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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pregnant women have new protections against on-the-job discrimination. The government has updated 30-year-old guidelines, citing “th...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With an August deadline looming, the House voted Tuesday to temporarily patch over a multibillion-dollar pothole in federal highway ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved two nominees for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday under an unusual political deal in which a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is considering imposing unilateral sanctions on Russia over its threatening moves in Ukraine, a shift in strategy ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is showing tangible support for longtime ally Israel as Gaza militants fire rockets, backing a measure that would double th...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP-controlled House has slashed the budget for the Internal Revenue Service’s tax enforcement division by $1.2 billion, a 25 pe...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives says it plans to release more documents from former President Bill Clinton’s administration on Friday, part of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rush to cut a huge backlog of claims for disability benefits, the Department of Veterans Affairs is making payments to tens of ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians increased water consumption this year during the state’s severe drought, despite pleas from the governor to con...

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Prominent immigration activist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who has lived and worked in the U.S. i...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two early morning earthquakes rattled residents in central Oklahoma on Tuesday and caused minor damage at local businesses. The U...

BOSTON (AP) — James MacGregor Burns, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and political scientist who analyzed the nature of presidential leadership and...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is quickly becoming a top Democratic fundraiser and campaign powerhouse, hitting the road on behalf of c...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A commercial cargo ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Sunday, carrying food, science samples and new ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is fine-tuning its digital music strategy with the acquisition of Songza, a service that creates soundtracks tailored for ...

NEW YORK (AP) — PBS is marking the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s resignation by running a documentary on the Watergate scandal as seen...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Chris McDaniel has presented no evidence to support his claim that voter fraud pushed Senate incumbent Thad Cochran to victory i...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — With the July Fourth weekend on the horizon, the Atlantic hurricane season’s first named storm plodded off Florida’s coast Tuesda...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — More torrential rain worsened flooding in the Midwest, spawning high water that swept away an Iowa teenager, caused a traffic nightma...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gridlock in Washington will lead to gridlock across the country if lawmakers can’t quickly agree on how to pay for highway and trans...