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Congress limps toward the end of a disappointing session, with just 78 laws...
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson...
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Walz’s U.S. House tenure: Bipartisan bills and a focus on vets and farms
Tim Walz, center, then the ranking Democrat on the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee, and then-Chairman Phil Roe, right, R-Tenn., pictured during a March 7, 2017, hearing about reforms at the...
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More than 1 million veterans receiving benefits via PACT Act ahead of...
Family members hold up images of deceased loved ones during the ceremony where U.S. President Joe Biden signed the PACT Act in the East Room of the White House on Aug. 10, 2022 in Washington, D.C....
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Colorado remains bird flu hot spot as USDA to take ‘additional step’ in...
Dairy cows gather at a farm on July 5, 2022 in Visalia, California. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to embark on a year-long study beginning next...
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Struggle for control of Congress intensifies as presidential contest shifts
In this year’s battle for control of Congress, Republicans aim to increase their slim majority in the House of Representatives and flip the Senate, while Democrats are hoping to hang onto their...
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‘I’m entitled to personal attacks’ against Harris, Trump asserts
The Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, holds a news conference outside the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on Aug. 15, 2024 in Bedminster, New Jersey. The food items...
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Democrats celebrate with boisterous state-by-state roll call vote for Harris
Rapper Lil Jon performs with the Georgia delegation during the Ceremonial Roll Call of States on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Aug. 20, 2024 in Chicago,...
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FDA greenlights new COVID vaccine after a summer of rising numbers of cases
Registered nurse Orlyn Grace administers a COVID-19 booster vaccination to Jeanie Merriman at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on April 06, 2022 in San Rafael, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty...
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Trump urges shutdown unless Congress passes bill requiring ID to register to...
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La. speaks during a news conference following a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 10, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kent...
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Additional security will be in place for Jan. 6, 2025 certification of...
A protester holds a Trump flag inside the U.S .Capitol Building near the Senate chamber on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Capitol Police are welcoming...
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Trump, Harris campaigns move quickly past apparent assassination attempt on...
The South Portico of the White House is seen Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)WASHINGTON — The presidential campaigns are rushing ahead this week without missing a...
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Government shutdown deadline nearing as U.S. House stumbles on stopgap...
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., walks back to his office following a vote in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 11, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Congress has 12 days...
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New stopgap bill in Congress would postpone shutdown deadline to December
The U.S. Capitol on Sept. 23, 2024. (Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Congress is on track to approve legislation this week that will give lawmakers until mid-December to broker agreement on...
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Congress poised to race out of D.C. after dodging shutdown
The U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve a stopgap spending bill that will keep the federal government running...
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Postal chief insists to Congress that mail-in ballots will get delivered in time
Chaffee County ballot envelopes for the November 2023 election are stacked in the county clerk's election office. (Mike Sweeney for Colorado Newsline)WASHINGTON — United States Postal Service...
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Biden pledges federal help for states in the Southeast stricken by...
Men on a four wheeler pass a storm damaged house along Mill Creek in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 30, 2024 in Old Fort, North Carolina. According to reports, more than 100 people have...
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Hundreds missing in Southeast states after Hurricane Helene, federal...
Ron Grindstaff, right, comforts his wife, Marie, as they remove belongings from their home in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 30, 2024 in Old Fort, North Carolina. According to reports, at...
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Tim Walz and J.D. Vance tangle in wonky, largely cordial vice presidential...
The Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and the Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, speak after their debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on...
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Special counsel Jack Smith reveals new evidence against Trump in 2020...
Special counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on a recently unsealed indictment including four felony counts against former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Justice Department on Aug. 1, 2023 in...
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Congress left D.C. with little done. They’ll be back Nov. 12 to give it...
Congress is in recess in the leadup to Election Day, but will return afterward for a lame-duck session. Pictured is the U.S. Capitol on March 14, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States...
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