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Half of North Carolina’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives owns stocks, and some are potentially making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on those trades, a review of public records shows

Longtime fears of AI going rogue are starting to feel more real, so much so that some lawmakers now want powerful AI systems to come with an emergency kill switch

Social Security has just about six years before it may need to start reducing retirement benefits — unless Congress acts sooner

Inside the U.S. Capitol, statues memorialize distinguished Americans, including famed social commentator and actor Will Rogers, who once quipped about Congress, “Every time they make a joke, it’s a law, and every time they make a law, it’s a joke.”

The US House of Representatives has voted to make daylight saving time permanent by passing the Sunshine Protection Act on Tuesday

China recently made a major move in its ongoing tech race against the U.S. The Chinese unveiled the fastest supercomputer in human history, called LineShine

Sen. Mitch McConnell speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in December. The Kentucky Republican was hospitalized in June, and his staff has shared scant details about why. Andrew Harnik/hide caption