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GOP Sens. Rick Scott and Dave McCormick called on the Federal Communications Commission to investigate national security risks posed by Chinese-made health wearables.

The ID requirement to enter the Obama Presidential Center has drawn pointed criticism from conservative commentators who argue it contradicts years of Democratic opposition to voter identification laws.

The Justice Department said it intends to intervene in a lawsuit filed by an order of Catholic nuns fighting a New York law requiring nursing homes to house biological males who identify as female with women.

Twenty-six state and local governments will raise their minimum wage on July 1 -- a flurry of legislative action that supporters say is long overdue and critics insist will worsen the nation's affordability crisis.

Blue material at the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is peeling off, less than two weeks after the more than $14 million renovation was completed.

Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist is calling on Rep. Ro Khanna to practice what he preaches on wealth taxes, sending the California Democrat a letter urging him to voluntarily write a check to the federal government equal to 5% of ...

Swiss officials announced that the first round of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, scheduled to be held at the mountaintop resort of Burgenstock, had been postponed until further notice.

Most Americans continue to disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling Iran, while his overall presidential approval holds steady, according to a new AP-NORC poll that was conducted as Trump suggested a deal with Iran had been reached.

The U.S. push to quickly begin high-stakes talks with Iran hit a snag just two days after the signing of an agreement that opens a 60-day window for negotiations on Iran's nuclear program and getting oil traffic moving through the Strait of Hormuz ...

Democrat Hannah Pingree and Republican Bobby Charles will compete this fall to become Maine's next governor.