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November 17, 2018

Trump to visit California fire scene as death toll rises

President Donald Trump heads to Northern California on Saturday to see firsthand the grief and devastation from the deadliest ...

November 17, 2018

Migrants won't see armed US soldiers on border

As thousands of migrants in a caravan of Central American asylum-seekers converge on the doorstep of the United States, what ...

November 17, 2018

California GOP ponders way forward after stunning losses

In a speech to fellow Republicans in May, U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters issued an ominous warning about the coming election — ...

November 17, 2018

The Latest: Kemp says Georgia race over, state to look ahead

The Latest on the Georgia governor's race (all times local): 5:35 p.m. Republican Brian Kemp says the Georgia gubernatorial ...

November 17, 2018

Judge: John Hinckley can move out of his mother's house

The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan can move out of his mother's house in Virginia and live on his own, ...

November 17, 2018

Florida starts painstaking hand recount in US Senate race

Volunteers gathered around folding tables Friday to begin a painstaking hand recount in Florida's acrimonious U.S.

November 17, 2018

Abrams ends Georgia governor bid, says she'll file lawsuit

Democrat Stacey Abrams ended 10 days of post-election drama in Georgia's closely watched and even more closely contested race ...

November 17, 2018

Dem's lobbying work draws GOP ire in Mississippi Senate race

Republicans in Mississippi's intensifying U.S. Senate race are slamming Democrat Mike Espy's lobbying work for an African ...

November 17, 2018

California utility shares rise as regulator calms investors

Shares of Pacific Gas & Electric Co. soared Friday after California's top utility regulator said his agency will help the ...

November 17, 2018

Baltimore mayor picks Fort Worth chief as next top cop

Baltimore's mayor announced Friday she has chosen a Texas police chief as her nominee to lead the city's troubled force, ...

November 17, 2018

Finger pointing, frustration in eastern US storm's aftermath

Exhausted commuters pointed fingers and demanded answers Friday, a day after a modest snowstorm stranded motorists on ...

November 16, 2018

Ethics panel rebukes lawmakers in harassment cases

The House Ethics Committee said Friday that Democratic Rep. Ruben Kihuen of Nevada made persistent and unwanted advances ...

November 16, 2018

Supreme Court challenge filed to Whitaker appointment

A prominent Washington lawyer is leading an effort to lure the Supreme Court into the dispute over the appointment of Matthew ...

November 16, 2018

US to accuse Iran of violating chemical weapons treaty

The Trump administration is poised to accuse Iran of violating an international treaty that bans chemical weapons, two U.S.

November 16, 2018

Political 'veteran' at age 36 eyed for Trump chief of staff

Nick Ayers could almost be confused for a college fraternity brother as he flashes a broad grin in a selfie taken with Mike ...

November 16, 2018

North Korea deports American even as it boasts of new weapon

North Korea on Friday deported an American citizen it says it detained for illegal entry, a U.S. official said, an apparent ...

November 16, 2018

Supreme Court to hear arguments in census dispute

The Supreme Court says it will hear arguments over the evidence a federal judge can consider in the lawsuit concerning the ...

November 16, 2018

Graham poised to lead Judiciary panel after Grassley switch

Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa is giving up the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee after shepherding 84 of ...

November 16, 2018

CNN's Acosta back at White House after judge's ruling

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to immediately return the White House press credentials of CNN ...