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Biden: US shootings 'a national embarrassment'

President Joe Biden is calling for action as the nation struggles with yet another mass shooting. While gun control appears ...

GOP leaders diverge on Trump, putting party in limbo

One by one, the Republican leaders of Congress have made the trip to Mar-a-Lago to see Donald Trump. Kevin McCarthy visited ...

Bill would give US vets of 1966 Spain bomb accident benefits

U.S. veterans who were exposed to radiation while responding to a 1966 hydrogen bomb accident in Spain would be made eligible ...

Capitol Police watchdog says force needs 'cultural change'

The U.S. Capitol Police force needs “cultural change” after the broad failures of the Jan. 6 insurrection, the top watchdog ...

Former governor McCrory enters US Senate race

Former North Carolina governor Pat McCrory cites experience to make his case as he runs for the U.S.

Biden faces long odds in push for more state 'red flag' laws

President Joe Biden faces an uphill battle as he tries to revive a push for more state laws that would allow authorities to ...

Editorial Roundup: US

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ April 14 The Chicago Tribune on the federal pause of ...

COVID, China, Russia, top annual threat assessment

The director of national intelligence told Senate lawmakers that the coronavirus, China and Russia are among the top global ...

Big-business pushback against voting measures gains momentum

Big business has ratcheted up its objections to proposals that would make it harder to vote, with several hundred companies ...

US Sen. Graham opposes Afghanistan troop pullout

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CIA: Afghan-based terrorists not a major threat

CIA Director William Burns told Congress the U.S. unavoidably will lose some intelligence leverage against extremist threats ...

Biden wants infrastructure deal, but GOP doubts persist

President Joe Biden wants Congress to know he's sincere about cutting a deal on infrastructure, but Republican lawmakers have ...

‘Clear the Capitol,’ Pence pleaded, timeline of riot shows

From a secure room in the Capitol on Jan. 6, as rioters pummeled police and vandalized the building, Vice President Mike ...

Bowing to Trump? GOP brings leaders, donors to his backyard

There will be no reckoning at the Republican National Committee. Three months after former President Donald Trump helped ...

Biden orders gun control actions — but they show his limits

President Joe Biden put on a modest White House ceremony Thursday to announce a half-dozen executive actions to combat what ...

Private sales emerge as obstacle to Senate action on guns

Democrats in Congress are trying to pass the first major gun control legislation in more than two decades with the support ...

After new law, McConnell warns CEOs: 'Stay out of politics'

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says it's a “big lie” to call the new voting law in Georgia racist and he warned big ...

Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed

A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S.

Moderation, sometimes, for Georgia GOP despite voting law

Amid a supernova of criticism over Georgia's new voting law, Republicans are still trying to appeal to swing voters in a ...

Immigrants with temporary status have grown deep roots in US

Irma Chavez is a married mother of four who leads a business networking initiative in this small Arkansas city she calls home