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The United States has long relied on the Coast Guard and allies to interdict drug vessels through arrests and prosecutions at sea

4:06 PM on Monday, September 8

Financial disclosure reports filed by California elected officials show that interest groups spent more than $820,000 last year to take dozens of legislators on both domestic and international trips

3:07 PM on Monday, September 8

House Democrats release sexually suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein purportedly signed by Trump, which he has denied

2:05 PM on Monday, September 8

A Wisconsin legislator has left the state Assembly's Democratic caucus after being accused by fellow party members of threatening to kill three lawmakers

1:24 PM on Monday, September 8

A federal judge has approved a settlement in a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s Justice Department against North Carolina election officials

1:12 PM on Monday, September 8

A new law requiring Texas schools to obtain parental consent before administering health care services to students has triggered confusion among campus nurses who worry they could face punishment for routine acts like offering bandages

1:00 PM on Monday, September 8

Legislators topple France's government in confidence vote, ousting François Bayrou as third prime minister in 12 months

11:38 AM on Monday, September 8

President Donald Trump celebrated news that an alumni group from West Point canceled an award ceremony set to honor Tom Hanks

11:37 AM on Monday, September 8

The Supreme Court is clearing the way for federal agents to conduct sweeping immigration operations in Los Angeles, another victory for President Donald Trump at the high court

11:08 AM on Monday, September 8

Chief Justice John Roberts has let President Donald Trump remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission, the latest in a string of high-profile firings allowed for now by the Supreme Court

10:44 AM on Monday, September 8

A federal appeals court has upheld a civil jury's decision requiring President Donald Trump to pay $83.3 million to columnist E

10:39 AM on Monday, September 8

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration is approving the use of hundreds of millions of dollars in capital project funding for Philadelphia’s public transit agency to help it restore bus, trolley and rail services that it had eliminated to shore up its deficit-riddled finances

7:16 AM on Monday, September 8

Doug Wilson was once a fringe pastor in Idaho and is now a significant voice in the Christian right

6:56 AM on Monday, September 8

An immigration attorney says many South Korean workers detained in a U.S. immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia were brought in for highly specialized work that Americans aren't trained to perform

4:38 AM on Monday, September 8

Police in Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu opened fire on demonstrators protesting a government attempt to regulate social media that blocked some of the world’s largest platforms, including Facebook, X and YouTube

3:12 AM on Monday, September 8

Norway’s center-left block led by the Labor Party of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has claimed victory in Monday’s general election with a narrow but clear victory over the right-wing parties

2:21 AM on Monday, September 8

Legislators have toppled France’s government in a confidence vote

12:26 PM on Wednesday, September 3

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