Government News
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Republicans controlling the House have unveiled a stopgap bill to keep the government open past a shutdown deadline of midnight Friday.
April 26, 2017 -
Venezuela's government says it is going ahead with its threat to withdraw from the Organization of American States, the regional body whose leader has been one of the fiercest critics of embattled socialist President Nicolas Maduro
April 26, 2017 -
The North Carolina legislature seized the initiative in a monthslong effort to weaken Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, overriding his veto of a Republican bill that would reduce the number of judges on the state Court of Appeals
April 26, 2017 -
10 Things to Know for Thursday: Trump tax plan could be good news for many, bad for deficit; Trump team softens war talk, vows other pressure on North Korea; Trump says Mexico, Canada agree to renegotiate NAFTA
April 26, 2017 -
The White House is giving the Pentagon greater flexibility to determine the number of U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria, in another move by President Donald Trump to shift greater power to his military leaders
April 26, 2017 -
A jury has given the death penalty to a gunman who targeted Pennsylvania state troopers at their barracks, killing one and leaving a second with devastating injuries
April 26, 2017 -
President Donald Trump has told the leaders of Mexico and Canada that he will not pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
April 26, 2017 -
Texas Republicans are poised to take a big step toward banning "sanctuary cities" in their state, debating a bill through which police chiefs and sheriffs could even be jailed for not cooperating fully with federal immigration authorities
April 26, 2017 -
Trump tells Mexican, Canadian leaders he won't terminate NAFTA; all agree to renegotiate
April 26, 2017 -
A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced an Iranian businessman to 10 years in prison after being convicted of trying to bring an electric motor and other devices there to further Iran's nuclear program
April 26, 2017 -
Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz needs surgery and will be away from the Capitol for several weeks
April 26, 2017 -
Paraguay's Chamber of Deputies has rejected a constitutional amendment allowing for presidential re-election, voting nearly four weeks after a secret Senate ballot to approve the measure set off riots in which protesters burned furniture in Congress
April 26, 2017 -
Here's what could be next for Trump's sanctuary cities order
April 26, 2017 -
President Donald Trump will direct his administration Thursday to expedite a new investigation into whether aluminum imports are jeopardizing U.S. national security
April 26, 2017 -
Australia's prime minister has warned energy companies they will be restricted from exporting gas if Australians are not also provided with adequate supplies at internationally competitive prices
April 26, 2017