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WASHINGTON (AP) — Torn by violence and poverty, residents of the Kenilworth-Parkside neighborhood in the nation’s capital were leery when the DC Promi...

ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Michelle Nunn, who’s seeking Georgia’s open Senate seat, has joined a chorus of congressional candidates from both parties cal...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee on Friday sued the Federal Election Commission for the ability to raise unlimited cash like super ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama scored a rare win in his 5-year-old campaign to close the federal prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a Senate...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new antibiotic from Durata Therapeutics to treat adults with common skin infections ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama celebrated when sign-ups for his health care law topped 8 million, far exceeding expectations after a slipsho...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a second-term Cabinet reshuffle, President Barack Obama tapped San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro on Friday to be the nation’s next ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Setting his sights on Republicans who reject climate change, an environmentalist billionaire is unveiling plans to spend $100 millio...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed by four gay couples in Montana leaves just two states — North Dakota and South Dakota — with gay marriage...

KACHINA VILLAGE, Ariz. (AP) — A wildfire that started in a scenic canyon snaked toward Flagstaff on Thursday, prompting residents of outlying areas to...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday announced proposed changes to the rules for granting federal recognition to American I...

NEW YORK (AP) — A slower-than-usual hurricane season is expected this year because of an expected El Nino, federal forecasters said Thursday, but they...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A California woman severely sickened after eating tainted eggs in 2010 said Thursday she welcomed the government’s decision to ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A woman who disappeared a decade ago as a 15-year-old reunited recently with her mother, who convinced her to go to authoriti...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of criticism for his detached response, President Barack Obama is showing new resolve to respond to a growing crisis ove...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday passed legislation to end the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of American phone records, the first ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama said the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls in Nigeria last month is a “tragic reminder” of the risks girls around the wo...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved a top federal judgeship on Thursday for an architect of the Obama administration’s legal foundation for killing ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s the yin and the yang of the U.S. corporate climate. At the White House, President Barack Obama played the role of business pitc...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is escalating an election-year dispute with Congress over military spending as lawmakers bucked the Pentagon and spa...