American democracy is straining under countless pressures, many of them rooted in structural problems that go back to the nation's founding. Chief among them is the "pick one" plurality voting system—also called winner-take-all—used to elect nearly all of the 520,

Brian Cole Jr., the suspect in the Jan. 6 pipe bomb case, told investigators he was "disappointed" in the 2020 election results, the U.S. attorney told ABC News.

U.S. Senate Democrats will demand votes next week on a three-year extension of an enhanced Affordable Care Act ​subsidy that is set to expire this month for 24 million people, Minority Leader ‌Chuck Schumer of New York announced in a speech to the Senate on Thursday.

Honduran presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla said last-minute interference from US President Donald Trump in the country’s closely fought election had damaged his chances of winning and left him trailing as vote counting dragged on.

U.S. lawmakers who have tried repeatedly to rein in President Donald Trump's aggression against Venezuela said on Tuesday they would file a new resolution to force a congressional vote on the issue if the administration carries out a strike within the country.