This just in: The red-state Senate Democrat goes extinct!
Joe Manchin (West Virginia) and Sherrod Brown (Ohio) are the last of their kind, for now: the red-state Senate Democrat.
The bald eagle is officially America's national bird. Here's why it took so long
After learning the U.S. doesn't officially recognize the bald eagle as its national bird, a Minnesota man swooped in and wrote a bill for Congress. This week, Biden signed it into law.
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The bald eagle isn't actually America's national bird — but that's poised to change
After learning the U.S. doesn't officially recognize the bald eagle as its national bird, a Minnesota man swooped in. This ...
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National bird
On Monday, the House of Representatives passed a bill amending the U.S. Code to officially designate the bald eagle (aka Haliaeetus leucocephalus) as the country's national bird. The Senate already ...
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The Bald Eagle Is Finally, Officially Our National Bird—Thanks to This Man
Preston Cook’s love of the iconic raptor has led to a collection of 40,000 objects and, now, a quest to finally bring the ...
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One man's mission to (finally) make the bald eagle the U.S. national bird
Late one Monday evening back in July after most senators had already gone home for the day, a unanimous motion passed the Senate to slip ... ranges from political pins to paintings and magazine ...
Sherrod Brown pledges to keep fighting for workers as he leaves his Senate job
WASHINGTON, D. C. - As he delivered his election-night concession speech after losing a bid for his fourth U.S. Senate term, ...
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Senate passes bill to boost Social Security benefits for some
The Senate voted overwhelmingly in the early hours of Saturday to pass legislation to boost Social Security benefits for more than 2 million Americans. The legislation will repeal two statutes ...
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Senate Democrats condemn ethical lapses by Thomas, Supreme Court justices
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee condemned the Supreme Court for an “ethical crisis of its own making” in a new report released Saturday. The report follows Democrats’ 20-month ...
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Senate Intelligence Committee criticizes CIA’s treatment of ‘Havana syndrome’ patients
A bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report released Friday slammed the CIA for its treatment of patients with a mysterious ailment known as “Havana syndrome,” determining that “many ...
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Senate passes Social Security benefits boost for many public service retirees
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 ...
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Senate confirms 2 Biden judicial nominees, boosting total over Trump
The Senate on Friday confirmed President Joe Biden’s last two judicial nominees to lifetime seats on the federal bench, surpassing Donald Trump’s first-term total of 234 judges even as the ...