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WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden has selected Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge who in 2016 was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court, as his attorney general,...

Sen. Mitt Romney says President Donald Trump's election challenge has "disgraced the office of the presidency."Romney told reporters on Capitol Hill ahead of Wednesday's joint session to confirm Joe B...

U.S. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff is claiming victory in his race against Republican David Perdue, thanking Georgians for "electing me to serve you."The Associated Press has not declared a winner in th...

WASHINGTON (AP) - As Congress prepared to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people lined up before sunrise Wednesday to show their support for President Donald Trump and his cla...

DETROIT (AP) - Sales of new vehicles in the U.S. fell 14.6% last year, but a second-half rebound from a coronavirus-related plunge in the spring kindled optimism for a recovery later this year. Automa...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it will award a $3.7 billion grant to help Puerto Rico rebuild water and wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations and reservoirs ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Top national security agencies in a rare joint statement Tuesday confirmed that Russia was likely responsible for a massive hack of U.S. government departments and corporations, reje...

The U.S. could soon be giving at least a million COVID-19 vaccinations a day despite the sluggish start, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday, even as he warned of a dangerous next few weeks as the coronavi...

DALLAS (AP) - American Airlines is banning emotional-support animals in a move that will force most owners to pay extra if they want their pets to travel with them. The airline said Tuesday that it wi...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - An Illinois teenager who fatally shot two people and wounded a third amidst violent summer protests on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges ...