Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears of Virginia could make history next year as the nation's first Black woman to win election as a governor and as the state's first female governor.

Congress managed to pass a short-term spending bill through both chambers after going through three different versions of it.

Congress did not manage to send a spending bill to President Biden's desk before the pre-Christmas deadline.

President Biden is reportedly considering commuting the sentences of most, if not all, of the 40 men on the federal government’s death row.

House lawmakers voted 366-34 to approve the bill.