In a vote Wednesday, a broad bipartisan coalition of senators approved the bill in a 77-20 vote, following a 312-112 vote in ...

The bill reached Trump's desk on Thursday, after the U.S. House passed it with bipartisan support a week earlier and the U.S.

The measure now heads to President Donald Trump, who has long supported the Lumbee Tribe's quest for recognition.

A wide-ranging defense spending bill, approved by the Senate on Wednesday, would grant federal recognition to the Lumbee. It ...

The tribe's legitimacy and unwillingness to go through the normal process to get recognition have been questioned by other ...

Pope Leo XIV accepted Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s resignation today, ending his 16-year leadership of the New York Archdiocese as he steps down at the customary retirement age of 75.

The U.S. Senate passed an annual defense spending bill Wednesday. It includes a provision that grants the Lumbee recognition ...

Full federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is included in the newest version of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2026.

Pope Leo XIV announced Thursday he had accepted Dolan’s resignation, which was offered by custom on the cardinal’s 75th ...

Federal recognition would bring funding for education and health care to the tribe, as well as potentially allow it to open casinos.

From St. Patrick’s Cathedral to the White House to Fox News, he comfortably inhabited many spheres of influence.

Presidential signature is expected on congressional action that will give full federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of ...