Teachers have taught through two impeachments, several contentious presidential elections, the rise in online misinformation, ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and ...

Applications are now open and will close on Nov. 18. The application can be found at usajobs.gov/job/843600100. For ...

Congressional lawmakers return to D.C. with a massive September agenda, including efforts to avoid a government shutdown and ...

The House Appropriations Committee advanced a draft fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch spending bill on Thursday that would slash the budget for the Government Accountability Office by nearly half and ...

President Donald Trump's effort to exert control over the Library of Congress by firing its leaders could give him an unprecedented amount of leverage over the legislative branch of government. Can ...

An appeals court ordered Shira Perlmutter, the register of copyrights whom President Donald Trump fired in May, to be ...