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Speaker Johnson keeps the House away as he fights to end the government shutdown
WASHINGTON – Mike Johnson is the speaker of a House that is no longer in session.The Republican leader sent lawmakers home three weeks ago...
National Guard set to patrol Memphis but blocked in Illinois for 2 weeks
National Guard troops were expected Friday to begin patrolling in Memphis, a day after a federal judge in Illinois blocked the deployment of troops...
US Senate unanimously endorses repeal of 2002 Iraq war resolution
WASHINGTON – More than two decades later, Congress is on the verge of writing a closing chapter to the war in Iraq. The Senate...
Kennedy reups unproven Tylenol-autism link during Cabinet meeting as Trump repeats ‘don’t take it’
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Thursday reasserted the unproven link between the pain reliever Tylenol and autism, and suggested people who opposed the...
New York Attorney General Letitia James indicted on fraud charge, AP source says
WASHINGTON – A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge in the latest Justice Department case against...
Troops will miss paychecks next week without action on the government shutdown
WASHINGTON – Heather Campbell lost her job working for a food bank over the summer because of federal funding cuts. Her husband serves as...
US diplomat fired over relationship with woman accused of ties to Chinese Communist Party
WASHINGTON – The State Department said Wednesday that it has fired a U.S. diplomat over a romantic relationship he admitted having with a Chinese...
Trump receives urgent note from Rubio on Mideast peace deal during antifa roundtable
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump was holding a roundtable event with conservative influencers about antifa Wednesday when Secretary of State Marco Rubio, standing in...
Supreme Court seems ready to revive GOP challenge to Illinois mail-in ballot law
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court seemed ready Wednesday to revive a Republican challenge to an Illinois law that allows the counting of late-arriving mail...
“Tennessee Three” Democrat announces bid for Congress against longtime representative from Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – One of three Tennessee lawmakers who drew national attention in 2023 when Republicans in the Tennessee Legislature moved to expel them...