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South Carolina joined 28 other states that allow open carry of guns without a permit, including nearly every state in the Deep South

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said the department will take into account how well a company is managing the risks of AI technology each time it assesses a corporate compliance program

Orbis Business Intelligence, founded by Christopher Steele, was paid by Democrats for research that included salacious allegations Russians could potentially use to blackmail former U.S. President Donald Trump

In the face of multiple global crises that disproportionately affect women, integrating the commitment to inclusion and equity into public budget planning in Latin America and the Caribbean is key for regional development

The primary opposition leader isn’t standing down, despite officials having tossed out the possibility of her facing off with Nicolás Maduro in July

The Texas A&M Forest Service said that its investigators have concluded that the Smokehouse Creek fire was ignited by power lines. 500 structures may have been destroyed in the fires

Authors María Esperanza Casullo and Harry Brown analyze the rise to power of radical leaders supported by discontented societies: ‘Populism is a warning about what has gone wrong in democracy’

The executive order the Republican official signed on Feb. 22 bans girls’ and women’s sports teams with transgender athletes from using county facilities including ballfields, basketball and tennis courts, swimming pools and ice rinks

The bill was approved by lawmakers scrambling to address a wave of criticism after services were halted at some of the state’s largest fertility clinics. Doctors from at least one clinic said they would resume IVF services on Thursday

Thursday’s State of the Union address opens a new phase of the presidential campaign

The hearing is part of the next step in their lengthy impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, though republicans have yet to produce evidence of misconduct by him while in public office

Commuters may be subjected to random searches of their bags and backpacks, a move a leading civil rights group warns against

Phillips, a 55-year-old multimillionaire, was the only elected Democrat to challenge Biden for the presidency. He often argued the U.S. President was too old to serve a second term

Countries in the region are suffering more pronounced economic changes than any other region, according to a study by the United Nations Development Program

The former president won the vast majority of the delegates allocated in the 15 states that voted March 5

Committees in the state Senate and House approved nearly identical bills that would protect providers from lawsuits and criminal prosecution for the ‘damage or death of an embryo’ during IVF services

Sinema’s border-security ambitions, and her career in Congress, were swallowed by the partisanship that has paralyzed Congress

The rule would bring the average credit card late fee down from $32. The bureau estimates banks brought in roughly $14 billion in credit card late fees a year

The court’s decision came just hours after the Justice Department asked it to intervene

His announcement sets up an expected race with Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who held the No. 2 leadership post until he was term-limited five years ago

The Fifth Circuit vacates the lower court’s decision, but gives the Biden administration seven days to appeal the ruling, moving the case closer to being heard at the Supreme Court

The launch has been closely watched since last July, when the Food and Drug Administration said the once-a-day Opill could be sold without a prescription. Manufacturer Perrigo noted there will be no age restrictions on sales

Teixeira, 22, admitted illegally collecting military secrets and sharing them with other users on Discord, a social media platform popular with people playing online games. Prosecutors plan to seek nearly 17 years in prison for him

Polls are showing a big advantage for Joe Biden among Democrats, and for Donald Trump among Republicans. Even so, after this week they will still not have the mathematical majority

The Republican and Democratic candidates are coming into this week’s contest with unusually large leads over their rivals

Weisselberg will be sentenced to five months in jail. Prosecutors accused him of lying under oath when he answered questions in a deposition in May and at the October trial about allegations that Trump lied about his wealth

Moscow’s official doctrine allows these weapons to be used if ‘the very existence of the Russian Federation is under threat’