ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A top Democrat in the U.S. House says it will take a shift of power in Congress to ensure that legislation is finally passed to extend and expand a compensation program ...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is talking “one-on-one” with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) about how to get a program for ...

Advocates for an expired radiation compensation bill pressed a group of western Republican House members, many of them facing ...

Members of several Native tribes will travel to Washington, D.C. in an attempt to get lawmakers to revive a program aimed at ...

Thanks to their efforts, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA, was passed in 1990. Originally drafted by Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, RECA is a critical piece of legislation designed to ...

In 1990, Congress passed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, creating a process by which some of those harmed as a result of the expansion of the US nuclear program could receive financial ...

for a vote on a bill to expand and reauthorize the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), which expired earlier this summer. The letter is addressed to Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), ...

The United States is home to one of the most controversial military bases in the world – and it’s probable you’ve never heard ...