William A. Read’s “Indian Place Names in Alabama” tells us that Tombigbee comes from Choctaw words meaning “box makers” or “coffin makers.” He follows the “coffin makers” line of thinking and reports ...

Speaker, Trump promote funding bill  Musk is ground zero for DOGE challenges Are courts the guardrails against “King” Trump?

A report released Thursday by Democrats details how many people in each state would lose access to Medicaid if Republicans in Congress were to cut the program by one-third.

Perennial efforts to allow different forms of gambling, such as a lottery, and legalize adult recreational marijuana use, ...

The wrangling over an extension of government dominates the agenda for both the House and the Senate this week.

Funding for the federal government runs out at the end of Friday, and the race is on for Congress to avoid a shutdown. In a ...

The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress looked set to move ahead this week to keep the government funded and avert a partial ...

Republicans may not have the votes to keep the government open ahead of a Friday shutdown deadline, despite the fact that ...

House Republicans unveiled a spending bill Saturday that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, pushing ahead with a go-it-alone strategy that seems certain to spark a major ...

Iowa lawmakers introduced more than 2,000 bills this legislative session, but only a few hundred made it past the latest ...

Donald Trump’s second presidency will take a novel path this week as he turns to Congress to enshrine part of his effort to ...

Still, Republican leaders face a tricky math situation. Any spending legislation will require 217 votes to pass if all members are present and voting. That means Republicans, with 218 members in their ...