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Hamas freed the last living American citizen held hostage in Gaza, following talks between the U.S. and the group ahead of a Middle East visit by President Donald Trump.

The U.S. engaged with Hamas to help secure the ...Read more

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis signed new laws Monday that codify federal voting protections in Colorado’s election laws and reform the state’s much-maligned process of replacing lawmakers who leave office early.

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WASHINGTON — Dozens of White Afrikaners arrived in the U.S. from South Africa on Monday, the first beneficiaries of a controversial resettlement program that was instigated by President Donald Trump, who is meeting with ...Read more

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would normally celebrate a hostage release such as that taking place on Monday, though in this case the deal with Hamas is another sign U.S. President Donald ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania State University’s administration has proposed closing seven of its 20 Commonwealth campuses, according to multiple sources close to the board of trustees.

They are: Dubois, Fayette, Mont ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Pacific Palisades couple is seeking a court order that would force California’s insurer of last resort to turn over claims documents following allegations it has delayed payments to fix their fire-...Read more

Two people were arrested and a family ripped asunder in Worcester, Massachusetts, when a crowd swarmed federal immigration agents as they snatched a woman ahead of Mother’s Day.

One of those arrested was the woman’s ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams said Monday that the feds intended to “humiliate” him with a plan to carry out a search warrant on him at the New York City Marathon finish line.

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WASHINGTON — Almost four months into his second term, President Donald Trump has moved away from his populist campaign rhetoric to a much bolder and disruptive economic policy approach built on tariffs — even being ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — At the center of the fentanyl crisis sits a Chinese messaging app, six attorneys general said in a letter to the encrypted platform Monday.

WeChat could face criminal charges for allowing dealers and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Attorneys for Rep. Henry Cuellar asked a federal court to throw out last year’s federal indictment against the Texas Democrat, arguing it violates the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause.

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The Trump administration’s temporary trade deal with China didn’t arrive in time to prevent a slowdown in the U.S. economy, forecasters say, even if it reduces the risk of a full-blown recession later this year.

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NEW YORK — Andrew Cuomo is pledging if elected mayor to stop a shelter development in southern Brooklyn that has drawn intense pushback from local residents, including the neighborhood’s Council member, who recently ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A conservative super PAC is urging Sen. John Fetterman to support President Donald Trump’s tax cut plan in a new ad wooing the Pennsylvania Democrat as his relationship with his own party has become ...Read more

President Donald Trump Monday said he will implement a prescription drug payment plan that could dramatically lower prices paid by Medicare and possibly Medicaid, although details remain murky.

Trump claimed his proposed ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A young boy leaned forward and held his head in his hands. For several minutes his grandmother had been talking about him with federal immigration Judge Loreto Geisse in a Sacramento courtroom.

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LOS ANGELES — After conducting an investigation into Los Angeles County’s faulty emergency alerts during the deadly January wildfires, U.S. Congressman Robert Garcia issued a report Monday calling for more federal ...Read more

CHICAGO — On Jan. 20, Chicago police Officer Josue Najera celebrated President Donald Trump’s second inauguration with family at the president’s namesake tower on the Chicago River.

Najera — 44 years old and ...Read more

The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is calling on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to prioritize U.S. efforts to deal with the crisis of gang violence in Haiti.

Rubio, who supported Haiti while he was...Read more

BOSTON — A group of gun violence prevention advocates launched a campaign Monday to persuade voters to keep in place a major gun law that gun owners and Second Amendment rights supporters are attempting to repeal through...Read more