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What Congress needs to know about DEI (but doesn’t want to hear) Brandon Gill (R-Texas) arrives late to pose for a photo with other incoming members of the House in November 2024.
The House and Senate passed the massive spending and tax bill that includes signature policies of President Trump's second-term agenda this week. Here's what's in it.
Alliant proposes $3 billion in new wind energy in Iowa as Congress set to phase out tax credits that helped state become a renewable energy leader.
Congress passes resolution condemning ‘violent riots’ in LA amid immigration enforcement operations Rep. Young Kim led the resolution, with support from California Republicans. Area Democrats ...
USNS Harvey Milk is renamed after a WWII sailor in the latest Pentagon diversity purge The U.S. Navy launches the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler ship named after the first out ...
The responses to Zohran Mamdani’s showing in the New York City mayoral primary were the latest examples of how some G.O.P. lawmakers have grown more overt in using bigoted language and tropes.
The emerald ash borer, an invasive insect that’s killed millions of trees across the United States, was found in several trees in the Congress Park neighborhood.
DOJ officials will examine whether UC campuses discriminated on the basis of race or sex as part of efforts to increase faculty diversity.
The Louisville Metro Police Department wants its officers to better reflect the people they serve.
Some in Congress question whether President Trump’s Iran strikes align with the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution, but Republicans mostly stick with the president.