WASHINGTON (WHSV) - Nearly 250 years ago on Sept. 9, 1776, the Continental Congress gave the United States its name. The United States of America, as it’s called today, had only been known up to that ...

With the shutdown ball squarely in the Senate’s court, a fair question feels timelier than ever: Is the United States Senate what our Founders envisioned it to be — or has it fallen short of their ...

Stream now with KPBS Passport / Watch Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 or on Ken Burns' website For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and ...

WHIPPING VOTES is a hard job in Congress, especially with as narrow a majority as the one overseen by Mike Johnson, the House speaker. But even the most masterful legislators can’t account for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The state of North Carolina is represented by Republicans Thom Tillis and Ted Budd in the United States Senate. While Budd is not ...

John Thune can move Lindsey Graham’s secondary sanctions bill and send a message to the White House and the Kremlin. If they can ignore the parliamentarian on electric vehicles, why not on their tax ...