News & Stories National Turns out the bald eagle wasn't the official U.S. bird until this week Tyler Bartlam John Ketchum Ari Shapiro December 17, 2024 Play AudioPlaying4 mins left It wasn't until this week that Congress passed a law making the bald eagle the official U.S. bird. And one man spearheaded the effort to get this done. Why you can trust KUOW