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 ...

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 ...

U.S. senators on Wednesday broke an eight-month voting trend, as all 100 showed up to vote on pushing forward a bill that would remove restrictions on Social Security for government workers.

WASHINGTON—The Senate advanced a bill extending billions of dollars in Social Security benefits to some public-sector workers whose payments are currently limited, a near-final step in a drawn ...

The Senate voted to pass the $895 billion annual defense policy bill that includes a pay raise for U.S. servicemembers and a provision that restricts transgender care. The bill passed 85 to 14 ...

Washington — The Senate approved the mammoth $895 billion National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, despite concern from some Democrats over a controversial policy restricting gender ...

The Senate voted on Wednesday to pass a critical defense policy bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes a ban against gender-affirming care for transgender children of ...

The Senate Banking Committee has scrapped a vote to advance the renomination of Democrat and crypto-skeptic Securities and Exchange Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw to another term as Wall Street's ...