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NEW YORK — The economy did very well during President Trump’s first year: 2 million new jobs, the lowest unemployment in 17 years, accelerating economic growth, booming stock market. Trump...

WASHINGTON– California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa will retire at the end of his term, he announced Wednesday. Issa, one of the wealthiest members of Congress and among the best-known due to hi...

INDIA — India has just made it much easier for brands such as Apple and Gap to sell to its 1.2 billion people. The Indian government announced Wednesday that global single-brand retailers will n...

Garden City, Kansas — A Kansas state legislator has stepped down from the chairmanship of a Kansas House committee after he said African-Americans were more susceptible to marijuana because of &...

SEOUL — South Korean President Moon Jae-in has credited his US counterpart Donald Trump with making a “huge” contribution to bringing the North and South together for landmark talks....

WASHINGTON — The White House “intends to destroy all state voter data” collected for President Donald Trump’s dissolved voter fraud commission, a deputy assistant to the presid...

KUALA LUMPUR — The Malaysian government has awarded a “no-find, no-fee” contract to a private US-based tech company to resume the search for Malaysian Airlines flight 370, one of the...

SANTA BARBARA, CA — Weeks after devastating fires tore through Southern California, heavy rains sent mudslides rolling down hillsides in Santa Barbara County on Tuesday, leaving 13 people dead. ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California late Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Judge William A...

  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – The Trump administration says it will not allow oil drilling off the coast of Florida, bowing to pressure from Republican Gov. Rick Scott. Interior Secretary Ryan...