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A Muslim prayer leader who made inflammatory comments about Jews and Israel is facing intense backlash from Jewish lawmakers who want the state of Florida to revoke his dental license and strip public funding for a school ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republican Joe Fraser of Minnetrista has never run for political office, yet the retired Naval intelligence officer and business executive is vying to oust Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a popular incumbent seeking a ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is asking the Legislature to give it more control over when Californians pay their state taxes, an issue that stems from tax return delays due to severe weather. ...Read more

University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce called for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza in a public statement Wednesday while also criticizing the encampment protest at the school, saying the language used by some has...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A state paid family and medical leave program created by the Minnesota Legislature last year is expected to cost more than originally expected under a bill scheduled for a vote Wednesday in the House.

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Scores of police officers converged on UC Irvine on Wednesday as a pro-Palestinian demonstration escalated, with protesters occupying and barricading the Physical Sciences Lecture Hall, which is near their encampment.

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Nearly 23 years after 9/11, the feds are finally expected to make all commercial planes have secondary cockpit barriers to prevent planes from being hijacked.

Congress on Wednesday passed a bill that would require ...Read more

Aspiring cannabis entrepreneurs who meet social equity criteria could begin growing marijuana later this year — ahead of everyone else — under a bill finalized by Minnesota lawmakers on Wednesday.

The state is also ...Read more

Foxtrot and Dom’s parent company Outfox Hospitality filed for bankruptcy Tuesday, weeks after the companies abruptly shuttered all stores.

Outfox, the parent of both companies since they merged nearly six months ago, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Gold bars and $480,000 cash found in U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s house isn’t evidence of bribes — and the alleged quid pro quo the veteran lawmaker is accused of was actually proper and legal constituent ...Read more

ATLANTA — Atlanta has been host to a vice presidential debate and multiple party primary debates, but there’s never been a general election presidential debate here.

That will change in June, when President Joe Biden ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and other Democrats put it in no uncertain terms Wednesday: Congress must act fast to ward off threats to U.S. elections posed by deceptive artificial intelligence. ...Read more

Tesla Inc. must face a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that it misled consumers about its cars’ self-driving capabilities, a fresh setback for the electric-car maker just as Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has ...Read more

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — General Motors has launched a West Coast tech hub in Mountain View, an innovation center the company hopes will help the iconic automaker fend off increasingly fierce industry foes.

“We are...Read more

DETROIT — A former United Auto Workers official convicted in the landmark corruption scandal that led to prolonged federal oversight of the Detroit-based union has failed to pay almost $225,000 in restitution, ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Senate voted to repeal a health and safety exception to the state’s longstanding ban on wearing masks in public, and enhance penalties for wearing a mask while committing another ...Read more

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday appointed former Rep. Vicky Hartzler — a conservative Christian who was once brought to tears speaking out against a bill to provide federal protections to same-sex marriages — ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rep. Jamaal Bowman lashed out Wednesday against a pro-Israel political action committee that has launched a $1.8 million ad campaign against him in his contentious Democratic congressional primary.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a decision by two Trump-appointed judges in Louisiana and restored a state election map that may allow Black voters to elect a Democrat to Congress this fall.

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WASHINGTON — Democrats who backed Maryland Senate primary winner Angela Alsobrooks brushed aside concerns Wednesday that they might miss the millions of dollars Rep. David Trone was willing to spend to keep the seat ...Read more