Government News
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Congressional Republicans have a new talking point about President Donald Trump's border wall: It's not really a wall
April 26, 2017 -
Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown was either an entitled, corrupt politician who used a charity for poor kids to line her pockets or a befuddled, aging lawmaker whose trusted adviser betrayed her
April 26, 2017 -
Ivanka Trump says letting Syrian refugees into the United States "has to be part of the discussion" on how to deal with people fleeing conflict in the country
April 26, 2017 -
A hard-line candidate in Iran's upcoming presidential election says the United States should be made to fear Iran so that it will back off on sanctions and threats
April 26, 2017 -
Authorities say woman led police on high-speed chase on a North Carolina coastal island but the lone highway route led to ferry dock _ and her capture
April 26, 2017 -
Texas' highest criminal court has refused an appeal from Kimberly Cargill, an East Texas woman on death row for the slaying seven years ago of her developmentally disabled baby sitter
April 26, 2017 -
A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from a 60-year-old Texas inmate condemned for helping a former suburban Houston police officer murder his wife more than 22 years ago
April 26, 2017 -
Internet companies are readying for a showdown with a Republican-controlled government over a policy near and dear to their hearts: net neutrality
April 26, 2017 -
About 400 people have marched in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, to mark the anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster and protest the construction of a nuclear plant in Belarus
April 26, 2017 -
The Supreme Court seems ready to limit when the government can strip an immigrant of U.S. citizenship for lying during the naturalization process
April 26, 2017 -
Senators arrive on White House grounds for extraordinary briefing on North Korea
April 26, 2017 -
The Supreme Court on Wednesday considered a drug company's fight to keep a generic version of its biotech drug off the market for an additional six months that would mean billions more in sales and higher costs to the public
April 26, 2017 -
Top Trump administration officials insist the president's proposed tax plan, which would slash corporate and individual tax rates, will not add to the deficit
April 26, 2017 -
President Donald Trump has come out with a trio of tweets complaining about a judge who blocked his order to penalize cities that don't cooperate with U.S. immigration officials
April 26, 2017 -
Russia has criticized Turkey's airstrikes against Kurdish forces in Syria and Iraq, saying they hinder efforts to combat the Islamic State group
April 26, 2017