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A devastating wildfire will happen again, Ken Johnson said. “It’s just a matter of time.

WASHINGTON – A U.S. Senate official on Saturday removed security funding that could be used for President Donald Trump's planned White House ballroom from a massive spending package, Democratic lawmakers said, imperiling Republican efforts to devote taxpayer money to the contentious project.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump landed in China with a coterie of American business executives on Wednesday, ahead of two days of meetings with President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders that are expected to focus on trade amid rising tension between two global superpowers.

The Justice Department is holding internal discussions about settling President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in coming days, according to three people familiar with the deliberations, a move that could involve the government directly providing taxpayer funds or another public benefit to the president. Whether to settle the suit and on what terms remains up in the air. One of the settlement options the Justice Department and White House officials are reviewing is the possibility of the IRS dropping any audits of Trump, his family members or businesses, according to two of the people.

A federal appeals court has temporarily paused a ruling that declared President Donald Trump’s latest global tariffs unlawful, as the judges weigh the administration’s request to allow officials to keep collecting the levies while the legal fight continues. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a brief order on Tuesday entering what’s known as an administrative stay, and set ...

WASHINGTON – Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday pressed FBI Director Kash Patel over a media report that episodes of excessive drinking interfered with his ability to lead the premier U.S. law enforcement agency, drawing an angry response from Patel.

WASHINGTON – FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigned, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, after weeks of clashing with top White House and health advisers and drawing scrutiny for a series of controversial agency decisions, according to several people familiar with internal dynamics.

The Trump administration said Sunday it was moving on an effort to expand access to fertility benefits to more Americans, announcing a new proposed rule aimed at making it easier for employers to offer in vitro fertilization services among other benefits.

A Virginia woman who distributed leaflets disclosing the home address of top White House aide Stephen Miller will not face state criminal charges, according to court documents filed Tuesday by Arlington County’s top prosecutor. Proceeding would violate the activist’s constitutionally protected free speech rights and “risk having a chilling effect on others wishing to engage in peaceful political protest.”

WASHINGTON – Officials at the Food and Drug Administration have blocked publication of several studies supporting the safety of widely used vaccines against COVID-19 and shingles in recent months, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed.

Foreign policy is often a choice between “bad options” and “worse options,” Rep. Michael Baumgartner said Tuesday at a Davenport town hall.

The U.S. military said Monday that it had struck another boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing two men as part of a campaign against people the Trump administration accuses of smuggling drugs by sea.

WASHINGTON – Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, signaled Sunday that federal prosecutors were still interested in investigating Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair who had faced a criminal inquiry regarding a renovation of the Fed's headquarters amid President Donald Trump's demands that the central bank lower interest rates.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch expressed unease on Sunday concerning the continuing leaks of internal deliberations at the nation's highest judicial body, citing the need for the nine justices to be able to engage in "candid conversations." 

WASHINGTON – New legislation from Sen. Patty Murray targets a legal loophole that lets the wealthiest Americans avoid paying taxes on money they pass down to their heirs, at a time when wealth inequality is at its highest point in decades and the federal budget deficit is nearly $2 trillion a year.

WASHINGTON – Northwest Republicans in Congress threw their support behind President Donald Trump’s effort to build a ballroom at the White House after an attempted shooting at a gala attended by the president on Saturday, but GOP lawmakers are split over whether taxpayers should pay for the costly construction project.

“I pray with all my heart that our alliance will continue to defend our shared values, with our partners in Europe and the Commonwealth, and across the world," the king said, "and that we ignore the clarion calls to become ever more inward-looking.”

Federal regulators Tuesday ordered a review of all station licenses owned by ABC, an extraordinary move to pressure a major television network whose programming has frequently angered President Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON – The Republican-led U.S. Senate on Tuesday blocked a Democratic-led resolution that would have barred President Donald Trump from military action against Cuba without congressional approval.