Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin quoted activist Abbie Hoffman during his Golden Globes acceptance speech to condemn the violence at the Capitol last month. Sorkin, who wrote the screenplay for "The Trial of the Chicago 7," recited a quote from the activist...

Senate Democrats decided Sunday to abandon an alternative proposal to penalize companies for not providing a $15 minimum wage to their employees, the latest indication that boosting the federal minimum wage in this Congress remains an extremely tall order,...

Top Senate Democrats are pulling a plan to penalize large corporations that don't have a $15 per hour minimum wage, two sources confirmed to The Hill.

When American author Meena Harris wrote a tweet criticizing the Indian state for what she saw as its heavy-handed response to farmers protesting agricultural reforms, nationalist counter-protesters responded by burning her portrait.

Faced with an escalating backlash following two allegations of sexual harassment in less than a week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday acknowledged that some of his comments in the workplace "may have been insensitive or too personal" and said he...

"I acknowledge some of the things I have said have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation... I am truly sorry about that," he said.