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Democratic candidates in California have secured the two slots in a special general election to serve out the remainder of former U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell's term.

President Donald Trump has given the Medal of Award to three veterans, honoring acts of heroism in Vietnam and Afghanistan.

Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth has urged the Federal Aviation Administration to reject pressure from President Donald Trump to approve a 250-foot triumphal arch, citing concerns over aviation safety.

Gov. Phil Scott has vetoed S.190, a healthcare bill designed to fast-track premium savings for two groups of insurance customers: public school employees and people buying plans on Vermont's Affordable Care Act marketplace.

President Donald Trump believes that winning a second term in 2024 instead of 2020 has allowed him to return to the White House even more emboldened.

An economic development organization for the city of Presidio and Presidio County filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Wednesday, saying the federal government's plans to install border barriers and other technology along the Rio ...

Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are voicing strong reservations --- and some outright condemnation -- of the Trump administration's agreement to end the fighting in Iran.

More than $350 million from President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" has been quietly directed to White House security.

A bill winding its way through Sacramento right now would make some of the biggest changes in decades to the California Public Records Act -- the 58-year-old state law that guarantees everyone has access to government documents and data.

New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr., who's been absent from Congress since March with an unspecified medical issue, is set to return on June 30.