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Trump's budget proposal aims to cut all federal funds to Planned Parenthood

During one panel discussion, Lisa Harris, medical director at Planned Parenthood of MI, described abortion as a "violent" procedure, and suggest that activists ...

Offices close Monday for Memorial Day

Transportation: Omnitrans will not operate on Memorial Day. Monday's garbage will be picked up on Tuesday, May 30. Trash: Trash service will be delayed by ...

'23 million Americans to lose health insurance by 2026'

Republican senators have said they're moving in their own direction. "And I think that's why our Republican colleagues are having such trouble putting togethe...

Mizzou falls in SEC baseball tourney, must beat S. Carolina

Ten runs in each of LSU's last four games and its third SEC tourney win via the 10-run rule in the last four years is a more than "a lot of things". The Misso...

Volunteers place 32000 American flags in cemetery

A ceremony honoring all deceased veterans featuring keynote speaker Schuylkill County District Attorney Christine Holman will follow the parade. All the work ...

Colorado oil tank fire kills one, injures three (APC)

The Weld County Sheriff's Office says preliminary information suggests workers were performing maintenance when the incident happened. Thursday's fire marked ...

Court: Trump travel ban rooted in intolerance

An appeals court from the U.S. state of Virginia refused on Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on travellers from six Mus...

Block on Trump travel ban upheld by 4th Circuit

Joining us now is NPR's Joel Rose. And Joel, this is a pretty exhaustive ruling. Can you break it down for us? JOEL ROSE, BYLINE: Sure, Ari. He hailed the 4th...

President Trump arrives in Brussels for NATO summit

After the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States , NATO activated its collective defense clause for the first and only time, with member nations pl...

Polls close in election after candidate allegedly body slams reporter

Quist played to the state's Democratic base, holding campaign rallies just last week with U.S. Sen. House minority leader Nancy Pelosi called Gianforte a "w...

Greg Gianforte keeps low profile; Montana votes

The Republican candidate for Montana's congressional seat is in hot water this week after allegedly body-slamming a Guardian reporter to the floor on the eve ...

Texas Lawmakers Finalize $217B Spending Bill

The Senate majority leader still said that the "goal" is to get to 50 votes, but he isn't quite sure how the votes will pan out. Democrats have defended O...

Voucher standoff could doom major Texas school finance fix

The Governor of the state has said that passing the anti-LGBT legislation is a "top priority" . On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said...

No class: Students shout down Betsy DeVos' graduation speech

At the ceremony Wednesday, Jackson interrupted DeVos shortly into her address in order to quiet graduates in the crowd, some of whom had risen to their feet t...

Guardian Reporter Says He Was 'Body Slammed' By GOP House Candidate

The reporter was being interviewed by deputies three hours after the incident. "If there is an assault then, yes, of course [bodyslamming] is a crime", Gootki...

It's clear Russian Federation interfered with USA election — Ex-CIA chief

The leaders of the Senate Russia investigation said Tuesday they will continue to pursue critical documents from former national security adviser Michael Flynn...

The Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenaed two of Michael Flynn's businesses

He said he personally warned the Russians in August to stop interfering in the us democratic process, telling a senior Russian security official that continu...

GOP lawmakers say little about Montana candidate

As reporters have noted , it contains one easily identifiable lie-as can be heard on the audio recording, Gianforte never asked Jacobs to lower his recorder. D...

US Census Bureau: Lone Star State is hardly lonely

That ranks the District's population growth by number of people No. 14 on the Census Bureau's top 15 list, ahead of San Francisco, whose population grew by 12...

DeVos compares school choice to switching phone carriers

One student described (paywall) her invitation to the school as "a slap in the face". DeVos walked back her previous comments about HBCUs in a statement on...

United Kingdom chides USA for leaking Manchester bombing probe details

Police said they were working to establish whether Abedi - who blew himself up in the attack outside Manchester Arena, killing 22 people, including children, ...

Guy breaks Plinko record on Price is Right, promptly looses his mind

When Carey gave him the free Plinko chip that every player gets to start with, Ryan exclaimed with amazement, "There's only 10 of these in existence!" Ryan ...

Jury acquits Tulsa cop in shooting of unarmed black man

Crutcher's father, Joseph Crutcher, does not feel justice was done in the Tulsa County District Court. For many, the verdict is a reminder of the other unar...

Trump's budget contains some glaringly simple math errors

South Carolina, with a 16.6 percent poverty rate, is heavily dependent on safety-net programs. In this photo taken May 19, 2017 , a GPO worker stacks copies ...

Budget chief say debt ceiling may need to be raised soon

The fleshed-out proposal follows up on an unpopular partial release in March that targeted the budgets of domestic agencies and foreign aid for cuts averaging...

GOP candidate charged with assaulting reporter

The nature of Jacobs' injuries didn't meet the statutory requirements for a felony assault charge, Gootkin said in a statement . But part of the job represen...

Republicans call on Greg Gianforte to 'apologise' for assaulting reporter

We'll know the result late tonight (it gets late pretty late in Montana ). NewsBusters' Tim Graham: "Let's ask why on Earth a House candidate in Montana sh...

Republican health bill: 23M more uninsured; sick risk higher costs

It would replace former USA president Barack Obama's tax subsidies for health insurance consumers with tax credits based largely on age instead of income. T...

INTEL HEARINGS | Brennan worried about Russia, American contacts

Those concerns are what brought us to today, with the possible collusion being investigated. He added, "I don't know whether or not such collusion...existed...b...

Duterte imposes martial law in south

Department of Justice list of most-wanted terrorists worldwide, with a reward of up to Dollars 5 million for his capture. He is also cutting short his trip to ...