has been removed from his post amid sweeping cuts at the agency and across the federal health workforce handed down Tuesday, according to people familiar with the matter.
Wisconsin’s top education official will be elected Tuesday in a race between the teachers union-backed incumbent and a Republican-supported critic.
Majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will be decided Tuesday in a race that broke records for spending and has become a proxy battle for the nation’s political fights.
On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage.
The White House correspondents’ dinner axed its traditional comedy act this year, canceling comedian Amber Ruffin as host a day after a Trump administration official called her “hate-filled” because of her jokes about the president.