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Rep. Kai Kahele defended his part-time work as a commercial pilot for Hawaiian Airlines, saying the arrangement complies with House Ethics rules, and attributed his lengthy absence from the Capitol to the pandemic after questions arose about whether he was breaking any ethics rules for continuing his work with the airline.

A group of migrants bused from Texas arrived in Washington, DC, on Wednesday morning, after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he would send willing migrants to the capital in a rebuke of President Joe Biden's border policies.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to extend the federal transportation mask mandate for another two weeks, according to a source familiar with the Biden administration's plans who was authorized to speak about them.

A storm system sweeping the country Wednesday will dominate the central US, bringing long-track tornadoes, blizzard conditions and fuel for explosive wildfires.

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a warning Wednesday to countries that are not moving to cut financial ties with Russia or that seek to undermine sanctions imposed due to the war in Ukraine.

On Saturday, former President Donald Trump endorsed surgeon and former television personality Mehmet Oz in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania's open US Senate seat. The endorsement is a challenge for Oz's top Republican rival, former hedge fund chief executive David McCormick, who had also reportedly sought Trump's backing.

Two Illinois men were sentenced Tuesday for their roles in the 2017 bombing of the Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Big banks like to stick together on major policy decisions. But as Wall Street grapples with heading back-to-work, a rare chasm is growing between the finance giants.

China is struggling to contain an outbreak of Covid-19 in Shanghai despite a 17-day lockdown that is keeping most of its 25 million residents trapped at home.

Home prices have skyrocketed by nearly 20% over the last year and mortgage rates have risen faster over the past three months than they have in decades. But the high cost to buy a home is not the only obstacle prospective buyers are facing.

A 4,000-acre wildfire in New Mexico has destroyed 150 structures, officials in the town of Ruidoso said Tuesday evening.

Sherri Papini, the Northern California woman accused of faking her own kidnapping in 2016, has signed a plea deal and will confess she made up the entire plan, her attorney's office confirmed to CNN.

President Joe Biden had hoped that his Tuesday trip to Iowa might serve as a turning point, where he could refocus Americans' attention on his domestic agenda -- particularly his efforts to lower their fuel and household costs -- a day after concentrating on gun violence with a crackdown on mail-order "ghost guns."