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Paxton faces 16 articles of impeachment over allegations that he abused his power as Texas’ top lawyer to protect a donor who was under FBI investigation

The governor’s announcement Friday came amid public protests and legal challenges by gun-rights advocates and after a federal judge blocked part of the order and declared it unconstitutional

The additional interviews will likely be seized on by congressional critics, mostly Republican, as proof that the administration bungled the probe into the attack,

The Iranian semi-official ISNA news agency reported that the country’s foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian dismissed the sanctions as a joke

The United Auto Workers announced a targeted strike at three factories after talks broke down with General Motors, Ford and Stellantis

It is rare for the federal government to step into a local custody case, but concern about the child’s fate has stretched across the Trump and Biden administrations

Trump’s lawyers filed a long-shot motion earlier this week urging Chutkan to step aside, citing comments she made in separate sentencing hearings related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol

UAW President Shawn Fain says General Motors, Ford and Stellantis have raised their initial wage offers but have rejected some of the union’s other demands

The chemical, which has been associated with health problems including several types of cancer, is used in turnout gear to repel water and other substances when fighting a fire

A number of factors determine the path and strength of a hurricane. But the warm waters that can strengthen a hurricane are typically south of Cape Cod

Lisa McNair, the sister of one of the victims, said that as the anniversary is remembered, she hoped people will think about what they can do to combat hate

About half of Americans have little or no confidence that the Justice Department is handling its investigation into Hunter Biden in a fair and nonpartisan way, according to the survey released Thursday

Some alumni who remember a deadly shooting in 1995 now have children enrolled at their alma mater in Chapel Hill, where an associate professor was shot to death Aug. 28

Democrats say the vote on Thursday to oust nonpartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe was held improperly, and will go to court

Thursday’s indictment comes as congressional Republicans pursue an impeachment inquiry into the Democratic president, partly over his son’s business dealings

Speaking in Portuguese through an interpreter, Cavalcante revealed other details about his life on the run

The space agency released the findings after a yearlong study into UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomena) in which experts warned that there is still not enough data to reach a scientific conclusion on the issue

DeSantis made the comments in an interview with CBS News that aired Wednesday night

The resumption of abortions at clinics Monday in Milwaukee and Madison comes as the lawsuit challenging the state law continues in county court

Lawyers Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro will get a speedy trial beginning Oct. 23, while Donald Trump and 16 others will be tried later. The judge cited the tight timetable, among other issues, as a factor in his decision

With a government shutdown looming, McCarthy is confronting the same stubborn problem that has driven Republicans before him from the speaker’s job: trying to lead a ruptured GOP majority

The officials, all appointed by President Joe Biden, aren’t expected to alter the Fed’s policies in the near term, as most economists expect the Fed to keep its key interest rate unchanged at its next meeting Sept. 19-20

It is the latest fatality involving politicians or their loved ones in the nation’s largest state where flights are common because of a limited road system

Emma Coronel Aispuro had been moved from a Texas prison to a California halfway house before Wednesday’s release

The message blares all day from a loudspeaker on Scott Herkert’s lawn in the New York City borough of Staten Island

A spokesperson for President Joe Biden’s administration and spokespeople for several Democratic governors said such measures aren’t being considered

Nearly 10 inches of rain fell in six hours earlier this week in parts of Massachusetts. The hevay rain created sinkholes in Leominster, Massachusetts, where cars sank into the ground at an auto dealership