A government shutdown deadline looms, but Democrats don’t have any reason to play nice with House Speaker Mike Johnson and his caucus.

The rest, as they say, is history. The national flag — to be clear, the first official national flag of Canada — became law ...

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be the 51st U.S. state as he proposes to erase the 5,525-mile-long ...

It is far less clear what legislation might be able to draw the 60 votes necessary to overcome a filibuster in the Senate, where Republicans have 53 seats. Tiffany Ge, the majority staff director for ...

Then, at 11:18 a.m., Sen. Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat, took to the Senate floor and started what she hoped would be a 13-hour filibuster of the abortion bill. If Davis managed to keep the ...

Md., criticized the dropping of corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams after prosecutors resigned. "The whole thing ...

Adding Canada would dramatically reshape presidential elections since it would instantly become the largest U.S. state. But is this even "a real thing"? Here's a closer look.

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