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 WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed the most sweeping rewrite of the nation’s tax laws in more than three decades. The bill now goes to the Senate for an expected vote Tuesday eve...

 NORWALK, Conn. (AP) – Parents of students at a Connecticut high school say they were upset when Ivanka Trump made an unannounced visit.Some parents pulled their children from class on Mond...

NEW YORK — Is bitcoin a bubble? Maybe. Maybe not. Only time will tell. But there are some small publicly traded companies trying to ride the wave of cryptocurrency and blockchain mania that look...

Courchevel, France — Her main target this season is the Winter Olympics, but Mikaela Shiffrin is proving a dominant force on the World Cup circuit with a third win since November. The 22-year-ol...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Every year, millions of Americans get sick with the flu. While the vast majority of people will recover without any serious complications, not everyone is so lucky. Over the c...

WASHINGTON — With the House of Representatives likely to take up the Republican tax reform bill Tuesday, the plan faces growing opposition and a widespread perception that it will benefit the we...

WASHINGTON — Momentum appears faint for those who want Sen. Al Franken to stay in the Senate and undergo an ethics investigation rather than resign in the coming weeks.While two Democrats public...

John MatthewsWMAL.comLAKE BUENA VISTA, FL — President Trump has a meeting scheduled in the Oval Office with Defense Secretary James Mattis Tuesday, but his animatronic alter ego will be making h...

BEIJING — Everything seemed to be going so well between China and the US.After a successful visit by US President Donald Trump to Beijing earlier this year, relations with Chinese leader Xi Jinp...

DUPONT, WA — The Amtrak train that derailed Monday in Washington state was traveling 80 mph in a 30 mph zone, National Transportation Safety Board board member T. Bella Dinh-Zarr said.It’s...