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 / 3:06 pm 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