WASHINGTON -- The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country's national bird ...

Senators voted to pass a new version of a stopgap spending bill early Saturday morning after the midnight deadline for a partial government shutdown came and went. The Senate advanced the third ...

The Senate passed the bill 85-11, with the measure winning support from both parties. The bill had also passed through the House earlier on Friday. It was then signed into law by US President Joe ...

The Senate voted 85-11 to approve a short-term spending bill to fund the government until March 14. The measure, signed hours later by President Biden, had overwhelming bipartisan support in both ...

Trump’s demands upended efforts to pass a stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded through mid-March, a measure that also includes more than $100 billion in disaster and farm aid.

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump excoriated a bipartisan government funding bill Wednesday afternoon, throwing the stopgap measure into chaos just as leaders of both parties were hoping ...

Paris Hilton is celebrating a big win on Capitol Hill after the US House and Senate both voted to pass the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act, a bill for which Hilton has been a vocal supporter ...

Legislation that would enlist the federal government in reforming the troubled-teen industry is heading to President Joe Biden’s desk. The Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act cleared the House ...

Heiress, model and actor Paris Hilton is the force behind a bill headed to President Biden's desk that's aimed at preventing the abuse of minors at rehab and other residential facilities.