Congress has many roles in the U.S. political system, including aiding constituents, approving presidential nominees and overseeing the executive branch. Its main job, however, is passing laws – ...
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In September 2026, with the midterm elections only two months away, Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson appealed to voters that the GOP-led Congress gets things done. For example, while ...
President Donald Trump has traded more securities than every member of Congress combined since he returned to office — even as he seeks to pass a stock-purchasing ban for lawmakers that would exclude ...
Members of Congress are confronting a grim reality: They are ill-equipped to rein in advanced artificial intelligence that one expert warns could “kill us all” by the end of the decade. A viral social ...
A new national University of Massachusetts Amherst Poll has found more than two-thirds—68%—of the American public continues to disapprove of Congress’s performance, and that while voters believe the ...
History loves a villain, but the culprit was likely something much more mundane. The destruction of the Library of Alexandria as the city is engulfed in flames is depicted in Hermann Goll’s 1876 ...
The icon and literacy advocate died at the age of 80. By Hannah Dailey One of Dolly Parton‘s greatest passions was instilling a love of reading and storytelling in young minds, and in light of her ...