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WASHINGTON — A firm founded by a senior adviser to first lady Melania Trump was paid close to $26 million to plan events around President Donald Trump’s first inauguration, tax documents p...

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon told the House Intelligence Committee that he had been instructed by the White House to invoke executive privilege on behalf of President Donald Trump, declining to ans...

Chicago, IL. — In the wake of the Florida high school shooting, former President Barack Obama is calling for legislative action on gun control, saying it’s “long overdue.” R...

CHINA — The first human case of the H7N4 strain of avian influenza has been reported in China, Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection announced Wednesday. A 68-year-old woman living in J...

Parkland, FL. — A GoFundMe campaign for the victims of Florida’s mass shooting raised more than $100,000 within the first two hours of its creation Thursday. As of 12:25 p.m. the campaign ...

WASHINGTON — In the wake of a Florida school shooting that left 17 people dead, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said Thursday that the government has “not done a good jo...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is working to kill a bipartisan deal on immigration that could be the best chance to get a bill through the Senate.The White House is “actively consid...

WASHINGTON — The FBI was warned in September about a possible school shooting threat from a YouTube user with the same name as the suspect in Wednesday’s campus massacre in Parkland, Flori...

WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies have issued a stern warning to Americans: Do not buy smartphones made by Chinese tech companies Huawei or ZTE.Top officials from the CIA, NSA, FBI and the...

Oakland, CA. — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr on Wednesday rebuked the federal government’s inaction to prevent gun violence in the wake of the Parkland school shooting. “It ...