Government News
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President Donald Trump will sign a memo ordering his administration to determine the impact of rising aluminum imports
April 27, 2017 -
As President Donald Trump marks his first 100 days in office, he is vowing to keep his campaign promise to build a wall along the border with Mexico
April 27, 2017 -
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson says he expects to release an agenda within the next few months that delivers "bang for the buck," partly by encouraging more private-sector collaboration
April 27, 2017 -
About two dozen people witness executions in Arkansas, though the term "witness" is a misnomer
April 27, 2017 -
Hong Kong authorities are expanding their crackdown on the Chinese-controlled territory's opposition by launching a fresh round of arrests of activists
April 27, 2017 -
India has ordered internet service providers in Indian-controlled Kashmir to block Facebook, Twitter and 20 other social media sites and online applications for one month
April 27, 2017 -
President Donald Trump has told the leaders of Mexico and Canada that he will not immediately bolt the North American Free Trade Agreement, just hours after administration officials said he was considering a draft executive order to withdraw
April 27, 2017 -
Japan's central bank has ended a policy meeting without changing its ultra-lax monetary stance
April 27, 2017 -
Authorities say a local fire company has opened its doors to serve as a temporary shelter for residents prevented from returning to their homes while police continue to try to negotiate with the suspect in the fatal shooting of a Delaware state trooper
April 27, 2017 -
An acute shortage of gasoline in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang has gone on for a week with no explanation
April 27, 2017 -
A Tennessee sheriff and the state government of Illinois are among the 2017 recipients of a Virginia free-speech group's satiric awards for what it considers the past year's most egregious offenses
April 27, 2017 -
Small business owners don't plan a hiring binge if the Trump administration's plan to lower tax rates becomes law
April 27, 2017 -
France's foreign minister says chemical analysis of samples taken from a deadly sarin gas attack in Syria shows that the nerve agent used "bears the signature" of President Bashar Assad's government and shows it was responsible
April 27, 2017 -
Syrian opposition activists and a monitor say a large explosion has rocked the Syrian capital, followed by a fire near Damascus airport
April 27, 2017 -
The White House and congressional Democrats on Wednesday defused a tense stand-off over payments for the working poor under the health care law, keeping a massive government spending bill on track just days ahead of a shutdown deadline
April 26, 2017