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A Missouri man was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he tried to buy a highly lethal chemical weapon with bitcoin.

The Office of Special Counsel said former HUD official Lynne Patton had misused her position to help the Trump campaign.

Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida died Tuesday at age 84 of pancreatic cancer. With his death, Democrats' House majority narrowed even more.

The Supreme Court erased a decision holding that former President Trump violated the Constitution by blocking his critics on Twitter.

The proposed increase is part of the administration's effort to fund its $2 trillion infrastructure proposal.

Senate Democrats could now have three chances to pass a bill without Republican votes through budget reconciliation.

Gaetz, a Trump loyalist, declared that he is "absolutely not resigning" from Congress and "will not be intimidated or extorted" by his political opponents.

Lawyers for film producer Harvey Weinstein on Monday filed an appeal of his conviction for rape and another sex crime.

Oracle had claimed to be owed as much as $9 billion, while Google claimed that its use of the code was covered under the doctrine of fair use.

Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri on Sunday urged the Biden administration to cut the $2 trillion infrastructure plan to roughly $615 billion.

U.S. corporations are facing pressure to oppose Republican election laws in Georgia and Texas that critics say disproportionately harm voters of color.

A significant rise in tensions between Russia and Ukraine in recent weeks is prompting fears of a revival of the military conflict.

MLB's decision follows an election bill signed on Wednesday by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, which opponents say disproportionately disenfranchises people of color.

The U.S. Capitol came under attack on Friday, killing one police officer after an individual rammed his car into two officers at a checkpoint.

Sanctions appear to inhibit Myanmar junta little as violence increases

Several major corporations in Georgia have criticized the state's controversial new voting restrictions, signed into law last week by GOP Gov. Brian Kemp. 

Joe Biden ran on creating a public health-care option, but his advisors are not saying whether he will include it in his economic recovery plan.

President Biden has asked Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to prepare a memo on the president's legal authority to cancel up to $50,000 in student debt.

McConnell's comment all but assures Democrats will have to pass a more than $2 trillion infrastructure plan on their own.

The Supreme Court rules 9-0 for Facebook, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor authoring the opinion maintaining a narrow definition of automated dialers.