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September 29, 2016

Hotel workers seek new safety measures after freezer death

Federal regulators and hotel employees are calling for new safety measures after a worker was found dead inside a walk-in ...

September 29, 2016

House lawmakers heap blistering criticism on Wells Fargo CEO

Angry lawmakers heaped another round of blistering criticism on Wells Fargo's CEO, pressing Thursday for details about what ...

September 29, 2016

Pennsylvania congressman Tim Murphy helps save man's life

A Pennsylvania congressman helped save the life of a man found unconscious in a Washington, D.C., office building.

September 29, 2016

The Latest: Train engineer identified as 29-year employee

The Latest on a commuter train that crashed into a station in New Jersey, killing one person and injuring more than 100 ...

September 29, 2016

Watchdog report criticizes DEA's use of confidential sources

The Drug Enforcement Administration does a poor job overseeing the millions of dollars in payments it distributes to ...

September 29, 2016

Supreme Court to hear 'swipe fees' case

The Supreme Court will hear a dispute over state laws that prohibit merchants from imposing fees on customers who use credit ...

September 29, 2016

Supreme Court to hear case over deportations

The Supreme Court will take up the Obama administration's appeal of lower court rulings making it harder to deport immigrants ...

September 29, 2016

Justices take up trademark case that could affect Redskins

The Supreme Court is taking up a First Amendment clash over the government's refusal to register offensive trademarks, a case ...

September 29, 2016

New Jersey train station crash kills 1 dead; over 100 hurt

A rush hour commuter train crashed through a barrier at the busy Hoboken station and lurched across the waiting area Thursday ...

September 29, 2016

Imam: Pulse shooter prayed at mosque 4 days before attack

An imam has released video footage of Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen praying in a central Florida mosque four days ...

September 29, 2016

Philippines' President Duterte to scrap war games with US

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said joint military exercises of Filipino and American troops next week will be the last ...

September 29, 2016

Saudi Arabia may still fight back against 9/11 lawsuit bill

Saudi Arabia's lobbying and warnings to Congress were not enough to blunt the passing of legislation allowing families of ...

September 29, 2016

The Latest: Trump denies doing business in Cuba

The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT): 9:16 p.m. Donald Trump is denying a Newsweek report that he ...

September 29, 2016

Alabama chief justice waits for judgment day on keeping job

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore — famously removed from office 13 years ago for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments display ...

John Thune, Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn, Roger Wicker

September 29, 2016

Gridlock in Congress may presage more of the same to come

A bitterly divided Congress adjourned Thursday for the election, having accomplished little more than the bare minimum, with ...

September 29, 2016

Obama saw override coming, but still it stung

The White House saw it coming, but still it stung. When President Barack Obama was hit with the first veto override of his ...

September 29, 2016

Did landmark laws from Congress enable high drug prices?

Lawmakers are venting outrage over high prescription drug costs, but lawmakers and presidents of both parties may have set ...

September 29, 2016

Israelis pay respects to Peres, Clinton arrives in Israel

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton joined thousands of Israeli mourners Thursday who paid their respects to the late Shimon ...

September 28, 2016

Philippines' Duterte to scrap future war games with US

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he was giving notice to the United States, his country's long-standing ally, that ...