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WASHINGTON — After months of pressure from rank-and-file members, a House panel will consider a new Republican-led bill this week that aims to prohibit members of Congress from trading stocks. The bill, unveiled Monday by House Administration Chair Bryan Steil, R-Wis., would ban members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from buying new stocks. But it would allow them to keep ...

Jessica Rader knew she was getting a car. Still, when the keys to a 2007 gold Prius were handed to her, she wept. “It’s not just about the car,” said Rader, 40. “It’s about community.”

Lawyers for the oil giant Chevron and a small Louisiana parish squared off Monday in a case that could have major consequences for how local communities can rectify environmental damage that may have been caused by oil company operations going back decades.

The U.S. State Department said on Monday it has revoked more than 100,000 visas since President Donald Trump took office last year, setting what it said was a new record as his administration pursues its hardline immigration policy.

Hundreds of protesters have been killed by security forces in what may be the largest − and possibly most consequential − wave of protests in Iran since 2009, human rights groups say.

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he might block Exxon Mobil from investing in Venezuela after the oil major's CEO called the country "uninvestable" during a White House meeting last week.

Two men were killed in an avalanche in central Washington while backcountry snowmobiling, authorities said Saturday.

HAVANA, Cuba – President Donald Trump on Sunday said no more Venezuelan oil or money will go to Cuba and suggested the Communist-run island should strike a deal with Washington, ramping up pressure on the long-time U.S. nemesis and provoking defiant words from the island’s leadership.

DUBAI – Unrest in Iran has killed more than 500 people, a rights group said on Sunday, as Tehran threatened to target U.S. military bases if President Donald Trump carries out threats to intervene on behalf of protesters.

AUSTIN, Texas — For the first time in modern Texas politics, Democrats will field candidates in every one of the state’s 150 House districts. It’s a milestone party leaders hope will boost turnout, money and organization up and down the ballot, even as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott enters the cycle with a well-tested ground game of his own. Democratic leaders say the move is less about flipping ...

A suspect was arrested by Jackson, Mississippi, authorities after a fire broke out at the state's largest synagogue, damaging parts of the Jewish worship space and several sacred items.

TAMPA, Fla. — Floridians were enraged last summer when a viral video showed men offshore Panama City capturing a giant manta ray, a federally threatened species, and hoisting the animal onto their boat. That anger only skyrocketed when it became clear that Florida’s wildlife agency had approved the capture: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission granted a permit to an aquarium ...

A 500-plus-pound bear living underneath a residence in Southern California has departed the space it called home for months, according to the nonprofit that helped evict the large mammal.

WASHINGTON – Bangladesh said on Saturday it has told the United States that it wants to join the international stabilization force that would be deployed in Gaza. 

MINNEAPOLIS — Three of Minnesota’s Democratic members of Congress were denied a request to tour a federal immigration detention facility Saturday morning. Reps. Kelly Morrison, Angie Craig and Ilhan Omar arrived at the Whipple Federal Building at Fort Snelling about 9:30 a.m. to tour the operations. The representatives say they were invited to tour the facility by a former acting director. ...

SAVAGE, Minn. – U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Reuters that additional U.S. sanctions on Venezuela could be lifted as soon as next week to facilitate oil sales, and that he will also meet next week with the heads of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on their re-engagement with Venezuela.