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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City-area state senator is under fire after telling a transgender medical student that he won’t listen to doctors who disagree with God during testimony over anti-LGBTQ legislation.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday he ignored the uproar within the Legislature over his recent comments about transgender student-athletes, a day after Assembly Republicans invoked him as an unlikely ally to press for two ...Read more

Senate Budget Chairman Lindsey Graham unveiled the text of a compromise budget blueprint Wednesday that’s designed to pave the way for a major reconciliation package offering tax cuts, border security and defense funding...Read more

Beau Baden describes his business, Sherman Street Beer Co., as a “mom and pop” operation. Like many small-business owners in the Lehigh Valley and beyond, he’s concerned about the potential fallout from tariffs being...Read more

NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed sweeping public corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams “with prejudice,” blasting the Trump administration’s bid to potentially revive them while leveraging ...Read more

A New Jersey mother accused of killing her two young children at her Ocean County home last year has been found not guilty by reason of insanity, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Naomi Elkins was charged last year with two counts ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida law enforcement officers who use deadly or harmful force could have their names shielded from the public under a proposed state law.

The proposal would prohibit law enforcement agencies from ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After intense scrutiny of Los Angeles County’s failures in coordinating evacuations during January’s deadly firestorm, officials will look into creating a registry for people with disabilities and other...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday made what appear to be his first public comments on his recent order calling state workers back to offices four days a week and suggested that it was about more than just collaboration and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffs Wednesday — a risky move that he vowed would lure manufacturing back to the United States, but which experts warned could upend the global economy. ...Read more

Having the freedom to choose your own health care provider is something many Americans take for granted. But the Supreme Court is weighing whether people who rely on Medicaid for their health insurance have that right, ...Read more

Both of Kentucky’s U.S. senators are drawing the intrigue of Washington and ire of President Donald Trump for their opposition to his push on tariffs.

Senators Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell could join Democrats and a ...Read more

The attorney representing two Venezuelan siblings announced Wednesday that one of the brothers will be released from ICE custody under supervision in order to donate his kidney to his ailing younger brother, an asylum ...Read more

In the middle of the debate on a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender people in Georgia prisons, House Democratic Leader Carolyn Hugley stood, turned down the chamber’s center aisle and led the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order for 10% baseline tariffs on imported goods starting Saturday and additional levies on worst-offender countries, but vehicles and their parts will...Read more

​WASHINGTON — Though the case being heard inside was not centered on abortion, the scene outside the Supreme Court Wednesday morning seemed to focus squarely on the procedure.

Those gathering outside the court ahead ...Read more

Gas stations across Colorado would have to post a sticker warning drivers that their fuel use contributes to climate change under legislation that narrowly passed the state House on Wednesday.

House Bill 1277 squeaked out...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Two international students at NC State University have left the country after their visas were terminated by the administration of President Donald Trump, the university announced Tuesday.

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BOSTON — Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden denied prosecutors had any knowledge of ICE’s intent to arrest a defendant in the middle of his trial last Thursday and said ICE’s escalating actions “...Read more