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WASHINGTON — (CNN) Although House Republican leaders still have no plan to avoid a government shutdown, they moved forward Friday with a pair of votes on abortion-related legislation they hope g...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Police on Mackinac Island, Michigan, said Friday they are investigating allegations of a bar fight between top aides for Republican presidential contenders Rand Paul and Marco...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Eighty-seven of 91 former NFL players who donated their brains to science after death tested positive for a brain disease that is believed to be linked with repeated head trau...

IRVING, TX — (CNN) The week started pretty terribly for Texas high school student Ahmed Mohamed. On Monday, the teen, who is Muslim, brought to school a clock that he was proud to have made on h...

  UPDATE 2:25 PM: American Airlines says it has resolved technical issues. WASHINGTON — (CNN) American Airlines flights were grounded Thursday at three of its busiest airports by technical ...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) In a final effort to derail the Iran nuclear deal, Senate Republicans on Thursday failed to get enough votes on an amendment that would have required Iran to recognize Israel ...

(CNN) — Well, this should be fun. Fed Day is finally here and no one on Wall Street can seem to agree on what will happen. So far, U.S. markets are playing it safe, with all stock indexes nudgin...

Isbella Diaz WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) While the real Republican candidates sparred it out on CNN, “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon gave Democratic presidential candidate Hillary ...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates soon — maybe even Thursday afternoon.It would be the U.S. central bank’s first rate hike in almost a decade...

SIMI VALLEY, CA — (CNN) The CNN Fact-Checking Team worked through both Republican debates Wednesday night, comparing notable, surprising or otherwise interesting claims from the candidates again...