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Update:  The U.S. House of Representatives passed a one-week funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security late Friday night.  President Obama signed the measure just before midnight. (Earlier Story) :  It's back to the drawing board as a short-term bill funding the Department of Homeland Security has fallen short in the House...

A Republican candidate for Congress stopped by New Bedford's Pier 3 Wednesday to talk about the local fishing industry.

A measure to train and arm up to five-thousand Syrian rebels will soon be on its way to the Senate after passage by the House.

While both Democratic candidates for the Representative seat in the 9th Bristol District want to see Southcoast Rail, they have different opinions on funding sources. Incumbent State Rep. Chris Markey and challenger Alan Garcia debated on WBSM Thursday...

Lawmakers are starting to look into the growing Ebola crisis on the African continent.

The Republican-led House on Friday overwhelmingly approved a $570 billion defense bill that halts any Guantanamo transfers for a year in the furor over the American-for-Taliban swap and pulls back government spying. The vote was 340-73 for the legislation that provides money for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, personnel, ships and aircraft ...

The Senate has approved a bill outlawing workplace discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender Americans.       The vote reflected the nation's rapidly evolving attitude toward gay rights nearly two decades after Congress rejected same-sex marriage. The...

Former House Speaker Tom Foley has died at the age of 84 in his home.       Foley's wife, Heather, says the Washington state Democrat died of complications from a stroke at his home in the nation's capital.       Foley served 30 years in the House including more than five as speaker.  ...

Three years after campaigning on a vow to "repeal and replace" President Barack Obama's health care law, House Republicans have yet to advance an alternative for the system they have voted more than three dozen times to abolish in whole or in part.

AIDS activists took off their clothes and protested at Speaker of the House John Boehner's house. Be warned, the video is graphic.