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PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Legislature would let property owners along the U.S.-Mexico border build a wall without seeking a city or county construction permit under a measure that advanced Wednesday. Republicans on the House Federal Relations Committee…

President Trump is crafting a second-term agenda that is a defiantly bigger version of his first term, outlining in the midst of his impeachment trial election-year plans for deeper tax cuts for the middle class and an expansion of the travel ban that…

One protester erupted inside the Senate chamber on Wednesday during President Trump's impeachment trial, yelling that Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer is the "devil." The man, who the press was restricted from viewing, was promptly arrested. Capitol…

RICHMOND, Va. — The Senate passed a bill earlier this week that would allow a person who changed their sex to have a new birth certificate issued, something that the transgender community said will help eliminate problems experienced when their legal…

WASHINGTON — President Trump set a presidential record for activity on his favorite social media platform Wednesday, tweeting and retweeting at length about the Senate impeachment trial, the Democrats who want to replace him and much, much more. By 4:25 p.m.…

The longest-operating Confucius Institute in the U.S. is set to close nearly a year after Congress passed legislation that would restrict federal funds if the Chinese government-supported program continued. The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which…

NEW YORK — There's no keeping porn star Stormy Daniels and President Donald Trump out of California attorney Michael Avenatti's extortion case, a judge said Wednesday as he ordered the trial to commence Monday and refused the government's insistence that he…

DOVER, Del. (AP) - A proposal by Democratic lawmakers in Delaware to outlaw homemade "ghost guns," which can't be traced by law enforcement agents because they don't have serial numbers or are fashioned from parts created with 3-D printers, has cleared its…

OSAGE, Iowa — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., said Wednesday he won't agree to appear as a witness before the Senate as part of a testimony swap with Republicans in President Trump's impeachment trial. Mr. Biden was asked at a town hall event…

Attorney General William Barr has tightened the procedure for opening a criminal probe into a presidential campaign after the Justice Department inspector general found the FBI's momentous decision on July 31, 2016, to target Trump aides never reached the top.…

He's delivering his pro-life message of support in person this time. President Trump will attend the upcoming March for Life on the National Mall on Friday, a massive annual event which has drawn as many as 500,000 participants in past years. "We are deeply…

CHICAGO (AP) - At least three of 16 Illinois residents who cast ballots after being mistakenly registered to vote are U.S. citizens after all, election officials said Wednesday in assessing the damage caused by an error in the state's automatic voter…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The attorney general of Connecticut, a state that last year placed strict limitations on “ghost guns,” announced Wednesday that his office will join 20 other states in suing the federal government to prevent the release of 3D-printed…

DES MOINES, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg could be on the losing side of the debate over whether a woman or a gay person is more likely to shatter the glass ceiling in presidential politics. The political message of the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor is hitting…

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 21 The Washington Post on how the Senate is handling President Donald Trump's impeachment trial: Senate Republicans on Tuesday laid the groundwork for a truncated trial of President…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Senate on Wednesday called for a Constitutional convention to write congressional term limits into the country's founding document. The resolution, approved 20-10, draws on Article V of the U.S. Constitution to call…

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Senate approved legislation Wednesday that would allow authorities to take guns away from people deemed dangerous to themselves or others, as the state moves closer to joining a growing number of states enacting so-called "red…

BALTIMORE (AP) - A former Maryland state lawmaker and leading advocate of marijuana legalization pleaded guilty Wednesday to bribery and fraud charges after being accused of accepting more than $33,000 in exchange for granting various legislative favors,…

BILLINGS, Mont. — The Trump administration on Wednesday approved a right-of-way allowing the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline to be built across U.S. land, federal officials told The Associated Press, pushing the controversial $8 billion project closer to…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island bill that would ban 3D guns is being considered by lawmakers. The measure would make it illegal for anyone in Rhode Island to manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer or receive any firearm that is made…