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McLEAN, VA — (CNN) FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday his agency makes its decisions on a nonpartisan basis and said he doesn’t care about the political backlash of the choices he mak...

HONOLULU — (CNN) A federal judge in Hawaii granted the state’s request for a longer term halt of the revised travel ban executive order Wednesday.US District Court Judge Derrick Watson blo...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with US President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on April 6 and 7, according to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affa...

WASHINGTON — (AP) The federal government has extended its deadline for companies to bid on the first contracts for President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall with Mexico. U.S. Customs a...

CALIFORNIA — (CNN) The board of governors for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to retain the services of accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, despite the best picture...

  SAN FRANCISCO — (CNN) Congratulations, America. The economy is finally back to normal. That’s what John Williams, the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, declared Wed...

NEW JERSEY — (CNN) Two former officials linked to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s office were sentenced Wednesday in the Bridgegate case for using their power to close lanes on the George...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) The Senate intelligence committee has asked 20 people to be questioned in its investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the panel’s chairm...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) First lady Melania Trump called for women’s empowerment and celebration of diversity in rare remarks Wednesday morning at the State Department.“As leaders, we must...

WASHINGTON — (AP) Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says her predecessor wasted billions of dollars trying to fix traditional public schools.DeVos says former Education Secretary Arne Duncan’...