A local icon. A symbol of San Francisco politics. A speaker emerita. A matriarch. A badass. So when retired Chronicle librarian Bill Van Niekerken found 1972 photos of the former speaker of the House ...

More Democratic voters are pushing for the party to become more moderate after losing the White House and control of the ...

The effort to name the House Press Gallery after abolitionist Frederick Douglass is getting a push forward as Rep. Byron ...

Mugshot Hanging in the Oval Office In a bold display of defiance, Donald Trump has made a striking statement by hanging his notorious mugshot prominently outside the Oval Office. The placement of this ...

We help to save lives and build better futures for millions forced from home. The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo is worsening. Half a million more people have been displaced this month ...

Two other bills — one to ban Planned Parenthood from classrooms and one to shield teachers who misgender students — also bound for House floor.

Still, our only request is that they work within their designated areas and avoid affecting us,” said ... of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) approached him for his party symbol to contest the Delhi ...