WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is awarding more than $35 million in Justice Department grants to organizations that provide safe housin…
NEW YORK — Target is joining Walmart in closing its stores on Thanksgiving Day, ending a decade long tradition of jump starting Black Friday d…
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., says he’s heard from many Nebraska military families who are “livid” about reports that Russia offered bo…
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump opened a new front Monday in his fight against mail-in voting, making unsubstantiated assertions that fore…
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WASHINGTON — Following weeks of national protests since the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on policin…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Standing before a Congress and nation sharply divided by impeachment, President Donald Trump used his State of the Union add…
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WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials will begin cracking down on most flavored e-cigarettes that are popular with underage teenagers, but their …
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This editorial first appeared in The Sioux City Journal on Dec. 5:
U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne, D-3rd, has been appointed the House Agriculture Committee in the 116th Congress.
House Republicans strongly favor new federal regulations on sports gambling after the Supreme Court allowed states to open sports books.
The bill would waive the residency waiting period for the surviving family members of first responders who die in the line of duty.
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — His Hollywood career and good-guy image in ruins, Bill Cosby was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years behind bars for drug…
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that he's prepared to impose tariffs on an additional $267 billion in Chinese imports. Such a …
A pair of shoes are set aflame with a cigarette lighter, captured on video and shared widely online to protest a political statement made by t…
FLORENCE, N.J. (AP) — A homeless good Samaritan who claims a New Jersey couple mismanaged the $400,000 they raised for him online will receive…
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PHOENIX — Prolonging the uncertainty over who will fill the late John McCain's U.S. Senate seat, the governor of Arizona on Tuesday announced …
