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Senate Republicans gave their "last and final" offer on a compromise to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown on Thursday, but a test vote showed Democrats were not ready to accept the deal.

Cherry trees growing from material taken from the famous "Stumpy" along the Tidal Basin in Washington flowered for the first time this year, the National Arboretum said Thursday.

The Trump administration has opened investigations into how race is considered in admissions at three medical schools, ratcheting up its pressure campaign against colleges and universities.

The annual report on global threats by the Director of National Intelligence includes faulty assessments asserting the Chinese military does not plan an assault on Taiwan by 2027, according to China experts.

An appeals court has paused lower court rulings in Oregon that restricted federal officers' use of tear gas during protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland.

The U.S. can continue to detain immigrants without bond, an appeals court ruled Wednesday, handing a victory to the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration.

Noelia Castillo, a Spanish woman who sought euthanasia and fought a protracted legal battle with her family over her right to do so, received life-ending medicine on Thursday in Barcelona. She was 25.

A woman has been found guilty by a San Francisco Bay-area jury for administering an illegal silicone injection which led to her client's death.

The Trump administration is citing "national security concerns" to justify an exemption from the Endangered Species Act for expanded oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of America, as the war in Iran raises the cost of gas.

The Trump Kennedy Center will give this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Bill Maher -- despite adamant claims by the White House that it wouldn't happen.