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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...

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...