Government News
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Gaza's ruling Hamas movement says it will not be cowed by threatened funding cuts, signaling escalating tensions between the militant group and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
April 26, 2017 -
Treasury secretary says President Donald Trump 'has no intention' of releasing his tax returns
April 26, 2017 -
Health insurers are pressing President Donald Trump and Congress to guarantee a crucial customer subsidy for the Affordable Care Act's shaky insurance exchanges, and one of the biggest carriers has thrown in its participation as bargaining chip
April 26, 2017 -
The Senate has nudged President Donald Trump's pick for labor secretary one step closer to confirmation
April 26, 2017 -
Congress is close to a deal to extend health benefits for more than 22,000 retired miners and widows
April 26, 2017 -
McDonald's new uniforms are prompting some teasing online, with comments saying the gray-toned shirts and aprons make employees look like they're part of totalitarian regimes
April 26, 2017 -
An Illinois retirement board is terminating the pension that imprisoned former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert receives for his service in the Illinois General Assembly
April 26, 2017 - Trump tax plan cuts top income tax rate from 39.6 to 35 percent, doubles amount taxpayers can deduct
Trump tax plan cuts top income tax rate from 39.6 to 35 percent, doubles amount taxpayers can deduct
April 26, 2017 -
State auditors in Missouri found the Ferguson court system "in disarray" during an audit launched amid the unrest following the fatal 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown
April 26, 2017 -
A bill pending in New York's state Legislature would require the state to release the state tax returns of Donald Trump and any other New Yorker holding high office
April 26, 2017 -
A New Hampshire lawmaker accused of creating a misogynistic online forum is resisting calls for his resignation and says he will "stand strong for men's rights."
April 26, 2017 -
Turkey's main opposition party says it will challenge the outcome of the April 16 referendum on expanding the president's powers at the European Court of Human Rights
April 26, 2017 -
President Donald Trump's pick to be the CIA's top lawyer says it would take a change in U.S. law to restart the program that allowed harsh interrogation of suspected terrorists in detention
April 26, 2017 -
A man has been wounded and a police chief injured after the suspect gained control of a police car as authorities investigated a report of possible counterfeit money in western Kentucky
April 26, 2017 -
Conservative House Freedom Caucus announces support for revised health care proposal; moderates still uncertain
April 26, 2017