WASHINGTON (AP)—A rare bird has died at the Smithsonian National Zoo’s Bird House. Zoo officials said in a statement that the Guam kingfisher died Saturday at the age of 17. The zoo says the bird was one of only 146 members of its species in the entire world. The Washington Post...

Vice President-elect Mike Pence has appointed American Samoa Delegate Aumua Amata to the Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee.   “Amata is a great friend and colleague and I am delighted she will be joining our team,” said vice chairman Marsha Blackburn, a senior...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—A provision to lower the local cost-share for the Commonwealth, championed by Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (Ind-MP), has passed the House and Senate and should be signed into law by President Obama soon. The language, contained in Section 1129 of the Water...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Delegate Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU) issued a statement Thursday last week regarding the Senate’s passage of the conference report on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 92 yeas to 7 noes. The...