Eleven Washington, D.C. residents filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that the lack of representation for D.C. residents in Congress violates ...

Georgetown University students joined thousands of people protesting in favor of national voting rights and Washington, D.C. statehood during a march to the National Mall on Aug. 28. Students and ...

President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday.

(CNN) — After an impassioned set of arguments Wednesday over the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the question is whether Justice Brett Kavanaugh is willing to completely dismantle a law intended to ensure ...

Voting rights activists gather outside the Supreme Court on Oct. 15 as the justices prepare to take up a challenge to the Voting Rights Act. (Cliff Owen/AP) When the Supreme Court weakened the Voting ...

Christina Giles lives in a homeless encampment just north of the U.S. Capitol and like many people, she is excited to cast ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For decades, the faces of American politics have grown more diverse by nearly every measure, especially as racial minority communities gained political representation after longtime ...