WASHINGTON — The State Department will permanently close the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, which has been America’s closest diplomatic mission to the Afghan border […]
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Senate passes bipartisan housing invoice to enhance entry and affordability
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a broad bill on Thursday to make U.S. housing more accessible and affordable, a rare bipartisan effort in Congress to […]
Outdated intel probably led US to hold out lethal strike on Iranian elementary college, AP sources say
WASHINGTON — Outdated intelligence likely led to the United States carrying out a deadly missile strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed over […]
State lawmakers rush to set rounding guidelines for when there aren’t any pennies
Months after the last of the United States’ 1-cent coins were pressed, some states are beginning to offer their own 2 cents on the penny […]
Virginia’s former first girl to run for Congress in newly drawn district
RICHMOND, Va. — There could be another McAuliffe representing Virginia soon. Dorothy McAuliffe — the former first lady, onetime state department official and wife of […]
Why some airport safety screeners will proceed to receives a commission throughout the federal government shutdown
Long security lines snaked into baggage claim areas and parking garages at some U.S. airports this weekend, a possible indicator of more widespread travel problems […]
Past the Potomac River, sewage spills threaten cities with outdated infrastructure
WASHINGTON — The January collapse of a pipe as wide as a car dumped so much sewage into the Potomac River that officials tracked a […]
Georgia voters selecting a successor to Marjorie Taylor Greene in US Home
ATLANTA — Months after Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress after a falling out with President Donald Trump, voters in her Georgia district will vote […]
Mississippi voters to resolve whether or not to ship longtime Rep. Thompson again to Washington
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Democrats on Tuesday will decide between longtime U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson and his 34-year-old primary challenger in a race that reflects […]
Justices Jackson and Kavanaugh spar over Supreme Court docket orders favoring Trump
WASHINGTON — Sharing a stage, Supreme Court Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh sparred Monday over the many emergency orders the court has issued […]
