Shaheen breaks glass ceiling on Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) insists the Senate can chart a bipartisan course on global challenges under President-elect ...
Long an unofficial symbol, bald eagle becomes official US bird
After long being an unofficial symbol, the white head, yellow beak bald eagle became the official U.S. bird on Christmas Eve.
Biden commutes sentences of nearly all federal death row inmates
Activists have called for Biden to commute the sentence of many or all federal death row inmates for some time. More than 130 ...
Ex-Clarence Thomas Aide Warns Trump May Cause 'Constitutional Earthquake'
John Yoo, a former clerk for conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and the former deputy assistant attorney ...
From halibut and hot dogs to unlikely friendships: This is what happens inside the Senate lunch room
This is what happens inside the Senate lunch room - Senators might lose their ‘French working week’ under Trump. That could ...
Biden signs 50 bills into law on Christmas Eve - including legislation supported by Paris Hilton
The Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act is designed to hold teenage treatment centers and care facilities accountable ...
The bald eagle is officially America's national bird. Here's why it took so long
After learning the U.S. doesn't officially recognize the bald eagle as its national bird, a Minnesota man swooped in and wrote a bill for Congress. This week, Biden signed it into law.
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The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols Suggests Trump’s Business Interests in Panama Are Fueling His Obsession With Seizing Canal: ‘Not Going To Happen’
The Atlantic's Tom Nichols suggested President-elect Donald Trump is obsessed with seizing the Panama Canal because he has ...
Fate of Trump’s Cabinet picks unclear as Republicans prepare to take power in Senate
The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December ...
A Long-Awaited Victory: Public Workers Set To Receive Higher Social Security Benefits After Senate Passes Social Security Fairness Act
For decades, certain provisions have reduced Social Security payments for retirees receiving public pensions. The Windfall ...
State lawmakers look to bring lottery to Alabama as Mega Millions jackpot rises
The Mega Millions jackpot is now more than $1.1 billion after no one matched all 6 numbers on Christmas Eve. A lot of people in Alabama are dreaming about the money, but if you want to play you still ...