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Nearly 1,000 black marks dot special counsel Robert Mueller's report, each a redaction of information the Justice Department says shouldn't be made public — tantalizing morsels about what else might be lurking. Democrats say far too much has been hidden, and…

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - City officials say Las Cruces has accepted almost 1,600 asylum seekers since April 12. They say 105 asylum seekers were dropped off Saturday to Las Cruces High School by the U.S. Border Patrol. Officials say 56 immigrants were received…

Amid the hoopla over the blue wave in November, not everybody noticed the simultaneous rainbow tide that swept record numbers of LGBT candidates into office. But Pete Buttigieg did. The Harvard-educated Hoosier with a husband already has made history as the…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - People convicted of animal cruelty could face higher penalties under a bill that's headed to Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb's desk. The Evansville Courier & Press reports that the measure was approved Wednesday by the House on a 92-0 vote that…

WASHINGTON — Sen. Mitt Romney says he's "sickened" by the dishonesty the Russia investigation found in the Trump White House, but the president fires back that Romney should have put the same energy into running for president in 2012 that the Utah Republican…

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The Montana Legislature has passed a resolution to examine how it might set up monetary compensation for people who are wrongfully incarcerated. The Missoulian reports that House Joint Resolution 36, which passed through the Senate on…

Presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker urged Democrats to rally around whoever their presidential nominee ends up being next year. Speaking to CBS' Margaret Brennan in an interview that aired Sunday, Mr. Booker cautioned against "infighting," which he…

Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler avoided embracing the growing call for impeachment on Sunday, but left the possibility of pursuing that path open. While his colleagues on the Intelligence and Oversight committees — Reps. Adam Schiff and Elijah Cummings —…

The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee said Sunday he can "foresee" impeachment proceedings against President Trump down the road, but urged his party to take caution. In an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation," Rep. Elijah E.…

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff said Sunday his party "may" take up impeaching President Trump even if they don't have bipartisan support. During an interview on ABC's "This Week," the California Democrat said special counsel Robert…

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway defended the Trump campaign's victory in 2016 Sunday, saying they didn't need any help from Russia. "Donald Trump won. We didn't need Wikileaks. We had Wisconsin. He won because he was the better candidate," Mrs. Conway…

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani insisted Sunday there was "nothing wrong" with the president's 2016 campaign taking information from the Russians, as House Democrats pledged stepped-up investigations into campaign misconduct and…

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - At least 14 Democrat and eight Republican lawmakers in Maine have gone on to register as paid lobbyists over the past three decades, a practice that is being targeted by a bill moving through the Legislature. The Maine House and Senate…

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Michigan Democrat, offered Passover greetings to her "Jewish sisters and brothers" with a graphic that included two fluffy loaves of bread. There's just one problem: Jewish people don't eat leavened bread on Passover. The first-term…

Democratic presidential candidate Tim Ryan shied away Sunday from endorsing impeaching President Trump but urged Congress to start laying the groundwork for such proceedings. In an interview on CNN's "State of the Union," the Ohio congressman said the House…

MINOT, N.D. (AP) - The population of 14 of North Dakota's 53 counties increased in 2018, led by 7.1% growth in McKenzie County, according to new U.S. Census Bureau figures. The estimates show that Williams County's population increased by 5.9% between July…

RABAT, Morocco (AP) - Thousands of demonstrators marched in Morocco's capital Sunday to condemn lengthy prison sentences given to dozens of activists, including the leader of the Hirak Rif poverty-fighting movement. The demonstration brought one of the main…

WHITEHALL, Pa. (AP) - Just south of the Sheetz gas station off MacArthur Road, buried beneath about 4 feet of soil and rocky fill, likely lie the remnants of Fort Deshler, a more than 250-year-old encampment that protected Lehigh County settlers living in the…

President Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, on Sunday defended his client's decision to promote the infamous Wikileaks' hacks and denied there was anything wrong with getting information from a foreign source. The special counsel's nearly two-year…

WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Elena Kagan's father was 3 years old when the census taker came to the family's apartment on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, New York, on April 10, 1930. Robert Kagan was initially wrongly listed as an "alien," though he was a native-born…