Congressional leaders are nearing the unveiling of an agreement that will keep the federal government funded through March 14 ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday the legislation will keep the government open through March 14 and include other ...

U.S. congressional negotiators on Tuesday reached a tentative deal on a stopgap funding bill to avert a partial government ...

Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and was a driving force behind Franklin D. Roosevelt's ...

President Joe Biden has designated a new national monument in Maine honoring the country's first female cabinet secretary ...

A new national monument in the town of Newcastle in Maine will honor FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins. The first woman ...

As labor secretary, Perkins helped President Franklin D. Roosevelt formulate policies behind the 1930s New Deal.

President Joe Biden signed a proclamation establishing the "Frances Perkins National Monument" in Newcastle Monday.

She served as secretary of labor for Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1945 and spearheaded reforms like Social Security and ...