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Speaking to an audience in Kentucky Monday, McConnell said should a vacancy occur on the court in 2020 — a presidential election year — he would allow a vote.

Currently, the main “Medicare for All” proposal in the House calling for guaranteed health insurance for every American has just over 100 co-sponsors.

The chief of the San Francisco Police Department, Bill Scott, issued an apology Friday for a recent raid on the home of a freelance journalist.

Across the U.S. today, there are plenty of jobs. Unemployment for Latinos is at 4.2% — the lowest in recorded history. And their poverty rate has gone down somewhat, to 18.3%.

After a three-decade run, a veteran advocacy group will hold its last motorcycle demonstration ride – called "Rolling Thunder" – in the U.S. capital this Memorial Day weekend.

The PHMSA advisory bulletin says pipeline incidents caused by erosion have increased in the eastern U.S.

The split comes down to unity versus anger, restoration versus revolution.

As more members of Congress from our region call for impeachment hearings, the issue is dividing local Democrats.

Texas House Republican Rep. Chip Roy blocked an attempt to pass the $19.1 billion disaster aid bill likely stalling passage of the legislation until Congress returns in June.

Civil rights advocates and law enforcement groups have reached an agreement in the California legislature on new rules for when police can use deadly force.

As Republican-led states pass laws restricting abortion in hopes the Supreme Court will overturn its Roe v. Wade decision, supporters of abortion rights are pushing back.

Virtually all Democrats running for the White House rail against the flood of campaign cash. But as the primary unfolds, it's clear that those pledges come with asterisks.

One bright spot is that more good tips are coming in from the public and state or local police, the majority of which are "spot on," the FBI official said.

The Alabama Historical Commission says a wrecked ship off the Gulf Coast is the Clotilda, the last known vessel to bring people from Africa to the United States into bondage.

Changing markets and confusion over what can be thrown in recycling bins has forced some communities to rethink or even suspend their recycling programs.