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WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats clinched two more years of controlling the House but with a potentially razor-thin majority, a bittersweet finale to last week's elections that has left them divided and wi...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Virginia and across the country, Gov. Ralph Northam on Tuesday announced plans to significantly increase statewide testing capacity and to l...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland will reduce indoor operations for bars and restaurants from 75% to 50% in response to rising coronavirus cases and increased hospitalizations, Gov. Larry Hogan announced...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Democrat Cal Cunningham conceded to incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis in North Carolina on Tuesday, saying "the voters have spoken" and it was clear Tillis had won. With ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A more conservative Supreme Court appeared unwilling Tuesday to do what Republicans have long desired: get rid of the Affordable Care Act, including its key protections for pre-exist...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Republican Michelle Steel defeated first-term Rep. Harley Rouda on Tuesday in a Southern California district, only the second time in more than two decades that a GOP candidate in t...

NEW YORK (AP) - J.C. Penney is on course to emerge from bankruptcy by Thanksgiving, after a U.S. bankruptcy court approved the sale of the ailing 118-year-old retailer to its two largest landlords and...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government will start Wednesday to distribute the limited supplies of a newly authorized antibody drug for those with mild or moderate COVID-19 in hardest-hit states. On Monday, ...

The U.S. Census Bureau denied any attempts to systemically falsify information during the 2020 head count used to determine the allocation of congressional seats and federal spending, even as more cen...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans controlling the Senate unveiled a government-wide, $1.4 trillion spending bill on Tuesday, a mostly bipartisan measure that faces uncertain odds during this period of pos...