The filibuster is a procedural, not constitutional, requirement and can be changed. It’s been on the Senate books since 1917, ...

Presidents Day is around the corner, and that means many stores and businesses may be closed or have different hours to celebrate the federal holiday.

The Senate began its budgeting process after waiting several weeks for the House to move forward with its process. Sen.

The bill’s sponsor says there’s been a lack of federal presence on the road. It would let local and state police enforce traffic laws.

The United States began celebrating its first president when he was still a general. Nearly 300 years since George Washington’s ... Every year since 1896, the Senate has selected one of its ...

NPR was built, in part, to explain the U.S. government to its citizens. It does much more than that, but as a Washington, D.C ...

The Senate Finance Committee approved President Donald Trump’s choice to be America’s top trade negotiator Wednesday, largely ...

Here’s a look at the life of Democratic US Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren. Personal Birth date: June 22, 1949 Birth place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Birth name: Elizabeth Ann ...

Republican legislators and the Trump Administration have launched a multi-pronged effort to cut back national monuments in ...

The 18th-century painting by Charles Willson Peale had previously been the subject of mismanaged restoration attempts. Now, experts in Versailles are bringing it back in line with the artist's origina ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called for an alternative type of testing that medical experts say would be unethical.

The U.S. Justice Department has sharply stepped back its anti-corruption efforts under President Donald Trump, from loosening ...