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FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - A man who wore his company badge while he stormed the U.S. Capitol was fired Thursday by his Maryland employer. Navistar Direct Marketing of Frederick said in a statement that it...

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden introduced his pick for the nation's top law enforcement official on Thursday, turning to Judge Merrick Garland. Biden also described the pro-Trump mo...

SAN DIEGO (AP) - The woman who was fatally shot when a mob supporting President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol was identified by authorities Thursday as Ashli Babbitt, whose family described he...

BOSTON (AP) - Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has sued the federal government for $250,000 over his treatment at the Colorado prison where he is serving a life sentence. Tsarnaev, 26, calls h...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is calling on President Donald Trump's Cabinet to remove him from office following Wednesday's violent assault on the Capitol by the president's supporters. In a...

Facebook will bar President Donald Trump from posting on its system at least until the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the platform said Thursday. In a post announcing the unprecedented mov...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress confirmed Democrat Joe Biden as the presidential election winner early Thursday after a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in a stunning at...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland's tax collector announced Wednesday an extension of tax filing and payment deadlines to help people weather financial strains due to the pandemic.Maryland business taxes...

ATLANTA (AP) - Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats - and with them, the U.S. Senate majority - as final votes were counted Wednesday, serving President Donald Trump a stunning defeat in his last d...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has recessed its debate over an objection to the results of the Electoral College after protesters forced police to lock down the building.Reporters were told to stay in t...