WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate approved a broadly bipartisan bill early Saturday that would increase Social Security benefits for millions of Americans with pensions by ending...
WASHINGTON — A top Republican on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said Tuesday that when President-elect Donald Trump takes office and the GOP takes control of...
WASHINGTON – With President-elect Donald Trump entering the Oval Office in January with a Republican majority in Congress, his administration may wield an influential tool to...
WASHINGTON — The decade-long endeavor to move the Federal Bureau of Investigation out of its crumbling headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C., and into a new facility...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Education Department called on every state, school and district on Tuesday to adopt policies on cellphone use in schools. The department asks...
WASHINGTON – The Chesapeake Bay area is one step closer to becoming part of the national parks system. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on...
WASHINGTON – Hours after Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed last March, President Joe Biden pledged that the federal government would pay for the entire replacement....
Each year, thousands of lives are lost in crashes involving young drivers. In 2022, a staggering 2,500 people across the United States were killed in crashes...
UVA Health is pleased to announce the opening of UVA Health Family and Sports Medicine Centreville, located at the UVA Health Outpatient Imaging Centreville office, 6208...
BALTIMORE ⸺ When the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed on March 26, officials warned the loss of the stretch of roadway would wreak havoc on the...
WASHINGTON – Congress passed two bills before taking an election break that are intended to improve protections around the presidential candidates as security concerns and political...
WASHINGTON — A GOP measure barring accrediting organizations from requiring colleges and universities to adopt diversity, equity and inclusion policies as a condition of accreditation passed...
WASHINGTON – The six members of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) on Wednesday struck the first nails into what will eventually be a...
WASHINGTON—The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the owner and operator of the ship that collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March....
The final summer holiday ended on a somber note, as preliminary data shows that law enforcement investigated ten fatalities over the Labor Day Holiday. There were...
WASHINGTON — Leading Democrats on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and its Workforce Protection Subcommittee demanded answers on Tuesday from Acting Labor Secretary...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine intended to address severe symptoms of the virus ahead of the cold and...
The Port of Virginia’s expanded central rail yard is fully-operational signaling the completion of a project giving the port the capacity to process 2 million twenty-foot...
A landmark Supreme Court decision that reins in federal agencies’ authority is expected to hold dramatic consequences for the nation’s health care system, calling into question...
Exporters using The Port of Virginia® now have a new way of reaching the growing Indian Subcontinent market by utilizing a new standalone vessel service that...
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump pitched to undecided voters Thursday night during the first debate of the presidential campaign — trading insults over...
WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee has taken a significant step toward formally designating Joe Biden as the party’s presidential nominee before the Democratic convention in...
WASHINGTON — Scientists debated the origins of COVID-19 on Tuesday, trading barbs over whether the bulk of evidence available points to a natural spillover event from...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a much-anticipated decision Thursday that mifepristone, one of two pharmaceuticals used in medication abortion, can remain available under...
Nearly three weeks after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration proposed loosening a federal prohibition on marijuana, the next phases of policy fights over the drug’s status...
WASHINGTON — When a Purple Heart recipient named Pat reached out to U.S. Sen. Patty Murray in November to inform her that he couldn’t transfer his...
WASHINGTON — The race to harness the tax code is in full swing as economists and advocates across the political spectrum view the expiring Trump-era tax...
The 2024 Bay-wide Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey results have revealed a stable blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay. Encouraged by these findings, fisheries managers...
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House Wednesday passed a bill to add a citizenship question to the decennial census and exclude non-citizens from the population count used...
WASHINGTON – Maryland federal and state lawmakers and local education groups are speaking out against allowing teachers to carry firearms in classrooms, adding that they are...