A long-awaited veterans cemetery will finally be built in Elko, thanks to the efforts of a Marine Vietnam veteran, U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and federal and local officials.
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Lawmakers and the White House remain at loggerheads over a coronavirus stimulus package, but they face critical deadlines to pass legislation.
Mark Menezes was overwhelmingly confirmed by the U.S. Senate to the No. 2 job at the Energy Department, despite opposition from Nevada’s U.S. senators.
Senior state District Court Judge Jennifer Togliatti sailed through a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday for a slot on the federal bench in Nevada.
Democrats blamed President Donald Trump for fanning the flames of white nationalism and for the attack in El Paso, Texas.
Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen has been assigned to Senate subcommittees that can advance legislation and provide oversight for federal programs with a direct impact on the state’s interests.
Nevada cited health and environmental concerns in its motion Friday seeking to prevent the Trump administration from shipping a metric ton of weapons-grade plutonium from South Carolina to the Nevada National Security Site.
A surge in early voting enthusiasm has Democrats hopeful they will take control of the House for the first time in eight years, while President Donald Trump’s hard-line blitz on immigration has Republicans confident they will keep their Senate majority.
Senate confirmation hearings begin this week for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, providing a glimpse into the jurist who upon confirmation would tip the ideological balance of the bench and reshape the court as a more conservative panel for decades to come.
Congress returns this week to the searing political issue of undocumented immigrant children, known as DREAMers, against the backdrop of midterm elections.