Government News
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Apparent Israeli missile attack on Syrian military installation near Damascus airport shakes city, raises tensions
April 27, 2017 -
Authorities: The body of a 1½-year-old girl has been found at a "deplorable" Illinois home she and her mother shared with squatters
April 27, 2017 -
Gulf Arab royals meet in Saudi Arabia to try and find unified voice on Shiite rival Iran
April 27, 2017 -
A congressional committee wants the Justice Department to consider criminally prosecuting the head of a technology company that was involved in maintaining a private email server for Hillary Clinton
April 27, 2017 -
The Republican-controlled Texas House has given final approval to a ban on "sanctuary cities," mandating possible jail time for police chiefs and sheriffs who don't cooperate fully with federal immigration authorities
April 27, 2017 -
The Albanian Parliament has failed for the third time to elect the country's new president because no candidates have been nominated
April 27, 2017 -
Getting to the bottom of President Donald Trump's tax plan is difficult because the proposal exists so far on a single page, so it's hardly full of details
April 27, 2017 -
President Donald Trump has welcomed Argentine President Mauricio Macri (mah-CREE') to the White House for talks
April 27, 2017 -
The Environmental Protection Agency chief has pulled out of a Republican fundraiser after a Democratic senator raised ethics concerns
April 27, 2017 -
A gunman who shot two Pennsylvania troopers at their barracks, killing one, has been sentenced to death.
April 27, 2017 -
A state official says human error is to blame for 500 Rhode Island residents receiving two tax-refund checks
April 27, 2017 -
U.S. immigration authorities have released a Venezuelan opposition activist who was detained a day earlier as he waited to attend a hearing on his request for political asylum
April 27, 2017 -
An Italian prosecutor is defending his accusation that non-governmental organizations operating rescue boats in the Mediterranean are colluding with migrant smugglers
April 27, 2017 -
Federal officials say humpback whales have been dying in unusually large numbers along the Atlantic Coast
April 27, 2017 -
Argentine President Mauricio says the governments of the region need to keep demanding elections and the release of prisoners in Venezuela
April 27, 2017