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Former Newton Mayor Setti Warren announced the end of his gubernatorial bid to unseat incumbent Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, the Boston Globe reported Thursday. Mr. Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, said the financial challenges of running the campaign were…

The U.S. government risks placing migrant children in the custody of human traffickers because federal agencies have delayed crucial reforms needed to keep the children safe, according to the findings of a Senate subcommittee obtained by The Associated Press.…

WASHINGTON (AP) - Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt faces potentially make-or-break hearings Thursday on Capitol Hill, where he is expected to be peppered with questions about spending and ethics scandals that have triggered bipartisan calls…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The New York state Senate has voted to prohibit any individual convicted of animal cruelty from working in animal shelters. The measure passed the Senate on Wednesday and now moves to the Assembly for consideration. The bill's sponsor,…

BOSTON (AP) - He was once called the most likely American in the 20th century to become president. But Robert F. Kennedy's bid to follow in his older brother's footsteps as commander in chief was cut short the same way John F. Kennedy's White House term was:…

It is a modestly sized finding, but a telling one. A positive by-product of President Trump's tax reform is emerging: the Trump bump voter. A new Morning Consult/Politico poll finds that 63 percent of those voters who have noticed a bump in their paychecks in…

A Manhattan judge ruled Wednesday that a bar could legally kick out a supporter of President Trump. Plaintiff Greg Piatek was kicked out of The Happiest Hour watering hole on West 10th Street in January 2017 for wearing the familiar "Make America Great Again"…

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday defended President Donald Trump's right to pardon former Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former Bush administration official I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Both of those pardons were issued by Trump and bypassed the…

SPOKANE, Wash. — A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction blocking the Trump administration from cutting grants to Planned Parenthood that pay for a teen pregnancy prevention program in numerous states. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Rice of…

The evidence kick-starting the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation in 2016 came from Democratic Party opposition research, as opposed to independent intelligence reports. This reliance on partisan-driven accusations is found in a review of congressional reports…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - It may lack the punch of President Donald Trump's vow to unleash "fire and fury" and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's "nuclear button" boasts, but the stakes will be high on Friday when Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in sit…

BALTIMORE (AP) - The mayor of Baltimore's criticism that mini-markets attract crime is getting pushback. Maryland Retailers Association President Cailey Locklair Tolle says Mayor Catherine Pugh was relying on an extraordinary amount of assumptions by saying…

Blue states have unleashed their inner federalist by defying the Trump administration on issues such as immigration and tax reform, but their drive to restore the expiring net neutrality rule may be taking states' rights too far, experts say. Governors in at…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sent a "cease and desist" letter to federal immigration authorities Wednesday, ordering them to alert state and local police before they attempt any more arrests and demanding they leave some illegal immigrants alone altogether. He…

Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ April 22 The Winston-Salem Journal calls for leaders to work for the release of a pastor held in Turkey: A 50-year-old evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, Andrew Craig Brunson, is facing up to 35 years…

Summary of recent Kentucky newspaper editorials: ___ April 20 Lexington Herald-Leader on the ouster of the Kentucky Board of Education commissioner: Gov. Matt Bevin's newly reconfigured Kentucky Board of Education got off to an ill start when its first…

I must admit that I do not really know anything about Diamond and Silk. No, Diamond and Silk is not a strip mall boutique store, but rather a duo that have become YouTube celebrities. They are prominent African American supporters of President Trump.…

PHOENIX (AP) - The only two black members of the Arizona Legislature were formally chastised for speaking out against a Republican lawmaker's published column, which included a racial slur and they say derided black activists while attempting to discredit…

Tweet out a MAGA hat; lose nearly one-third of your Wokest followers. Or not? Rapper Kanye West had been tweeting out support for President Trump for hours and his Twitter account dropped precipitously, the New York Post reported, although Twitter itself…

National Republicans won't demand that candidates declare allegiance to President Trump in order to get financial backing this year, the party's main political committees tell The Washington Times. Mitt Romney, seeking a Senate nomination in Utah, was the…