Shutdown Day 13: No progress, but Senate ready to return

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday slammed as "a boondoggle" the expiring Obamacare premium tax breaks, ...

John Bel Edwards announces he won’t run for US Senate seat

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Former Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has announced he will not run for the U.S. Senate. Over ...

China and the US have long collaborated in 'open research.' Some in Congress say that must change

For many years, American and Chinese scholars worked shoulder to shoulder on cutting-edge technologies through open research, ...

Get the Facts: Who’s served in the House and the Senate the longest?

There are no term limits for the United States Congress, and an analysis by the Get the Facts Data Team found that members of ...

Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in ...

Government shutdown poised to enter a third week as Congress remains at stalemate

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Coast Guard personnel will also receive paychecks this week from funds in the ...

Should Pennsylvania's General Assembly be scaled back? Some state lawmakers say yes.

Pennsylvania has the largest full-time state legislature in the country, with 253 well-compensated state representatives and ...
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Republicans talk government shutdown and cheer ICE arrest of superintendent at Roast and Ride

Sen. Joni Ernst and other members of Iowa’s all-Republican congressional delegation blamed Democrats for the ongoing ...

Shutdown continues in Washington, Senate vote on reopening federal government expected Tuesday

ATLANTA — Lawmakers will not vote today on reopening the federal government due to the Columbus Day holiday. The U.S. Senate ...

Bill to study inequalities in youth sports, attacked by critics as supporting transgender athletes, signed by Newsom

The legislation would create a commission to examine whether a new state board or department is needed to improve access to ...

Alabama’s U.S. Senators sign letter calling for restrictions on medication abortion

Alabama's two U.S. senators joined other caucus members in signing a letter that asks for the Department of Health and Human ...

Can Trump pay troops without Congress? Some Democrats don’t think so

President Trump directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday to pay service members by utilizing previously appropriated funds during the ongoing government shutdown, seeking to sidestep ...