1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1004+ words) By DAVID RISING and SAMY MAGDY The latest violence has ended a monthlong lull in fighting between the U.S. and Iran and raised new questions about how to end a war that has led to a spike in oil prices, roiled…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (665+ words) The Democratic governor said the last-minute compromise he made with lawmakers will have some benefits for wildfire victims, such as getting paid faster, but fails to make necessary, sweeping reforms to tackle the question of who covers the cost of…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (912+ words) It is one of the most perilous political efforts that a member of Congress can undertake, so it is telling that the push is being led by two lawmakers who have little to lose at this stage of their careers....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (485+ words) Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, said he would immediately appeal. In a lawsuit brought on behalf of the Ohio Alliance of Retired Americans and the progressive group Red Wine & Blue by the Democrat-aligned Elias Law Group, U.S. District Court…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (574+ words) Ottawa released a list of more than 700 targets Tuesday. Starting Sept. 8, Canada’s government says it will impose steeper import taxes on goods ranging from fish and cheese to smartphones and steel imported from the United States. Canada said it was…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (414+ words) Justice Department attorneys argued that if President Donald Trump’s name does not appear somewhere on the Kennedy Center, then the money from donors for renovations would shrivel up and the “decrepit, dilapidated” cultural center may be “required to be taken…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (444+ words) By JACK BROOK, Associated Press/Report for America The wife of an active-duty U.S. soldier was deported Monday to her native Honduras, according to her family and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Cristy Maryori Villafranca-Trejo is at least the seventh spouse…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (214+ words) The U.S. Postal Service unveiled new requirements for mail ballots less than two weeks before some states begin sending them and in time for the conservative majority of the Supreme Court to clear the way for President Donald Trump’s executive order…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (386+ words) The letter gave the Washington, D.C.-based Center for American Progress until the end of business Friday to issue the retraction or face a $5 billion lawsuit. The center declined. The nonprofit’s president and chief executive, Neera Tanden, said in a statement…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (555+ words) By SEUNG MIN KIM and JESSE BEDAYN The president said on social media that he had committed to ensuring the imported beef would be sold at 25% below current market rates, making it cheaper for American consumers. A White House official…...