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DC gala shooting suspect aired grievances against Trump in writings to family
The man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner railed against Trump adminis…
Senate GOP releases bill to cut Medicaid, alter 'Obamacare'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans released their long-awaited bill Thursday to dismantle much of Barack Obama's health care law, proposing to cut Medicaid f…
Rifle-wielding gunman wounds lawmaker, then killed by police
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A rifle-wielding attacker opened fire on Republican lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice Wednesday, wounding House GOP Whip St…
GOP members of Congress attacked by shooter; House leader wounded
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (all times local):
Bear trying to get doughnuts tears off Colorado car bumper
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A bear with a sweet tooth ripped off the bumper of a car used to deliver doughnuts in Colorado then tried to claw its way throu…
Former FBI Director Mueller to lead Trump-Russia probe
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Wednesday appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee a federal investigation into pote…
Spencer leads Va. protest against Confederate statue removal
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A group that included Richard Spencer carried torches and chanted “you will not replace us” at a weekend protest in Virginia over p…
Trump fires FBI Director James Comey
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly fired FBI Director James Comey Tuesday, saying it was necessary to restore “public trust and confidence” in t…
Interior IDs 27 monuments for possible end to protections
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department on Friday identified 27 national monuments, mostly in Western states, that it is reviewing for possible changes to th…
Trump wants a review of national monuments
WASHINGTON (AP) — Slamming what he called “a massive federal land grab,” President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directing his interior secr…
Suspect in Facebook video killing shoots himself to death
CLEVELAND (AP) — The man who randomly killed a Cleveland retiree and posted video of the crime on Facebook shot himself to death in his car Tuesday during a po…
US hit IS with largest non-nuclear bomb ever used
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Thursday struck an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan with "the mother of all bombs," the larg…
Report: Inappropriate actions toward women at Yellowstone
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators said Wednesday they have found credible evidence that male supervisors and staff in the maintenance division at Yellows…
Senate confirms Trump pick Neil Gorsuch to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Neil Gorsuch to become the newest associate justice on the Supreme Court Friday, elevating Donald Trump's nominee follow…
Senate GOP 'goes nuclear,' clearing way for Trump court pick
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans invoked the "nuclear option" in the Senate Thursday, unilaterally rewriting the chamber's rules to allow President Donald Trump's…
Zinke: Border wall 'complex,' faces geographic challenges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Geographic and physical challenges — including the Rio Grande and threatened wildlife — will make it difficult to build the "big, beautiful w…