State Sen. Eva Burch is stepping down from her elected office effective March 14. Burch was in the headlines last year after making an emotional speech on fertility and abortion rights. PHOENIX - ...

Proposed new guidelines for licensing inventions funded by the National Science Foundation may exceed the NSF's authority.

Republican Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville invented a new word to describe a triangle while advocating for spending cuts at the Defense Department. The conservative lawmaker appeared on Fox ...

“If you wonder why some of us think the rule of law is about to fall, it’s this,” Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy said of Ed Martin's latest statement. By Steve Benen There is no legal or ...

In 1980, business surpassed the federal government in paying for R&D. That same year, the Bayh-Dole Act also was passed. Bayh-Dole gave universities rights to the intellectual property created by ...

Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) on Sunday called for “compassion” in tech billionaire Elon Musk’s approach to federal workers. “I just published an op-ed, Deseret News, Deseret.com, and I talk ...

Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) called out Elon Musk for his new requirement that all federal employees defend their jobs or else get fired. “This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t ...

The US Senate on Thursday voted to approve Kash Patel as FBI director in a mostly party-line vote, clearing the way for one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial appointments.

“I have some unfinished business to attend to,” he said. Once he finished his speech, a fellow GOP senator rose to ask permission for applause in the chamber, which is usually not allowed ...