The Senate voted to advance its annual $895 billion defense policy bill, a signal that the legislation is on track to pass despite Democratic grumblings over a transgender care provision.
Fourteen Democratic senators plan to bring to the floor an amendment that would remove from the massive defense-spending bill a ban on the use of Pentagon money to pay for minors' sex changes.
The U.S. Census Bureau is changing how it counts immigrants in annual estimates by including more people who were admitted for humanitarian, and often temporary, reasons.
Worry over drones is spreading from New Jersey across the Atlantic seaboard, with leaders in other states also demanding that the federal government figure out what's going on in the skies.
President Biden on Monday signed a proclamation to establish a national monument honoring Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and the nation's longest-serving labor secretary.
President Biden lamented Monday that he won't get credit for the benefits of his legislative victories because their positive impacts won't be felt until long after his term ends in January.
President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that he could get involved in primary races against GOP senators if they put up "unreasonable" objections to his Cabinet nominees.
President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that he has a "warm spot" in his heart for TikTok, suggesting that he may be open to stopping a potential ban of the social media app that has raised national security concerns due to its Chinese ownership.