J. Bennett Johnston, a pro-business Democrat who during 24 years in the U.S. Senate steadfastly defended Louisiana’s oil and ...

A Louisiana judge dismissed all the claims in a lawsuit filed by former LSU football coach Les Miles against the school, the ...

The 217-213 vote to approve Republicans’ stopgap bill saw just one GOP defection, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, and now amplifies pressure on Senate Democrats to decide whether to back the ...

House Republicans are racing to pass their bill by 11:59 p.m. EDT Friday to avert a government shutdown, teeing up a final vote on the legislation Tuesday afternoon. The chamber voted 216-214 to ...

Jared Golden of Maine, voted for it. In the Senate, they’ll need support from at least eight Democrats to get the bill to President Donald Trump’s desk. It’s one of the biggest legislative ...

Comedian Bill Burr roasted tech billionaire Elon Musk and criticized him over a controversial hand gesture he made during President Donald Trump’s rally earlier this year. Burr took aim at Musk ...

Jared Golden of Maine, voted for it. In the Senate, they’ll need support from at least eight Democrats to get the bill to President Donald Trump’s desk. It’s one of the biggest legislative ...

Less than three weeks before Louisiana voters are set to decide on ... Jay Morris, R-West Monroe, who sponsored the bill, responded to the lawsuit by saying the amendment was part of an "ongoing ...

Approval of the bill sent it to the Senate, where Republicans need the cooperation of several Democrats to move it past a filibuster and to passage before a midnight deadline on Friday. By Catie ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana woman pleads not guilty Tuesday to a felony, after allegedly getting abortion pills from a New York doctor and giving them to her teenage daughter to ...

Congress has approved a stopgap bill to fund the federal government through September 30 and avert a shutdown ahead of a Friday deadline. Overall, the measure would boost defense spending by $6 ...