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 ...

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 ...

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.

WASHINGTON, D. C. - As he delivered his election-night concession speech after losing a bid for his fourth U.S. Senate term, ...

Republican Blogger Brendon Leslie Accused of Serial Workplace Sexual Harassment, Intimidation Brendon Leslie, CEO of the ...

The long-awaited House Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz is out, and it finds that the former Florida representative did ...