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A new AP-NORC poll finds that President Donald Trump's approval rating on the economy has slumped over the past month as the Iran war drives prices higher.

A federal judge in Massachusetts has struck down some of the Trump administration's orders slowing down the development of clean energy.

A former Missouri lawmaker who was censured over sexual misconduct allegations has won a court case to recoup thousands of dollars seized from his salary as a penalty.

The Supreme Court seems wary of limiting the power of federal regulators in a case over multimillion-dollar penalties levied against telecommunications giants Verizon and AT&T.

Senate Republicans are moving this week to try and reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the longest partial government shutdown in history.

Millions of people around the world will pause, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. The annual event is Wednesday.

U.S. military officials are calling for spending tens of billions of dollars in the next budget year on drones, air defense systems and fighter jets that have been a key part of fighting the Iran war.

A college student from China has been charged with illegally taking photos of U.S. military planes in Nebraska during a multistate road trip.

The Southern Poverty Law Center says it's the subject of a Justice Department criminal investigation and faces possible charges over its use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

The Defense Department says U.S. forces have boarded an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia.