The bald eagle is associated with America as a national symbol — as American as apple pie — but it’s never been official. President Joe Biden signed a law that makes the bald eagle officially a national symbol. When did the bald eagle first become a ...

The bald eagle has landed in U.S. Code as President Joe Biden signed a bill Tuesday making the predator the official national bird.Congress passed the measure with unanimous support.Although the bird of prey is at the center of the Great Seal of the United States,

President Joe Biden signed into law legislation sent to him by Congress that amends the United States Code to correct what had long gone unnoticed and designate the bald eagle — familiar to many because of its white head, yellow beak and brown body — as the national bird.