The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina would receive full federal recognition under a bill passed by Congress. Now it awaits ...

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

A wide-ranging defense spending bill, up for a vote by the Senate on Tuesday, would also grant federal recognition to the ...

The U.S. Senate gives final passage to the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes the Lumbee ...

President Donald Trump suffered a setback as North Carolina Republican Senators Ted Budd and Thom Tillis signaled opposition ...

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

The Senate's passage of the National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday has also secured the Lumbee Tribe of North ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is one vote away from ending its 137-year-old quest for federal recognition, as the U.S.

North Carolina’s senators, Ted Budd and Thom Tillis, both Republicans who co-sponsored the Senate version of the Lumbee Fairness Act, each voted for the NDAA’s passage. Tillis did so while wearing a ...

Sen. Ted Budd became unusually blunt in response to allegations that he’s blocking President Donald Trump’s nomination of former Rep. Mark Walker to oversee international religious freedom.

Congress just passed its $900 billion annual defense policy bill, sending it to President Trump's desk for a signature.

Decades of frustration and anticipation came to an end early Wednesday afternoon as the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina ...