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WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will take up a short-term measure Wednesday to fund the federal government through Feb. 8, a move that eases the risk of a shutdown ...

NEW YORK - The number of journalists killed worldwide in retaliation for their work nearly doubled this year, according to an annual report by the Committee to Protect Journalists.The New York-based o...

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve is expected Wednesday to raise its benchmark rate for a fourth time this year despite President Donald Trump's repeated assertions that doing so would be a terrible id...

BEIJING - The U.S. government said Tuesday that it is reviewing reports of forced labor at a Chinese internment camp where ethnic minorities are sewing clothes that have been shipped to the U.S. marke...

WASHINGTON - A criminal justice bill passed by the Senate would give judges more discretion when sentencing some drug offenders and would boost prisoner rehabilitation efforts and was hailed by scores...

WASHINGTON — The United States is considering reviewing a travel ban put in place barring most American citizens from traveling to North Korea, the State Department’s top North Korea negot...

WASHINGTON - A panel of judges has dismissed ethics complaints against new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.The judges say the complaints must be dismissed because they were filed under a federal...

PHOENIX - Arizona's governor on Tuesday appointed U.S. Rep. Martha McSally to replace Sen. Jon Kyl in the seat that belonged to the late John McCain, sending the GOP congresswoman back to Washington j...

ATLANTA - Some advertisers say they are leaving conservative host Tucker Carlson's show following his remarks that immigrants could make the U.S. "poorer and dirtier." It's the latest example of spons...

WASHINGTON- Redskins safety Montae Nicholson was arrested early Tuesday morning and charged with assault and battery and being drunk in public stemming from a fight at a restaurant and retail complex ...