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The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to 684,000, the fewest since the pandemic erupted a year ago and a sign that the economy is improving.

Louisiana’s Republican Attorney General, Jeff Landry, announced the federal lawsuit Wednesday.

Bennet is planning to introduce the Outdoor Restoration Partnerships Act, pushing for $60 billion for the effort.

A Florida soldier's death is calling attention to lethal threats outside of the battlefield.

Senate hearing Tuesday addressed the millions of Americans balancing their need for life-saving medication and their checkbooks.

The early findings from the U.S. study are just one set of information AstraZeneca must submit to the Food and Drug Administration.

More than 1.5 million people streamed through U.S. airport security checkpoints on Sunday, the largest number since the middle of March last year, when the pandemic was just beginning to hit hard in the United States.

From Covid-19 relief, to infrastructure reform, lawmakers discuss which bipartisan plans can move forward this year.

There are dueling proposals between state GOP leaders and congressional Democrats to revamp the U.S voting system.

Bill Nelson spent six days orbiting Earth as a payload specialist aboard space shuttle Columbia.

Biden on Friday announced his intent to nominate Bill Nelson as the space agency’s administrator.

Schumer credited Ga voters and the new Democratic Senators with securing the two-trillion dollar Covid relief bill.

Devils Tower is America's first National Monument.

The Senate to vote Monday to confirm former Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM) as the new Secretary of the Interior.

In a prime-time address, President Joe Biden has outlined his plan to make all adult Americans eligible for vaccination by May 1 — and he raised the prospect of beginning to gain what he called “independence from this virus” by the Fourth of July.

Kirkpatrick said her name has been on the ballot in Arizona every two years for the past 18 years.

President Joe Biden is outlining his plan to make all adult Americans eligible for vaccination by May 1 and get the nation back “closer to normal” by the Fourth of July.

The House gave final congressional approval to the sweeping package by a near party line 220-211 vote precisely seven weeks after Biden entered the White House and four days after the Senate passed the bill without a single Republican vote.

A North Carolinian assumes his role as the country’s top environmental defender.

Garland will now inherit a Justice Department embattled by a turbulent era under Trump.

Fudge will lead the Biden administration's response to a national housing crisis amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

We’re halfway through President Biden’s first 100 days and the mid-point of some of his initiatives to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

The Migration Protection Protocols are being phased out, and hundreds of undocumented migrants are now being processed and allowed to cross the U.S. border.

Pressure campaign aims to bench Beijing, find new host country for 2022 Winter Olympics

Officials say a person is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the last required dose of vaccine.

The bill would provide direct payments of up to $1,400 to most Americans and money for COVID-19 vaccines and testing, aid to state and local governments, help for schools and the airline industry and subsidies for health insurance.

Eight Democrats voted against the proposal, suggesting that Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and other progressives vowing to continue the fight in coming months will face a difficult fight.

Washington Bureau Reporter Kyle Midura spoke with those sounding the alarm, National Guard leaders, and the caterer.

This Women’s History month, Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) wants to honor an inspirational group of soldiers in charge of morale during WWII.

After an unusual icy blast left Texans in the dark, without access to potable water, the attention now turns to why the energy system failed so terribly.