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US House in bipartisan vote agrees to end Trump’s tariffs on Canada

WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — In a notable break from President Donald Trump’s signature trade policy, several House Republicans joined Democrats in passing a resolution...

Shutdown looms for FEMA, Coast Guard, TSA with stalemate over Homeland Security funds

WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — Leaders from several agencies within the Department of Homeland Security testified before a U.S. House panel Wednesday about how a...

Democratic senators decry indictment attempt, warning it ‘could break this institution’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats took to the Senate floor Wednesday to deliver impassioned speeches denouncing the Justice Department’s attempt to indict a group of...

Lawmakers praise, rebuke affidavit used to justify Fulton County election raid

(Georgia Recorder) - Revelations from an unsealed affidavit used to justify an unexpected FBI raid on Fulton County’s elections hub quickly reverberated through Georgia’s...

James Van Der Beek, ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star, has died at 48

NEW YORK (AP) — James Van Der Beek, a heartthrob who starred in coming-of-age dramas at the dawn of the new millennium, shooting to...

US House opens the door to votes against tariffs

WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — A handful of House Republicans tanked a procedural vote Tuesday night that would have kept intact a ban on congressional...

Buddhist monks’ 15-week walk for peace ends in Washington, DC

WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Buddhist monks — bearing a message of peace — walked into the heart of Washington, D.C., on Tuesday,...

FBI raid in Fulton County relied on previously investigated 2020 election claims

(Georgia Recorder) — A federal court has released an affidavit used by the FBI to justify a January raid on Fulton County’s election warehouse,...

A person has been detained for questioning in disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, sheriff’s office...

RIO RICO, Ariz. (AP) — A person was detained for questioning Tuesday in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, hours after the FBI released surveillance...

Senate Republicans unveil income tax cut proposal tied to broad cuts in ‘corporate welfare’

(Georgia Recorder) - Georgia Senate Republicans unveiled a sweeping plan to cut hundreds of millions in corporate tax credits while completely eliminating income taxes...

Trump shuts out Democratic governors from traditional White House gatherings

WASHINGTON (Ashley Murray) — President Donald Trump decided to exclude Democratic governors from a traditional annual meeting at the White House and to disinvite...

Republicans on US House Homeland panel defend immigration tactics at tense hearing

WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement declined during a U.S. House hearing Tuesday to apologize to the families...