Government And Institutions

Hundreds of people, including LGBT activists and business leaders, are expected to urge a Texas Senate panel on Friday to scrap legislation they deem discriminatory because it would limit bathroom access for transgender people.

The United States Navy’s most powerful addition yet to its supercarrier arsenal – the USS Gerald R. Ford— will officially join the rest of the fleet this Saturday.

The United States Navy’s most powerful addition yet to its supercarrier arsenal – the USS Gerald R. Ford— will officially join the rest of the fleet this Saturday.

California says Volkswagen will pay the state another $154 million in penalties and costs, bringing the total to $1.3 billion.

California says Volkswagen will pay the state another $154 million in penalties and costs, bringing the total to $1.3 billion.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday brushed off sharp criticism from President Donald Trump over his recusal from the Justice Department's Russia investigation, saying he loved his job and planned to continue serving.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday brushed off sharp criticism from President Donald Trump over his recusal from the Justice Department's Russia investigation, saying he loved his job and planned to continue serving.

While President Donald Trump, marking the end of his first 6 months in office Thursday, works toward his first major legislative victories with health care and tax reform, another campaign promise has more quietly come to fruition: deregulation.

As the U.S. Postal Service deals with new damaging political allegations, it is still backlogged with a slew of financial problems.

Lawmakers said Wednesday they are looking into a funding solution for the Department of Veterans Affairs Choice Program, which is at risk of going bankrupt before the end of the fiscal year unless Congress takes prompt action.

Lawmakers said Wednesday they are looking into a funding solution for the Department of Veterans Affairs Choice Program, which is at risk of going bankrupt before the end of the fiscal year unless Congress takes prompt action.

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday a bid by President Donald Trump to block a judge's ruling that prevented his travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries from being applied to grandparents of U.S. citizens.

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday a bid by President Donald Trump to block a judge's ruling that prevented his travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries from being applied to grandparents of U.S. citizens.

The number of terrorist attacks worldwide and deaths from such attacks dropped in 2016 for the second straight year, driven by decreases in Afghanistan, Syria, Nigeria, Pakistan and Yemen, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.

The U.S. Justice Department is expected to announce this week it is dropping a requirement that Harley-Davidson Inc spend $3 million to reduce air pollution as part of a settlement the Obama administration announced in August, sources briefed on the matter said.

Lawmakers will seek to quell instability in the insurance marketplace after the GOP’s revised effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act hit a severe setback Monday night, the chair of the Senate Health Committee announce Tuesday.

Lawmakers will seek to quell instability in the insurance marketplace after the GOP’s revised effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act hit a severe setback Monday night, the chair of the Senate Health Committee announce Tuesday.

Lockheed Martin raised its estimate for full-year profits amid stronger demand for its F-35 fighter jet.

Following the Senate health care bill’s defeat Monday night, the GOP said Tuesday it will turn to a repeal first, replace later strategy as the party seeks to reform the health care system.

Following the Senate health care bill’s defeat Monday night, the GOP said Tuesday it will turn to a repeal first, replace later strategy as the party seeks to reform the health care system.