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A Venezuelan man who vanished into the U.S. immigration system last year only to reemerge in one of Central America’s most notorious prisons has turned to the courts, accusing the U.S. government of deliberately abusing ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House lawmakers are moving forward with a reauthorization of the federally supported communications network for emergency services, despite mixed support from the public safety community for changes in the ...Read more

Citing a rash of wildfires in recent years, New Jersey officials on Wednesday opened the state's first fire tower in 78 years.

The increase in fires, they say, is attributed at least in part to climate change.

The new ...Read more

Chip Taylor, the songwriter behind the Troggs’ rock hit “Wild Thing” and actor Angelina Jolie’s uncle, has died. He was 86.

Taylor died Monday in hospice care, according to Page Six, citing Taylor’s longtime ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has offered Iran a 15-point ceasefire plan aimed at temporarily halting the war in the Middle East, as the Pentagon simultaneously orders thousands of Marines, paratroopers and a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials are examining what a potential spike in oil prices as high as $200 a barrel would mean for the economy, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign senior officials ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House insisted that peace talks with Iran are ongoing, even as Tehran publicly rejected U.S. overtures and issued fresh conditions of its own to end the conflict that’s wreaked havoc across the ...Read more

NEW YORK — A lawyer for ICE provided false information to federal prosecutors to justify seizing thousands of people seeking asylum and lawful immigration status in the United States at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan and ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The AI data center rush already has reached the nation’s driest state in a major way, but lawmakers are just now catching up on considering statewide regulations.

Nevada’s interim committees on natural ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected to miss a deadline to name a new director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, leaving the public health agency without a leader and adding to its ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will hold their highly anticipated summit in Beijing on May 14-15, following a delay that brought fresh uncertainty to relations between the world’s ...Read more

Sen. Cory Booker writes in his new book "Stand" that he experimented with caffeine pills a couple of days prior to his 25-hour record-breaking Senate floor speech before deciding to rely on his adrenaline instead.

The New...Read more

WASHINGTON — The EPA announced Wednesday it will issue an emergency waiver allowing the nationwide sale of gasoline containing a higher percentage of ethanol as legislation that would allow the same remains stalled in ...Read more

A Kentucky bill to criminalize harassing or obstructing the work of a first responder, including police, EMTs, federal immigration agents and firefighters, took another step toward becoming law Wednesday.

Senate Bill 104,...Read more

For the first time in its history, the Minnesota Senate will allow senators and staff to bring their children on the floor following calls from women on both sides of the aisle to make the chamber more welcoming to parents...Read more

The Maryland House Government, Labor and Elections Committee quietly, and unanimously, approved an amendment adding redistricting language to a Senate elections bill — a move Republicans warned could provoke pushback on ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it harder for music and movie makers to sue for online piracy, ruling that internet providers are usually not liable for copyright infringement even if they know their ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — San Diego Unified School District is starting the process to rename Cesar Chavez Elementary following allegations that the late labor leader sexually abused young girls decades ago.

The board voted Tuesday ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Nearly two years after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, businesses and communities across the Baltimore region are still dealing with the fallout, as longer commutes and traffic diversions have ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Even as U.S. President Donald Trump pushes for talks to end the war against Iran, the U.S. has ordered thousands of troops to the region, fueling fears that the president is gearing up for exactly the sort ...Read more