Government News
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A federal judge temporarily halted a second execution Monday night in Arkansas after attorneys said in a court filing that the first execution for Jack Jones "appeared to be tortuous and inhumane."
April 25, 2017 -
When it comes to music and visual arts, American teenagers could use some help
April 25, 2017 -
Long before the sprawling bribery and kickback scandal at Brazil's state-run oil monopoly threw the political scene into turmoil, the giant construction company at its center has been tied to corruption for decades
April 25, 2017 -
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The Chicago aviation officer who pulled a man off a United Airlines flight sys the man was physically and verbally combative during the incident
April 24, 2017 -
Ivanka Trump's advocacy for women and girls will take her to a women's conference in Berlin Tuesday
April 24, 2017 - Federal judge lifts temporary stay she issued that halted Arkansas’ 2nd scheduled execution of night
Federal judge lifts temporary stay she issued that halted Arkansas' 2nd scheduled execution of night
April 24, 2017 -
The Trump administration is moving to impose a 20 percent tariff on softwood lumber entering the United States from Canada, escalating an intensifying trade dispute between the two countries
April 24, 2017 -
A black man hurled to the ground and punched repeatedly in the face by a police officer this month has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and county of Sacramento
April 24, 2017 -
President Donald Trump appears to be stepping back from demanding a down payment for his border wall, which could remove a major obstacle to a bipartisan deal on must-pass spending legislation just days ahead of a government shutdown deadline
April 24, 2017 -
President Donald Trump plans to stick with his campaign pledge to slash the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent
April 24, 2017 -
Federal judge issues temporary delay of 2nd Arkansas execution after US Supreme Court denied pending appeals
April 24, 2017 -
A jury has convicted two men in an armed standoff with government agents near Cliven Bundy's Nevada ranch in 2014, but then deadlocked on federal charges against four others
April 24, 2017 -
German Chanellor Angela Merkel has received the 2017 Elie Wiesel Award, the highest honor from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
April 24, 2017 -
A top Justice Department national security official says foreign governments that work with criminal hackers make their operations vulnerable to being exposed and disrupted
April 24, 2017