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Arkansas lawmakers enact transgender youth treatment ban

Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday made the state the first to ban gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender youth, ...

Senate gives Biden a big tool to work around GOP filibuster

With a powerful new tool, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has fresh options for potentially advancing President Joe ...

EXPLAINER: Senate eyes budget rule to push past filibuster

With the Senate split 50-50, leaders of the Democratic majority are looking for ways to advance their priorities and ...

McConnell warns biz off political speech, says it's 'stupid'

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday it's "quite stupid” for corporations to speak out against the Georgia ...

Paris Hilton returns to Utah for ceremonial bill signing

Paris Hilton returned to Salt Lake City Tuesday for a ceremonial bill signing for a law that regulates treatment centers for ...

MLB moves All-Star Game to Denver's Coors Field

Atlanta, you're out. Denver, you're up. Major League Baseball swiftly moved the All-Star Game to hitter-friendly Coors Field ...

Evacuation order lifted at Florida leaky phosphate reservoir

A mandatory evacuation order near a leaking Florida wastewater reservoir that affected more than 300 homes and additional ...

Senators press for more on SolarWinds hack after AP report

Key lawmakers said Tuesday they're concerned they've been kept in the dark about what suspected Russian hackers stole from ...

Georgia voting fight sets the stage for Kemp's 2022 run

A controversial new election law may help Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp rebuild his relationship with a broad swath of Republicans ...

US Rep. Alcee Hastings dies at 84; was impeached as judge

Rep. Alcee Hastings, the fiercely liberal longtime Florida congressman who was dogged throughout his tenure by an impeachment ...

US boosts aid to Palestinians as some in Congress cry foul

The Biden administration is moving again to increase U.S. assistance to the Palestinians as it fires up a new Mideast policy ...

Restaurant owners clash with police in Rome lockdown protest

Italian restaurant owners and others angry at having their businesses shut for weeks due to a virus lockdown clashed with ...

Netanyahu asked to form new government, but faces long odds

Israel’s president on Tuesday handed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the difficult task of trying to form a new government, ...

Capitol police officer to lie in honor at rotunda April 13

The 18-year U.S. Capitol Police veteran killed in the line of duty is being remembered as a man with a sense of humor who ...

Biden boosted by Senate rules as GOP bucks infrastructure

With an appeal to think big, President Joe Biden is promoting his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan directly to Americans, ...

Eating our lunch: Biden points to China in development push

Pushing for trillions of dollars in development spending, President Joe Biden and Democratic lawmakers are directing ...

AP source: MLB moving All-Star Game to Denver's Coors Field

Major League Baseball plans to relocate the All-Star Game to Coors Field in Denver after pulling this year's Midsummer ...

Ark. gov. vetoes transgender youth treatment ban

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson on Monday vetoed legislation that would have made his state the first to ban gender ...

CDC inquiry sought on HIV outbreak in WVa's largest county

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday submitted a congressional inquiry with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Arkansas governor vetoes transgender youth treatment ban

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday vetoed legislation that would have made his state the first to ban gender confirming ...