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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Latest on allegations that a Texas state senator sent inappropriate text messages to a university graduate student: (all times local): 6:15 p.m. A Texas state senator accused of sending sexually explicit text messages to a graduate…

Former FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers it was then-National Intelligence Director James Clapper's decision to only brief President Trump on the most salacious parts of the anti-Trump dossier in early 2017, saying that was the part they thought had…

Fired FBI director James Comey provided to lawmakers his timeline for who funded the anti-Trump dossier — which conflicts with court filings and congressional testimony. Mr. Comey, in House testimony for which a transcript was released on Tuesday, maintained…

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Ethics Committee has cleared Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva of wrongdoing in connection with a settlement he made with a former female staffer who accused him of being drunk and creating a hostile work environment. Grijalva, a Democrat…

SEATTLE (AP) - A man who attempted to rob an undercover federal agent and a confidential informant at gunpoint has pleaded guilty to federal charges. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle says 20-year-old Abdirashid Haret of Des Moines, Washington, entered…

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - The latest on Honduran asylum seekers camped on U.S. soil to be processed for asylum claims (all times local): 3:20 p.m. Attorneys say six Honduran asylum seekers have been allowed to claim asylum at a U.S. border crossing in San Diego…

When comedian Pete Davidson posted an Instagram note Saturday implying that he was considering suicide, the Republican candidate he famously mocked reached out to help him, telling the "Saturday Night Live" star that he makes too many people laugh to leave…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A former U.S. prosecutor hired by the University of Texas says a state senator accused of sending sexually explicit text messages to a graduate student blamed them on someone else and didn't fully cooperate with investigators. The report…

There's something weird about Democrats: They love losers. In 2016, they picked former Democratic nomination loser Hillary Clinton as their candidate. She promptly got crushed by a narcissistic reality TV show host by an Electoral College vote of 306-232. Now…

WASHINGTON (AP) - Large numbers of Guatemalan families and unaccompanied children are surrendering to U.S. immigration agents in an extremely remote and dangerous stretch of New Mexico desert, a new smuggling route that has baffled authorities. It is where…

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is changing the way it reviews sponsors who want to care for migrant children in government custody - backing off a requirement that all people in the house are fingerprinted. The fingerprint requirement began in June…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Christmas tree in a Mississippi government building has been decorated to honor crime victims. Attorney General Jim Hood and Gov. Phil Bryant spoke to more than 100 people Tuesday at a tree-lighting ceremony in the Gartin building, near…

Criminal justice reform legislation pending on Capitol Hill will not include language resolving conflicting federal and state marijuana laws following a failed effort mounted Tuesday by Sen. Cory Gardner, Colorado Republican. Mr. Gardner sought unanimous…

MEXICO CITY — The United States pledged $5.8 billion in aid and investment Tuesday for strengthening government and economic development in Central America, and another $4.8 billion in development aid for southern Mexico. The U.S aid aims to promote better…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A man seen as a fixture in Oregon's white nationalist movement was hospitalized after an altercation with anti-fascist activists in Corvallis. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Corvallis police on Tuesday said 65-year-old Jimmy Marr of…

Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dumped all over a Politico article Tuesday, calling it "birdcage lining." The political-news site had reported in a widely picked-up story earlier in the day that the incoming New York Democrat already plans to change…

Here is a sampling of Alaska editorials: Dec. 16, 2018 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Rudeness online is much too common: Don't be part of the problem on social media Trolls, haters, bullies - they're everywhere on the internet. What does it accomplish to send…

WASHINGTON — A panel of judges has dismissed ethics complaints against new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The judges say the complaints must be dismissed because they were filed under a federal law that does not apply to Supreme Court justices.…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Legislative Ethics Commission has chosen a permanent inspector general to investigate complaints against lawmakers. Former prosecutor and circuit judge Carol Pope was recommended Tuesday. She will be the first permanent…

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on the Trump administration's move to ban bump stocks (all times local): 3:55 p.m. The National Rifle Association is "disappointed" with the Trump administration's plan to outlaw bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to…