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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the U.S. and Iran are on the cusp of a deal to end their conflict. The reality has proven more elusive — in part because of the nature of the negotiations ...Read more

A federal lawsuit filed Thursday challenges a new Illinois law set to go into effect in September that would allow doctors to prescribe medication to terminally ill people to end their own lives.

Two disabled patients, a ...Read more

CHICAGO — Hillary Clinton used an audience at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s annual convention to lash out at the Trump administration Thursday, saying Democrats must combat a “revolution to turn the clock back,” a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday opened protected Pacific Ocean waters to commercial fishing, lifting restrictions that barred the activity within three marine national monuments.

With a presidential ...Read more

DEARBORN, Mich. — Two top Trump advisers privately pushed back this week on plans to open the long-awaited Gordie Howe International Bridge, according to three sources familiar with the behind-the-scenes discussions.

U....Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he is nominating Jay Clayton to be the next director of national intelligence, following backlash over his selection of housing regulator Bill Pulte to serve in the role on an ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters Thursday he will try to get President Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence confirmed “as quickly as possible.”

“I don’t know ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pulled back threatened military strikes against Iran, a stark reversal that came just hours after he vowed to hit the Islamic Republic “VERY HARD” and threatened to seize its oil ...Read more

NEW YORK — After persuading state lawmakers to give it more time, New York City Public Schools released a plan to reduce class sizes that allocates $244 million to hire new teachers across 360 schools.

The 68-page draft...Read more

MIAMI — The six jurors in George Pino’s vessel-homicide and manslaughter trial took a road trip to North Miami on Thursday morning to view his boat, which was wrecked in the crash that killed a teenage girl and ...Read more

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions Thursday on Union Cuba-Petróleo, known as CUPET, Cuba’s state energy company, accusing the island’s communist leaders of “having weaponized energy” to control the...Read more

Four tons of invasive Burmese pythons were removed from South Florida ecosystems during the latest breeding season, setting a record for the Conservancy of Southwest Florida.

The achievement marks a new milestone in the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — In the middle of mundane City Council procedures on Thursday, cheers erupted inside Council chambers.

Supporters were celebrating the passage of a bill that will outlaw horse-drawn carriages in ...Read more

BOSTON — The U.S. Marshals Service in Massachusetts, partnered with local police agencies, recovered 35 “high-risk missing children” in “Operation Yellow Card” ahead of the FIFA World Cup.

“The upcoming FIFA ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The city of Minneapolis will go back to the drawing board in deciding what to do with the former Speedway gas station across the street from where police killed George Floyd.

The City Council on Thursday ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia School District officials and public education advocates were relieved Wednesday when Mayor Cherelle L. Parker announced she had reached a deal with City Council that will prevent 340 ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — The U.S. Navy has spent millions of dollars on Idaho cleanup efforts associated with a fighter jet collision at a Mountain Home air show last month that involved two E/A-18G Growler aircraft.

Navy public ...Read more

NEW YORK — The NYC City Council weighed competing visions for the future of the Central Park carriage horse industry Thursday, two days after a horse named Deniz collapsed and died Tuesday night.

One bill — a ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, the GOP front-runner for Florida governor, is endorsed by President Donald Trump and has an insurmountable lead in campaign contributions. Most credible polls of likely Republican voters show him ...Read more