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October 19, 2017

GOP, Dem senators push health deal as Trump keeps distance

The authors of a bipartisan plan to calm health insurance markets said Wednesday they'll push the proposal forward, even as ...

October 19, 2017

Corporations to keep tax break lost by millions of Americans

Millions of Americans would lose a prized tax break under President Donald Trump's sweeping revamp of the tax code, but ...

October 19, 2017

Manhunt underway for gunman in Maryland office park shooting

A man with a lengthy criminal past who was fired from a job earlier this year for punching a colleague showed up for work at ...

October 19, 2017

States ask US court to keep up health subsidies cut by Trump

Top government lawyers representing 19 U.S. states on Wednesday asked a federal judge in California to force the ...

October 19, 2017

The Latest: Trump sends check to fallen soldier's father

The Latest on President Donald Trump and honoring the nation's fallen (all times EDT): 5:55 p.m. The White House says ...

October 19, 2017

Authorities launch inquiry into Statehouse sexual harassment

State authorities said Wednesday they have launched an inquiry in response to a Rhode Island lawmaker saying that a ...

October 18, 2017

Former Menendez staffer contradicts prosecution testimony

A former staffer for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez gave testimony at his bribery trial Wednesday that differed from the ...

October 18, 2017

Quebec lawmakers pass law obliging citizens to uncover faces

Quebec legislators passed a religious neutrality bill Wednesday that will oblige citizens to uncover their faces while giving ...

October 18, 2017

House, Senate intel committees receive briefing from Google

Tech giant Google has briefed the House and Senate intelligence committees ahead of two Nov. 1 hearings that will examine ...

October 18, 2017

Sessions defends Comey firing, dodges questions on Trump

Attorney General Jeff Sessions strongly defended President Donald Trump's firing of James Comey, but at a Senate hearing ...

October 18, 2017

Trump has no immediate plans to visit Calif. wildfire damage

President Donald Trump, who has made four visits to hurricane zones in recent weeks, isn't rushing to survey the damage from ...

October 18, 2017

Democrats slam GOP budget on taxes, health care cuts

The Republican-led Senate rejected Democratic attempts to spare health programs for the poor and elderly from cuts, absorbing ...

October 18, 2017

Judge orders government to allow abortion for immigrant

A judge has ordered the federal government to allow a pregnant 17-year old immigrant who entered the country illegally to ...

October 18, 2017

Kentucky seeks big pension changes to stem tide of red ink

Most of Kentucky's future public employees would not get guaranteed pension payments under a deal announced Wednesday by the ...

October 18, 2017

Karen Pence: 'All of us could benefit from art therapy'

Karen Pence, the vice president's wife, said Wednesday that art therapy, a little-known mental health profession that she has ...

October 18, 2017

The Latest: GOP blocks Dems on cuts in budget plan

The Latest on the Republican budget plan in the Senate (all times local): 4:25 p.m. Senate Republicans have blocked Democrats ...

October 18, 2017

Liberian rebel commander guilty of immigration fraud

A Liberian accused of committing gruesome war crimes when he was a rebel commander called Jungle Jabbah was convicted ...

October 18, 2017

Mike Pence's brother launches run for Indiana US House seat

Greg Pence, one of Mike Pence's older brothers, launched a campaign Wednesday for the eastern Indiana congressional seat that ...

October 18, 2017

The Latest: States ask court to force health care subsidies

The Latest on President Donald Trump and health care legislation (all times local): 3:55 p.m. Nineteen state attorneys ...