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The swift steps ending a messy and expensive government shutdown set the stage for hundreds of thousands of federal workers to return Tuesday, but some say they fear they could find themselves in limbo again in a few more weeks. Congress sped toward moving to reopen government after Democrats reluctantly […]

Twelve jurors and four alternates have been selected in the trial of two officers charged in one of the largest scandals in the Baltimore police department’s history. The jury was picked from a statewide pool on Monday, the trial’s opening day. Opening statements are expected Tuesday. Detectives Daniel Hersl and […]

New surveillance video shows some of the 13 California siblings who were allegedly held captive and tortured by their mother and father getting into a van after their parents’ arrests. The action unfolds in the upper left-hand corner of the video, where some of the siblings can be seen piling […]

Sharing her own #MeToo experience, 84-year-old U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told a crowd at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday that “it’s about time” women speak up about sexual harassment. Speaking at a Park City, Utah forum, in advance of the premiere of a documentary about her […]

Congress agreed to a short-term bill to fund the government for three weeks and end the three-day long federal government shutdown Monday after Senate Republicans provided assurances to Democrats that immigration reform and other contentious issues would be addressed in the near future. After the Senate passed the bill by […]

As the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad was accused of another chemical weapons attack, the Trump administration is trying to rally international condemnation of the regime and increase pressure on Russia to rein in its ally. But more than nine months after President Trump ordered airstrikes on a Syrian air […]

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Monday ordered that the state’s congressional map be redrawn in a move that could have major implications for the Democratic Party’s ability to re-take the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections. In the order from the court, which ruled 4-3, the judges found […]

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down the state’s congressional map Monday, granting a major victory to Democrats who charged that the 18 districts were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to benefit Republicans. In a 4-3 decision, the Democratic-controlled court said the boundaries “clearly, plainly and palpably” violate the state’s constitution, and blocked it […]

A nonprofit organization has stepped in to provide death benefits to families of two soldiers killed in an Apache helicopter crash over the weekend. Due to the government shutdown, the families did not receive the $100,000 death benefit provided for the death of a service member under any circumstance either […]

The Senate voted Monday to end debate and set up an additional vote to conclude the government shutdown after Republicans provided assurances to Democrats that immigration reform and other items of contention would be addressed in the near future. The successful vote came after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged […]