The first events reflect Carter’s climb up the political ladder, from the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, to decades on the ...

Jimmy Carter, a peanut farmer and little-known Georgia governor who became the 39th president of the United States, promising ...

As governor, Carter completely reorganized the state government and helped bring Black officials into positions of power. All that came after a run for the office rooted in race-baiting.

This 2024 will see many firsts in Imperial Valley politics for women ... A post-election CalMatters story read that California’s state Senate was expected to be at least 50% women for the first time ...

and advocated fiercely for nonpartisan redistricting and access to the ballot box during both his time in the Wisconsin State Senate and beyond it. He spent much of his life working to end ...

Senate lawmakers passed the bill minutes after the Saturday midnight deadline passed. Earlier on Friday, House lawmakers voted 366 to 34 for the bill, with one Democratic lawmaker voting present.

Trump had demanded. Carl Hulse Maya C. Miller and Catie Edmondson The Senate approved legislation to avert a federal government shutdown just after a midnight deadline, capping a chaotic week in ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Capitol is pictured in Washington, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Updated [hour ...

Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The US Congress has averted a government shutdown following days of chaos on Capitol Hill, after the Senate passed a stop ...

Legislation to expand Social Security benefits to millions of Americans cleared two procedural hurdles in the U.S. Senate this week, and is now headed toward possible passage on Friday ...

The Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, sending the defense policy bill to the White House. The legislation passed the upper chamber in a 85-14 vote, paving the way ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Department of Defense logo is seen on the wall in the Press Briefing room at the Pentagon on Tuesday ...