Federal recognition for the nation’s ninth largest Native American tribe has gotten a nod from second-term Republican President Donald Trump.

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has pushed for federal recognition for decades. A new executive order instructs Interior Department to help.

The concept of restored lands states that a tribe should be considered for gaming rights if its federal recognition was ...

The opening day of a new Congress is usually electric — noisy ... offered a motion to oust the Speaker. A small band of eight Republicans joined with all House Democrats in adopting the motion ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Vice President Kamala Harris oversaw the certification by Congress of President-elect Donald Trump as the ...

In 2013, Congress affirmed that President Barack Obama won the election on Jan. 4, rather than on Jan. 6, which was a Sunday. What is the Electoral Count Reform Act, and what's different about Jan ...

As the 119th Congress begins work ... to come together on the infrastructure bill and the CHIPS and Science Act, which aims to “reshore” the microchip industry while creating tech hubs ...

Congress will meet Monday to certify the results of the 2024 election, finalizing President-elect Donald Trump’s win ahead of his inauguration Jan. 20. Unlike the certification process of ...

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Congress tightened the rules for the certification after the violence of 2021 and Trump’s attempts to usurp the process. In particular, the revised Electoral Count Act passed in 2022 more ...

And Thune will have to navigate his new responsibilities along with the new president, who has made clear he expects allegiance from Congress – and has previously called for eliminating the ...

Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) would officially be stepping down from his Florida seat and would no longer be a member of the 119th Congress. The clerk, Kevin McCumber, said he had a letter from Gaetz ...