Today in History for Nov. 21: In 1766, the first theatre in the U.S. -- the "Southfork" -- opened in Philadelphia. In 1783, the first free flight was made by two men who rose 100 metres above Paris in ...

Congress is now debating a second extension of the temporary tax credits that have shielded Obamacare users from rising costs ...

Democrats on Friday twice blocked a proposal from Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) to pay federal workers during the shutdown. A motion to advance a bill to pay excepted employees and members of the military ...

The provision allows senators to sue over their subpoenaed phone records. Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday the House will hold a standalone vote next week on stripping out a Senate provision in the ...

​​​Stimulus check update: Trump details timeline for $2,000 direct payments 'Whistleblower' who provided House Democrats with ...

“I was kind of frustrated by it — I said that publicly — but I have since talked to Leader Thune and the senators who were involved, and their motivation was pure,” Johnson said Sunday. “They were ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) threw cold water on a possible new Dec. 19 funding deadline proposed by Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Susan Collins (R-ME), saying a lot of members have ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) pulled no punches this week in slamming his GOP colleagues in the Senate for adding a provision to the bill to reopen the government that would allow them to sue the ...

In the 1967 film "Cool Hand Luke," the "Captain" says to Luke (Paul Newman), "What we've got here is a failure to communicate ...

Two friends emailed from London about the editing scandal that led to the resignation of two top officials from the British Broadcasting Corporation. The resignations followed the exposure of the ...

Nov. 10 (UPI) --The U.S. Senate on Monday night approved bipartisan legislation to end the record-long government shutdown as House Speaker Mike Johnson called representatives to return to Washington ...

Speech-language pathologist blends play and learning to spark joy in childhood development Carly Dorfman is an inspiring speech-language pathologist who’s on a mission to make childhood development ...