Good morning and welcome to The Independent ’s live coverage as the 119th Congress convenes in Washington DC and the House of Representatives elects its speaker, with Donald Trump’s Republican ally ...

Justice Juan Merchan rejected president-elect’s push to dismiss verdict on grounds of presidential immunity, finding no legal impediment to proceeding ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter began Saturday in Georgia, where he died on ...

The first events reflect Carter’s climb up the political ladder, from the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, to decades on the ...

(Eric) Stokes is playing better, Keisean (Nixon)'s a competitor. So we're very excited about what those guys bring to the table, whatever comes ahead of us. On CB Keisean Nixon's constant position ...

The wetlands "have more species of amphibian than the Everglades do. ... When these wetlands decline, the whole ecosystem declines.” ...

For more than 40 years, Jay Peak Resort has celebrated the hardworking agricultural community of Vermont and will again host the 41st Annual Farmers’ Appreciation Day on ...

for the 2025 legislative session to make the American flamingo the official state bird and the Florida scrub-jay the official state songbird. Mooney filed a similar bill last year. If passed this ...

Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas also claim the mockingbird as state bird. In fact, the anti-mockingbirders point out, both the scrub jay and flamingo are native Floridians.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – After eight years as Missouri’s Secretary of State, Jay Ashcroft will step down from office this month and seemingly pause his political career. Ashcroft, a Republican ...