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The federal government has long had sole authority over U.S. immigration policy, but several Republican-led states are pushing for a role in enforcing regulations

The Congressional Budget Office says it projects this year’s federal budget deficit to be $400 billion higher, a 27% increase compared to its original estimate released in February

Government officials say Dollar Tree stores failed to effectively recall lead-tainted applesauce pouches linked to illness in more than 500 U.S. children

Much of the Midwest and the Northeast is broiling — or set to broil — in extreme summer heat this week

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is claiming that the United States is withholding weapons needed for the war in Gaza

A strange monolith has been found jutting out of a remote mountain peak near Las Vegas

A Texas doctor who calls himself a whistleblower on transgender care for minors is accused of illegally obtaining information on patients who were not under his care

The lawyer for the New Jersey man accused of repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie says his client isn't interested in an offered plea deal that would shorten his time in state prison but expose him to federal prison on a separate terrorism-related charge

Three people facing charges connected to trying to overturn former President Donald Trump’s Arizona election loss are pleading not guilty

Many Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned they were free