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February 18, 2019

The Latest: Warren describes squeeze facing working families

The Latest on the Democratic presidential candidates (all times EST): 8 p.m. Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth ...

February 18, 2019

Disgraced ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner released from prison

Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner has been released from federal prison after being convicted of having illicit ...

February 18, 2019

Suspect in killing of 4 hostages during standoff has died

A man who shot and killed four people he held hostage in a Mississippi home has died from gunshot wounds he received during ...

February 18, 2019

School board in Virginia may end transgender bathroom ban

For nearly four years, Gavin Grimm has been suing his former school district after it banned him from using the boys ...

February 17, 2019

Booker holds back on questions about 'Empire' actor attack

Democratic presidential candidates spent Sunday courting voters in states with influential early roles in the 2020 primary, ...

February 17, 2019

Return to sender: High court to hear undeliverable mail case

Mitch Hungerpiller thought he had a first-class solution for mail that gets returned as undeliverable, a common problem for ...

February 17, 2019

US immigration officials detain 2 bankers wanted in Ecuador

Two brothers from Ecuador wanted in the South American country on charges that they stole millions of dollars from a ...

February 18, 2019

Marco Rubio warns Venezuelan soldiers to let aid enter

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on Sunday visited a border staging point for U.S. aid to Venezuela and warned soldiers loyal to ...

February 17, 2019

Taliban say unable to attend Pakistan talks; blame blacklist

The Taliban has postponed an unscheduled round of peace talks with the United States set for Monday in Pakistan saying "most" ...

February 17, 2019

Assad: Only the state can protect groups in northern Syria

Only the Syrian state can protect groups in northern Syria and the army will "liberate every inch of Syria" from foreign ...

February 17, 2019

Tradition of nonpartisan selection of judges may end in Iowa

Iowa was in the forefront of a national effort to reduce partisanship in the courts nearly 50 years ago when it decided to ...

February 17, 2019

The Latest: Qatari minister warns of remaining IS threat

The Latest on the Munich Security Conference (all times local): 2:55 p.m. Qatar's foreign minister is cautioning that the ...

February 17, 2019

State Department: Nauert out as pick for UN ambassador

Heather Nauert, picked by President Donald Trump to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations but never officially ...

February 17, 2019

Mother who helped free son from Venezuelan jail praised

The family and friends of a Utah woman who spent nearly two years pushing to get her son freed from a Venezuelan jail was ...

February 17, 2019

US military planes land near Venezuela border with aid

The U.S. military airlifted tons of humanitarian aid to a Colombian town on the Venezuelan border Saturday as part of an ...

February 17, 2019

Alaska governor offers use of troops along US-Mexico border

Alaska is about 3,000 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, but the state's new Republican governor is offering President ...

February 17, 2019

Dem presidential candidates introducing themselves to voters

Five Democratic senators vying for their party's nomination to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020 fanned out across the ...

February 17, 2019

The Latest: Gillibrand accuses Trump of dividing people

The Latest on the Democratic presidential candidates (all times local): 6:15 p.m. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, in her second day ...

February 16, 2019

The Latest: Acting defense chief unsure on border money

The Latest on President Donald Trump's decision to declare a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border to get financing ...