Attorney General Jeff Sessions has warned of a crackdown on marijuana. But documents obtained by The Associated Press show he’s getting no fresh avenues from a special task force formed…
tweets put Pentagon in legal, moral quagmire
Cheryl Bast, left, is accompanied by her daughter, Liz Pierson, as she works on an application for a position with Omaha Public Schools, during a job fair held at Omaha…
In response to a question that asks “would you say that Donald Trump has good leadership skills, or not,” just 34 percent of American voters said yes and 63 percent…
Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after a closed-door meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Russian meddling in the election at the Capitol in Washington on June 21.J.…
Bundles of $20 bills are placed on a table as Jerred Kiloh, owner of the Higher Path medical marijuana dispensary, prepares a trip to Los Angeles City Hall to pay…
President Donald Trump, accompanied by Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, talks with a patient during a Veterans Affairs Department “telehealth” event on Thursday in the Roosevelt Room of the White…
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on Wednesday reversed his earlier decision to delay implementation of Obama-era rules reducing emissions of smog-causing air pollutants.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press file Pruitt presented the change…
A man races away as a jet begins to spray toward him at the International Fountain at the Seattle Center during a heat wave Wednesday in Seattle. An excessive heat…
Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after a closed-door meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Russian meddling in the election at the Capitol in Washington on June 21.…
Martinez on Wednesday highlighted a U.S. Department of Commerce report showing that New Mexico’s gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 2.8 percent between January and March –…
noon President Donald Trump says proposed legislation to limit legal immigration would be the most significant change to the system in half a century. Trump says the measure would make…
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel addresses Hispanic business owners and community members at the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce in Lansing, Mich. Republican senators are bucking President Donald…
Director receives overwhelming support from both parties
threat falls on deaf ears in Senate
secretary says statement was true despite contrary evidence
say delay violates Clean Air Act
Tom Begaye is scheduled Tuesday to attend a change-of-plea hearing in federal court. But it is not known if his lawyers and federal prosecutors have struck a deal. Begaye previously…
Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake takes his own party to task as well as Democrats in his new book, Conscience of a Conservative, blaming both for the political gridlock that…
President Donald Trump pauses during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Trump’s threat to stop billions of dollars in government payments to insurers and…
The National Hurricane Center said Emily made landfall late Monday on Florida’s Gulf Coast south of Tampa Bay and then began moving east toward the Atlantic coast. Emily spent only…
White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci talks with reporters and members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House on July 25. He was removed as White…
“All considered, I am, and have been, traversing what is essentially a personal matter, but is something I must address publicly,” the email stated. “I am transgender.” The April 13…
A pedestrian walks next to a message on a wall formed with Venezuelan currency that reads in Spanish: “The Constituent Assembly is a fraud”, Monday in Caracas, Venezuela. Electoral authorities…
conservatives want lawmakers to keep pushing for Obamacare repeal
in response to investigation of Russia ties to Trump campaign
threatens to stop federal payments to insurance companies
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., says that President Donald Trump’s threat to end required payments to health insurance companies would make health care even more expensive.Associated Press file In…
Trump on Friday indirectly acknowledged the troubled state of his unconventional White House when he abruptly replaced his chief of staff with hard-nosed retired Gen. John Kelly, until now the…
There are plenty of pothole-marked roads, mobile homes, and overgrown lots of weeds and shrubs scattered among fields of tobacco, cotton and sage. But there aren’t many stores, banks or…
