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February 16, 2019

Graham: US should be stronger on Canadians detained in China

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Friday the response by the United States to China detaining two Canadians in apparent ...

February 15, 2019

Trump's new trade decision: Impose tariffs on imported cars?

Sometimes, on a bad night, Brad Strong wakes at 2 a.m. and can't get back to sleep. The insomnia isn't about his family or ...

February 15, 2019

After bipartisan vote, new divide over border

After a bipartisan vote on border security legislation, senators appeared split over President Donald Trump's plan to declare ...

February 13, 2019

Guaido seeks to wrest control of Venezuela's oil company

Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly appointed a transitional board of directors for the state oil company ...

February 12, 2019

Parkland anniversary highlights Democratic shift on guns

In the final weeks before the 2008 election, Barack Obama's campaign sent mailers to Florida voters reassuring them that he ...

February 12, 2019

Trump calls Rep. Omar apology about Israel remark 'lame'

Freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar has apologized for tweets suggesting that members of Congress support Israel because they ...

February 12, 2019

10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. BUDGET DEAL ALLOWS ...

February 11, 2019

Pompeo denies US trying to cover up Khashoggi killing

The Trump administration pushed back Monday against allegations that it was trying to cover up the killing of Saudi columnist ...

February 08, 2019

Whitaker has time on his mind under Democratic grilling

Tick-tock. Time seemed to be on acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker's mind Friday when House Democrats trained their new ...

February 08, 2019

The Latest: Whitaker won't answer 'witch hunt' question

The Latest on acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker's appearance before a House committee (all times local): 12:40 p.m.

February 08, 2019

Whitaker confirmed to appear before panel as scheduled

The Justice Department said Thursday that Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will testify before the House Judiciary ...

February 08, 2019

The Latest: Whitaker now confirmed to attend panel hearing

The Latest on Congress and Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker (all times local): 8:05 p.m. The chairman of the House ...

February 06, 2019

The Latest: House panel backs sending transcripts to Mueller

The Latest on Congress and the special counsel's Russia investigation (all times local): 11:35 a.m. The House Intelligence ...

February 06, 2019

Lawmakers sing to survivor of Holocaust, synagogue shooting

In a joyful, bipartisan moment, lawmakers briefly interrupted the State of the Union to serenade a survivor of October's ...

February 05, 2019

World shares steady before Trump's state of union address

Shares were mostly higher Tuesday ahead of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to Congress.

February 03, 2019

#MeToo movement was not 1-year phenomenon in state capitols

In the first week of 2019, an investigation by Oregon's labor agency deemed the state Capitol to be a hostile workplace ...

February 02, 2019

Trump's 'America first' policy to key in on foreign shores

For all of President Donald Trump's talk about "America first," the next two years of his presidency could shine a sharp ...

February 01, 2019

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even ...

February 01, 2019

Deutsche Bank struggles to rebound, merger rumors hit shares

Germany's struggling Deutsche Bank suffered another loss in the fourth quarter as it faces a raft of issues including a ...