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The Obama administration designated three new national monuments Thursday honoring civil rights history as it commemorates next week's Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Every four years, D.C. residents get a chance to witness history – and make some money on the side.

The Obama administration has agreed to provide disability benefits totaling more than $2 billion to veterans who had been exposed to contaminated drinking water while assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

The Obama administration is set to ease sanctions against Sudan and broaden now limited talks with the long estranged African government, a U.S.-designated terrorism sponsor whose leader has been indicted on war crimes charges, The Associated Press learned Thursday.

The Obama administration is ending the "wet foot, dry foot" policy that granted residency to Cubans who arrived in the United States without visas.

At the dusk of both of their political careers, surrounded by teary friends and family, President Barack Obama on Thursday bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Joe Biden, the man he called "the finest vice president we have ever seen."

Three Democratic lawmakers are asking to have a statue of the late Nevada Sen. Patrick McCarran removed from the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall, alleging the senator stood for a “legacy of racism, anti-Semitism, and xenophobia.”

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The former British spy who allegedly created an incriminating but now-discredited dossier on President-elect Donald Trump has gone into hiding.

Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma, who chairs the regulatory affairs subcommittee, told the College Fix that he wants the next Secretary of Education to appoint someone at the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) who will “stop the practice of using the office as an unchecked regulatory entity.”

The Department of Justice inspector general announced a sweeping review Thursday of Justice Department and FBI actions leading up to the November election – in response to criticism from both sides of the aisle over how the agencies handled the Hillary Clinton email scandal.

Former Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday formally announced a new effort aimed at challenging the partisan gerrymandering that's left Democrats struggling to win local and state offices.

Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon who's had an illustrious career in medicine but little formal background in housing policy, defended his qualifications Thursday to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, as he sought Senate approval during his confirmation hearing.

Mexican drug cartels and human traffickers are cashing in ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration by exploiting anxiety over his vow to build a border wall and crack down on illegal immigration – fueling the latest surge across the U.S.-Mexico line, according to local law enforcement.

Donald Trump's pick to run the CIA took a tough stand against Russia on Thursday, distancing himself from the president-elect, who wants to warm relations with Moscow.

Even Ronald Reagan needed most of January to get the year right, and the proof is in a one-of-a-kind document inscribed by the Gipper and given to a trusted aide the day the 40th president took the oath of office.

Defense secretary nominee Gen. James Mattis issued a grave warning Thursday at his Senate confirmation hearing, saying the established world order is under its “biggest attack” since World War II as he called for boosting military readiness and America’s alliances.

Sen. Charles Schumer, the Senate’s top Democrat, came out Thursday against Republican colleague Jeff Sessions for attorney general.

The nation's top intel chief called President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday to personally deny leaking to the media a dubious dossier of allegations about sensitive information the Russians supposedly had about him.

At 1:24 a.m. Thursday, the Senate took its first step toward an endgame to eventually repeal and replace ObamaCare.