When the 119th U.S. Congress was sworn in, some newly elected women members made history. Emily Randall, from Washington's ...

Politicians are normally advocating for tough measures to tackle crime, but 2024 has seen political figures ending up before ...

THE National Press Club (NPC) on Sunday called on the Senate to tackle the bill that excludes members of the media from individuals tasked to witness inventory of seized suspected illegal ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Justice Minister Helen McEntee Photo: Stephen Collins Verona Murphy, the first female ceann comhairle. Photo: Maxwell's A major shake-up of government departments is on the cards and could result ...

AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File Wednesday's 100-senator vote was on a motion to advance the Social Security Fairness Act, known as H.R. 82, to an official vote. The legislation was introduced by ...

Government retirees like teachers, police and their spouses are one step closer to securing their full Social Security benefits after the U.S. Senate agreed Wednesday to hold a floor vote on the ...

In Dublin ­Central alone, gang boss Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch was on his way to the Dail before Labour’s Marie Sherlock passed him after picking up transfers from the Greens, Soc Dems ...

Labour TD Marie Sherlock with her family, Ciaran Doherty, Art Doherty, Manus Doherty, and Bláthnaid Doherty outside Leinster House on the first day of sitting for the 34th Dáil. Picture ...

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 ...