The government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday unless lawmakers act. Democrats and Republicans are at a standstill on health care spending and a funding extension.

The United States of America, as it’s called today, had only been known up to that point as the “United Colonies.” A resolution presented to the Continental Congress in June 1776 stated “these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.”

On the eve of the one-year mark of when Helene hit Western North Carolina, United States Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) made an emotional speech on the U.S. Senate f

The following is the Sept. 19, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Pakistan’s New Long-range Missile Development. From the Report On December 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of State announced the imposition of sanctions on Pakistan’s National Development Complex (NDC),

The US State Department has put South Africa on a human trafficking watch list, with the threat of sanctions if it does not show progress in dealing with the issue.

In a move of profound symbolic and practical importance, the Continental Congress formally adopted “United States of America” as the official name of the new nation.

Over 2,200 local government officials from all 50 states have united to oppose proposals in Congress that would increase the federal weight limits for tractor-trailers, citing the potential for

When Rebecca Melsky and Eva St. Clair set out to create a children’s clothing brand more than a decade ago, they didn’t know it would become a crash course in the challenges of American manufacturing and the