Maine Democrats are calling for Republican Sen. Susan Collins to account for a report that alleged she was the target of a federal investigation over campaign contributions.

A federal judge weighing President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from White House grounds expressed some skepticism Wednesday in response to the government’s defense of the move.

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's relationship to the rich and powerful has surfaced in congressional contests across the country.

The FBI says it is investigating a criminal hacking group’s claims that it had stolen “very sensitive data” belonging to thousands of agents and applicants and that it had compromised the bureau’s jobs website.

Police in Mississippi have arrested a second man in the death of a Black woman found hanging from a tree and have issued an arrest warrant for a third suspect.

The U.S.-backed Board of Peace is proposing a six-month, $2.45 billion plan to begin reconstruction and governance in Gaza as President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan struggles to stay afloat.

A federal health panel has endorsed an experimental cancer test that uses a blood sample to detect multiple forms of the disease.

Deb Robertson has become a leading advocate for end-of-life options in Illinois.

About half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to office.

A Tennessee judge has granted Dolly Parton’s estate a temporary restraining order against the late singer’s nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company.

Republicans are growing increasingly grim about their election chances in November.

A man convicted of fatally shooting three people during a robbery attempt at a rural Texas home has been put to death, one week after the execution of the other man convicted in the crime.

Democratic attorneys general from California and New York are suing the Trump administration over its plans to buy back offshore wind leases as it seeks to discourage expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels.

Ella Langley’s song “Choosin’ Texas” is officially the longest-running No. 1 single in the U.S., spending 23 weeks at the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100.

The United States, Denmark and Greenland have signed an agreement to strengthen security in the Arctic and North Atlantic.

DoorDash will pay $131.5 million to settle claims that it underpaid delivery workers in New York City.

An American military aircraft has crashed at a U.S. air base in western Germany, injuring the pilot.

It’s harvest time in California wine country, but many growers are struggling to sell their grapes as Americans cut back on drinking.

A jury has convicted a Vermont man of attempted murder in the shootings of three Palestinian college students who were walking near his home, rejecting an insanity defense rooted in his claims that he was acting on orders from the CIA and Mossad.

Twelve states and Hollywood writers challenging Paramount’s buyout of Warner Bros.

The attorney for a Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas says he is back in the hospital after being held at a detention center with a bullet still lodged in his back.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers and relatives to find them.

World and business leaders this week will grapple with the urgent costs of climate change.

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