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Gov. Pete Ricketts on Wednesday urged the Trump administration to negotiate a bilateral trade agreement with Japan following news that U.S. frozen beef exports to Japan have declined by 26 percent.
A judge in Charlottesville ruled Wednesday that a state law protecting war memorials could apply retroactively to the city's statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, according to the Richmond Times Dispatch.
State lawmakers, public defenders, corrections officials, community activists and police came together with Governor Gina Raimondo on Thursday to hail a series of new laws as the most historic changes to the criminal justice system in Rhode Island to arise in decades.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he will push federal prosecutors to put a more intense focus on prosecuting street criminals, saying the Justice Department needs to focus on rolling back a recent increase in the violent crime rate.
Russian hackers obtained classified information about National Security Agency cybersecurity programs after breaching a personal computer used by an agency contractor in 2015, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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In a sharp rebuke to President Donald Trump's expanded deportation orders, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed landmark "sanctuary state" legislation Thursday, vastly limiting who state and local law enforcement agencies can hold, question and transfer at the request of federal immigration authorities.
Saying he simply doesn't have the "passion" to go to Washington, Republican Gov. Bill Haslam announced Thursday he will not run for the U.S. Senate seat of retiring Sen. Bob Corker.
Early estimate of Hurricane Maria's damage to Puerto Rico. The island was already bankrupt before the storm hit, with $72 billion in debt.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, during a hearing for a case about whether police were right to arrest 21 partygoers for trespassing.
Seattle mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan notched the endorsement Wednesday of Gov. Jay Inslee, while opponent Cary Moon named four members of a transition team.
Attorney General Ken Paxton won't face trial on a trio of criminal felony charges until next year, possibly right after the primary election, a Harris County district judge ruled Wednesday.
A Travis County judge has blocked state officials from turning over Texas voting records to President Donald Trump's commission on voter fraud.
Congressional Republicans are considering keeping the state and local tax deduction in some form as part of the party's tax overhaul to avoid losing votes of lawmakers from California and other states that have large numbers of residents who use the break.
The Trump administration was ordered by a federal judge Wednesday to immediately enforce new restrictions on the release of potent methane emissions at oil and gas drilling operations on public land.
A late-night party that turned a vacant Washington home into a busy strip club was at the center of a Supreme Court argument Wednesday, prompting the justices to discuss strippers, marijuana and a party host named "Peaches."
Federal officials and major drugmakers are scrambling to prevent national shortages of critical drugs for treating cancer, diabetes and heart disease, as well as medical devices and supplies, that are manufactured at 80 plants in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.
The judge called criminal contempt “an offense against the United States,” and she remarked that former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will “escape punishment for his willful violation” of a court order.
When destroyed by disaster, public housing has historically taken years to be replaced -- if at all. What happens to low-income residents in the meantime?
Houston City Councilman Dave Martin, referring to two areas hit hard by Hurricane Harvey. At a public meeting, he called the charity the "most inept, unorganized organization I've ever experienced" and urged people not to donate to it.
Gov. Sam Brownback defended his decision to rescind protections for gay and transgender state workers before a U.S. Senate panel considering his nomination as ambassador for international religious freedom.
Election-related tweets in the 10 days before Donald Trump won the presidential race that were from fake, junk and hyper-partisan sources and targeted at West Virginians. A new study shows those sources also targeted 10 other swing states with misinformation.
The state agency charged with providing homesteads for Native Hawaiians produced no new housing units during the year that ended June 30, and closed out the fiscal year with $30 million in unspent federal housing funds.
Duane Buck -- wearing handcuffs, leg irons and the yellow jail uniform of a high-profile inmate -- doubled over in his courtroom chair and sobbed.
The Salt Lake City Council has designated Indigenous Peoples’ Day on the second Monday in October — also known as Columbus Day.
One of Iowa's new abortion laws cleared a judicial hurdle on Monday after a Polk County district judge upheld a three-day waiting period that is now required before obtaining the medical procedure.
A bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general on Monday called on Congress to allow Medicaid funding to flow to larger drug treatment centers, potentially expanding the number of addicts who can get help as the nation grapples with an overdose crisis.
Pledging that Florida will do "everything we can to help Puerto Rico," Gov. Rick Scott on Monday declared a state of emergency that he said will make it easier to accommodate an expected wave of people fleeing the island in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
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