Government News
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Last-ditch court appeals could block the executions of two Arkansas inmates who are scheduled to be put to death Monday
April 24, 2017 -
A spokesman for former President George H.W. Bush says the nation's 41st president will remain in a Houston hospital for a few more days of observation while he recovers from a mild case of pneumonia
April 24, 2017 -
A plan to spend nearly a half-million dollars remodeling the interior of the newest state office building in Des Moines is moving forward despite budget cuts that are hitting an array of state programs and services
April 24, 2017 -
Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were unchanged to higher in Monday's auction
April 24, 2017 -
MetLife is asking a federal appeals court to put on hold a ruling on whether the government can tag the insurance giant as a potential threat to the financial system
April 24, 2017 -
The husband of a New Hampshire woman who was stabbed to death near Paris says she was attacked at random by a homeless man who was deemed unfit to stand trial
April 24, 2017 -
A Sacramento man punched repeatedly in the face by a police officer says he would likely still be in jail had not a bystander's video of the jaywalking incident gone viral
April 24, 2017 -
A Cameroon military court has sentenced a correspondent of Radio France International's Hausa service to 10 years in jail after convicting him of non-denunciation of acts of terrorism and laundering proceeds of terrorist acts
April 24, 2017 -
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to cancel an upcoming meeting with Germany's foreign minister unless the visiting diplomat cancels an appointment with two groups critical of Israel's actions in the West Bank
April 24, 2017 -
A jury in Las Vegas has deadlocked on federal charges against four men in an armed standoff that stopped government agents from rounding up cattle near Cliven Bundy's Nevada ranch in 2014
April 24, 2017 -
Croatian police have intervened to stop a group of extreme nationalists from disrupting a controversial play that contains scenes of nudity and rape
April 24, 2017 -
Israel's president denounces French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's recent comments denying France's role in the Holocaust as "uniquely disturbing"
April 24, 2017 -
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is announcing ways to help students apply for federal student loans while the IRS data tool is not working
April 24, 2017 -
Anthony Bourdain a reluctant activist to argue against food waste in new film
April 24, 2017 -
Closed parks, furloughs and 'Green Eggs': A look at government shutdowns over the years
April 24, 2017