After a long fight for marriage equality—and still a way to go in some areas—Thailand officially became the third country in ...

As if you didn’t have enough governments to worry about between the conservative majority at Seattle City Hall and the looming fascist takeover on the national level, the Washington State Legislature ...

Thailand's democracy is crumbling under royal and political elite control, with human rights crushed, progressive parties ...

Parliament reporters on Thursday unveiled their traditional end-of-year nicknames for the House of Representatives and Senate ...

Early Saturday morning, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill by unanimous consent that would allow the federal government to lease more than 170 acres of land to the district at the site where ...

Trump had demanded. Carl Hulse Maya C. Miller and Catie Edmondson The Senate approved legislation to avert a federal government shutdown just after a midnight deadline, capping a chaotic week in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed legislation early Saturday to boost Social Security payments for millions of people, pushing a longtime priority for former public employees through Congress ...

Legislation to expand Social Security benefits to millions of Americans cleared two procedural hurdles in the U.S. Senate this week, and is now headed toward possible passage on Friday ...

Bob Casey delivered his last official speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday. The outgoing incumbent was joined by his wife, four daughters, Democratic colleagues and current and ...

WASHINGTON—The Senate advanced a bill extending billions of dollars in Social Security benefits to some public-sector workers whose payments are currently limited, a near-final step in a drawn ...

The Senate voted to pass the $895 billion annual defense policy bill that includes a pay raise for U.S. servicemembers and a provision that restricts transgender care. The bill passed 85 to 14 ...