Much of what our government does is designed to hide the truth. The bureaucrats, lobbyists and lawyers that actually run the ...

Daily Item, a CNHI newspaper. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Tribune-Democrat. With 203 state lawmakers constantly vying for opportunities to advance their proposals, some ...

On the first day of the new Congress, representatives will vote for the speaker of the House as Mike Johnson fights to keep ...

Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both fall on Jan. 20 this year. Since 1965, federal employees in the Washington, D.C., area are entitled to a holiday on the day a president is ...

ATLANTA — Republicans plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures, seeing an opportunity with control of the White House and both chambers ... a Social Security ...

Donald Trump is signalling his incoming administration’s readiness to expand U.S. territory, with recent out-of-nowhere ...

The bald eagle has been lauded as a symbol of the United States, but it wasn't officially the national bird until Tuesday.

Reps. Jason Crow and Zach Nunn are leading 49 other House lawmakers in a letter urging Congress to preserve the Afghan ...

On December 11, 2024, the 5th Circuit issued another important opinion (for the third time this year) requiring that an administrative agency's ...

President Biden on Monday vetoed a bill that would have added 66 federal district judgeships over a span of more than a decade.

President Joe Biden has vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 new federal district judgeships. Biden said Monday that ...

The House Ethics report confirms that Matt Gaetz paid women—and an underage girl—to have sex with him while he was in office.