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A coalition of nonprofits had sued, calling the ads “propaganda.” The president has said campaign funds would be used to pay for the commercials going forward.

Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.

The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.

This November, voters in Western Massachusetts will decide whether to keep or get rid of the state’s major gun law by voting on Ballot Question 9.

It's been 50 years since Pat Metheny released his first album in 1976.

Trump believes building codes don’t apply to him or the White House ballroom.

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

The move came after the NIH director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting.

The Republican fringe is becoming the Republican mainstream.