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Democratic groups are pumping money into state legislative races this year, hoping to turn that into new clout that they can use to pass more favorable congressional maps.

President Trump warned Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday that his anti-Trump stance might be popular at home politically, but could backfire economically.

A Lebanese man who had been held prisoner in Israel was released Thursday, the first such handover since the outbreak of the latest Israel-Hezbollah war six months ago, the International Committee of the Red Cross and Lebanese officials said.

Nothing has shaped what it means to be Venezuelan today more than oil.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is declaring a truce with a Democrat who defied him and helped advance Republicans' anti-socialism resolution to a floor vote.

The Chinese government wants to know how one of its citizens died shortly after being taken into custody by U.S. immigration agents on the Northern Mariana Islands.

The NBA suspended Clippers owner Steve Ballmer for a year, fined the team $30 million and took away five draft picks over a scheme tied to Kawhi Leonard's endorsement deal -- and now the Clippers say they'll fight it in arbitration.

Russia will close German cultural centers on its territory, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday in a retaliatory measure reflecting the deepening tensions between Moscow and European countries that are helping Ukraine resist the Kremlin's 4 ...

A federal indictment has been unsealed charging William Sarris, founder of pre-IPO investment platform Linqto Inc., with securities fraud, broker-dealer fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy offenses, according to prosecutors in the Southern District of ...

Iran fired at Kuwait on Thursday as part of its retaliation for U.S. bombardments earlier in the week. Meanwhile, Israeli police said they arrested a settler allegedly involved in an attack on Palestinians last week.