North Dakota's Legislative Assembly had its first House and Senate floor sessions, Friday, Jan. 10. Lawmakers said the day ...

Official Washington suspended its partisan divide to honor the life of former President Jimmy Carter. Here’s three of the main themes from Joe Biden’s eulogy of his long-time friend and predecessor.

Senate lawmakers passed the bill minutes after the Saturday midnight deadline passed. Earlier on Friday, House lawmakers voted 366 to 34 for the bill, with one Democratic lawmaker voting present.

Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The US Congress has averted a government shutdown following days of chaos on Capitol Hill, after the Senate passed a stop ...

Video has emerged of a Nationals senator saying his party's nuclear policy shows it is not serious about cheap energy, arguing if it was it would instead pursue more coal. Separately ...

The Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, sending the defense policy bill to the White House. The legislation passed the upper chamber in a 85-14 vote, paving the way ...

AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File Wednesday's 100-senator vote was on a motion to advance the Social Security Fairness Act, known as H.R. 82, to an official vote. The legislation was introduced by ...

Government retirees like teachers, police and their spouses are one step closer to securing their full Social Security benefits after the U.S. Senate agreed Wednesday to hold a floor vote on the ...

WASHINGTON—The Senate advanced a bill extending billions of dollars in Social Security benefits to some public-sector workers whose payments are currently limited, a near-final step in a drawn ...

The Senate voted to pass the $895 billion annual defense policy bill that includes a pay raise for U.S. servicemembers and a provision that restricts transgender care. The bill passed 85 to 14 ...

Washington — The Senate approved the mammoth $895 billion National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, despite concern from some Democrats over a controversial policy restricting gender ...

The Senate voted on Wednesday to pass a critical defense policy bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes a ban against gender-affirming care for transgender children of ...