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Sen. Jeff Merkley requests FBI perjury investigation into Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Jeff Merkley is requesting that the FBI open a perjury investigation into Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen ...Read more
Monitor: Coalition strikes kill 23 people in eastern Syria
BEIRUT -- At least 23 people, including civilians, were killed on Friday when a U.S.-led air alliance fighting Islamic State in Syria carried out airstrikes on the last pockets occupied by the militant group in the eastern...Read more
Utility sues Santa Barbara County for last year's deadly mudslides
LOS ANGELES--Southern California Edison -- fighting dozens of legal claims related to the Montecito mudslides that followed the Thomas fire -- is pointing the blame on Santa Barbara County and Caltrans for failing to ...Read more
March for Life activists get anti-abortion boost from Trump
WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers and anti-abortion advocates who gathered Friday for the nation's largest annual anti-abortion rally say they are pivoting to a defensive strategy in Congress, with a focus on confirming conservative...Read more
In heated moment, Missouri lawmaker yells 'go back to Puerto Rico' to House Democrats
WASHINGTON -- Missouri Rep. Jason Smith said Friday he regretted yelling "go back to Puerto Rico" to Democrats on the House floor on Thursday, and he has made amends with a California congressman who initially took it as a...Read more
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Trump agrees to second summit with Kim
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump agreed to a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in late February, despite the lack of significant progress so far toward the elusive goal of dismantling Pyongyang's ...Read more
Democratic donor Ed Buck courted controversy, but now may have more than he wants
LOS ANGELES -- In 2010, then-California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman was holding a political rally at a Hollywood hotel when from the front row a man started heckling her.
"What are you hiding?" the man shouted at ...Read more
Sen. Angus King begins radiation treatment for 'residual prostate cancer'
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Angus King is undergoing radiation treatments for residual prostate cancer, the Maine independent announced Friday.
This is King's second bout with prostate cancer and his third diagnosis overall. He ...Read more
Supreme Court hints it won't hear Trump's DACA appeal this term
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court took no action Friday on President Donald Trump's bid to end deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants, suggesting the program may stay in place...Read more
NC House speaker invites Trump to give State of the Union in Tar Heel State
WASHINGTON -- North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore invited President Donald Trump to give his State of the Union address at his state's General Assembly chambers.
The speaker sent a letter to the president Friday after ...Read more
Is Mike Pompeo actively exploring a US Senate race?
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to meet with Sen. Pat Roberts in the near future amid a heavy recruitment effort by powerful Washington Republicans for Pompeo to run for Roberts' seat.
A Senate run by ...Read more
Michigan speaker invites Trump to give State of the Union in Lansing
WASHINGTON -- If President Donald Trump still wants to give a State of the Union speech, Michigan's offering him a room in which to do it.
On Friday, Michigan's new House speaker, Rep. Lee Chatfield, offered up the House ...Read more
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