WASHINGTON -- Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., has filed paperwork to establish a legal expense fund amid an ongoing federal criminal investigation into whether he misused campaign cash.

Hunter filed the required paperwork March 27, seeking a rarely granted "Legal Expense Fund" through which members of Congress under investigation or being sued in...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Mike Pence's office says it has canceled a Missouri rally and fundraiser next month because of a scheduling conflict -- and not out of concern that the trip would too closely coincide with the upcoming felony trial of Gov. Eric Greitens, with whom Pence has had some close political ties.

Pence won't attend a ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Officials Tuesday released more information about how seven inmates were killed during a riot at Lee Correctional Institution earlier this month.

According to Lee County Coroner Larry Logan, all seven died from exsanguination, or severe blood loss, due to multiple sharp force injuries due to stab wounds and incised wounds.

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WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he was nudging aside Dr. Ronny Jackson, his nominee to head the Veterans Affairs Department, after senators canceled his nomination hearing to investigate allegations of inappropriate behavior.

"I told Admiral Jackson just a little while ago ... I said, 'What do you need this for?'" ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- As the student-led March for Our Lives movement captured the nation's attention in the weeks after the Parkland shooting, the other side of the gun control debate enjoyed a banner month of its own.

The National Rifle Association's Political Victory Fund raised $2.4 million from March 1 to March 31, the group's first full month of ...Read more

MONTREAL -- The man suspected of deliberately driving a van into pedestrians along a busy street in Toronto was charged Tuesday with 10 counts of first-degree murder and 13 counts of attempted murder, the Toronto Star and other media reported.

Alek Minassian, arrested on Monday, made a brief appearance at a Toronto court and has been remanded ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- When hackers struck the Colorado Department of Transportation in a ransomware attack in February and again eight days later, they disrupted the agency's operations for weeks.

State officials had to shut down 2,000 computers, and transportation employees were forced to use pen and paper or their personal devices instead of their ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- With critical political deadlines fast approaching, the Trump administration is racing to strike a deal on a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement by early May -- with an eye toward forcing a congressional vote on a new pact by the end of the year.

After months of making little progress, recent statements from high-level ...Read more

WASHINTON-- Attorney General Jeff Sessions has decided against recusing himself from the investigation into President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, but will consider stepping back from specific questions tied to the probe, according to a person familiar with the matter.

By contrast, Sessions recused himself from the ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Tuesday he promised French President Emmanuel Macron that he would reconsider his pledge to blow up the multinational Iran nuclear deal, but spent much of his time in their joint appearance explaining why he thinks it is "a disaster."

"It's insane. It's ridiculous. It should never have been made. But we...Read more

MIAMI -- Broward Sheriff's Office deputies were taking cover behind cars and a tree as they responded to the worst school shooting in Florida history -- and one of them thought he knew where the shooter was, according to an officer report released Tuesday by Coral Springs Police Department.

But the BSO deputies didn't immediately attempt to ...Read more

PARKLAND, Fla. -- Shannon Fest has a modest goal for her 15-year-old daughter this semester: to make it through a full day of school.

Two months after a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, going to class is still a struggle for freshman Lauren Fest. She arrives late every morning and skips lunch because the crowds and loud...Read more

Authorities say a woman who displayed money on social media from an injury settlement was shot and killed during a home invasion last month by two men who went to the home to rob her of the money.

One suspect has since been taken into custody and held in lieu of $3 million bail.

Zavian D. Wells, 25, whose last known address was in the 1900 ...Read more