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In remarks Thursday, President Biden said the three aerial objects shot down by U.S. military were most likely tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions.

Maine’s Republican senator is introducing legislation that calls on the federal government to step up research and prevention efforts for a pest that could jeopardize the state’s wild blueberry crop

House advocates worry that House GOP comments about cutting spending will hit key programs just as rents are rising.

It’s the first time in history that the four leaders of the two congressional spending committees are women

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema showed up in Davos this week, where she celebrated her recently declared independence from partisanship. The most pressing problem in U.S. politics, the former Democrat from Arizona told the World Economic Forum, was “a deeply broken two-party system.”

Washington Democrat Patty Murray has become the first female president pro tempore of the Senate

US House committee has conducted more than 1,000 interviews about January 6 attack and former President Donald Trump.

A massive eleventh-hour spending bill stuffed with thinly vetted backroom deals might seem proof of our political dysfunction. But the omnibus bill approved by Congress last week has democracy fans cheering — because it includes changes to presidential vote counting that could literally save our democracy. Thankfully, the old Electoral…

WASHINGTON — The landmark overhaul of the Electoral Count Act isn’t the only way the omnibus spending bill that’s heading to President Joe Biden’s desk seeks to avoid a repeat of 2020’s post-election chaos.