Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) called for needed process improvements and transparency from the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs, which handles the distribution of passports. Ricketts also advocated for more options close to Nebraska.
Daniel Marshall may not have received his diploma had he not survived a car crash late on New Year’s Eve this past year thanks to the help of a stranger.
President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy compromised for the ‘Fiscal Responsibility Act.’The bill suspends the debt ceiling until January 1, 2025, along with changing federal spending.
On Monday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reiterated it’s “highly likely” that Treasury will not be able to pay the country’s bills as early as June 1.
Governor Jim Pillen, Secretary of State Bob Evnen and members of the Nebraska Legislature’s Appropriations Committee met Tuesday with six members of the Parliament of Kenya. The Kenyan lawmakers are visiting Nebraska to establish public and private partnerships and learn from Nebraska lawmakers.
Leaders have begun restructured negotiations as they try to avoid a default, while seemingly standing firm on lines they will not cross to get to a deal.
Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) recently reintroduced legislation that would require online retailers to disclose where products are made. The bill is called the Country of Origin Labeling Online Act or COOL Act. If passed, it would ensure that the country-of-origin be clearly displayed in a product’s description and would also require disclosure of an online seller’s country.
Senators proposed two bills to change how documents are classified, how many documents are classified and who can see classified federal government documents.
Experts do not believe there is a serious third-party candidate at this time that can steal or spoil the 2024 presidential election from either President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump if both become their party's nominees.
Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson visited the Local News Live studios and sat down for a wide-ranging interview with anchor and national correspondent Debra Alfarone.
House Republicans have passed a bill to ban transgender athletes from school sports. But the measure is not expected to be passed by the Democratic-led Senate and the White House has promised a veto.
The House passed a measure last week that would require parental consent for student pronoun, gender marker and preferred name changes in federally funded elementary and middle schools.
Pesky pests are attacking coffee, macadamia nut and nursery plants in Hawaii. So Rep. Jill Tokuda (D-Hawaii) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers have introduced a slew of bills to neutralize these nuisances.
The topic of election security has made it all the way to lawmakers in Washington D.C. who worry that the spread of misinformation is starting to take cause problems for polling workers voting places and those overseeing elections.
As Congress’ concerns continue to grow about China’s spying capabilities, a bipartisan group of senators say the US should get out of the Chinese drone buying business. That is why Florida Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Virginia Senator Mark Warner have introduced the American Security Drone Act of 2023. The bill would ban the federal government from buying drones from China and other countries that are deemed to be national security threats.
The annual House GOP policy retreat consisted of close-door meetings and press gaggles as they ready their moves on big ticket legislation in Washington.
The RESTRICT Act would give the Department of Commerce the ability to strengthen regulations and penalties that could include a ban of tech companies like TikTok that are seen as a national security threat from China and other places.
Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan speaks with Gray TV following his announcement that he will not run for the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential election.
Vivek Ramaswamy says being a “doer” qualifies him to be the leader of the free world and he is running for president on a vision he says he developed over the last three years.
Democrats are gathering in Philadelphia this week for their annual winter meeting. While the members participate in panels and cocktail hours, the finale of this meeting will bring a massive change to the political landscape.
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