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WASHINGTON — A recent report from AMSURG, a recognized leader in the strategic and operational management of surgery centers, finds in 2021 there were increases in advanced stage colorectal cancer and precancerous growths in adults of all ages when compared... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced the U.S. is banning Russian oil imports in the administration’s ongoing bid to increase the toll on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. “Today I am announcing the United States is targeting... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on cryptocurrency this week that will mark the first step toward regulating how digital currency is traded. The move comes as administration officials have raised concerns in... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday evening turned back efforts by North Carolina and Pennsylvania Republicans to have the high court throw out new redistricting plans in their respective states. In separate orders, the justices declared the new districts... Read More

WASHINGTON — Hopes for the passage of a revamped version of the Build Back Better Act were renewed last week after Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., indicated he could support a scaled-down version. Manchin’s objections to the version of the bill... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined a Pennsylvania prosecutor's appeal to reinstate a sexual assault conviction against comedian Bill Cosby. He was released from prison after a state court determined a district attorney had violated a pre-trial agreement... Read More

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Monday the availability of roughly $1.47 billion in competitive grant funds aimed at transitioning public transportation fleets and facilities to clean energy. Harris made remarks on the clean transit push during a... Read More

WASHINGTON — Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met again Monday but came away with no binding agreements as their war entered its 12th day. After their meeting ended, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to determine the next steps for U.S.... Read More

WASHINGTON — One of my late mother’s favorite stories of my childhood involved my first “vote” in a federal election. It was the fall of 1968 and I was in kindergarten and our teacher, Mrs. Blumberger, decided that in addition... Read More

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling in morning trading on Wall Street, as more gains for oil prices threaten to worsen the world's already high inflation. The S&P 500 sank 1.5% after a barrel of U.S. oil leaped as... Read More

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia announced yet another limited cease-fire and the establishment of safe corridors to allow civilians to flee some besieged Ukrainian cities Monday. But the evacuation routes led mostly to Russia and its ally Belarus, drawing withering criticism from... Read More

WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Xochitl Torres Small, D-N.M., makes no effort to hide her enthusiasm for her current job, undersecretary for rural development with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Six months after her confirmation, the Democrat from Las Cruces, New... Read More

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court approved a new set of congressional and state legislative district maps on Thursday that had been proposed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. “Hell yes,” said Evers in a statement released by his office... Read More

WASHINGTON — Former House staffers Kathie Green and Joe Novotny are this year’s winners of the Staff Lifetime Achievement Democracy Award presented by the Congressional Management Foundation. Both will be recognized at the foundation’s first in-person Democracy Awards ceremony since... Read More

WASHINGTON — Though much of what America reads, sees and hears about the federal government emanates from the nation’s Capitol, the reality is it’s members’ district offices that are at the front lines, day in and day out, of helping... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department started organizing a task force this week to enforce the sanctions against Russia announced in recent days by President Joe Biden. More than a dozen U.S. attorneys are hunting down violators of export controls... Read More

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Friday reinstated the death sentence of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, reversing a lower court ruling that held the trial court erred in seating jurors who had not been asked about their... Read More

BERKELEY, Calif. — Organizations including the Breakthrough Institute and Third Way joined open data advocates in calling for the International Energy Agency to share its data hidden behind paywalls. In a letter sent on Thursday, a group of 64 organizations... Read More

TYLER, Texas — Lawyers for Netflix asked a U.S. District Court for injunctive relief in a lawsuit brought by Tyler County District Attorney Lucas Babin on Thursday. Netflix was indicted by Babin in September 2020 for promoting and streaming the... Read More

The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: LONDON — A Western official says a huge Russian military convoy advancing on Kyiv has made little progress for several days. The official said the convoy, which has been estimated at up to 40... Read More

BOISE, Idaho – A pair of emergency bills that have been referred to the Idaho Senate could lead to the enactment of stricter rules for voters ahead of the state’s May primary. Idahoans will head to the polls to cast... Read More

WASHINGTON —  Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., returned to work in the Senate chamber Thursday and was greeted with a bipartisan standing ovation as he took his place at a morning hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. ... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board provided an example this week of why Congress is considering reforms to its process for filling high-level federal job vacancies. The board protects federal employees by helping them to contest job actions... Read More

WASHINGTON — The federal government’s national security interests pre-empt a Guantanamo Bay detainee’s right to compel testimony from two CIA contractors that he says will prove he was tortured while in U.S. custody, a divided Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.... Read More

WASHINGTON — The United States and its allies placed new sanctions and other restrictions on 19 Russian oligarchs and dozens of their family members and associates for their continued support of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his invasion of Ukraine.... Read More

FRESNO, Calif. — The four Republicans running to serve out the unexpired term of former Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., have a number of things in common. They’re all for stricter voting laws, would likely try to defund schools that allegedly... Read More

LINCOLN, Neb. — Barring last minute adjustments by the Nebraska secretary of state, it appears the ballot is set for the state’s May 10 primary election. The deadline for filing to run in the primary passed on Tuesday. But Secretary... Read More

CHICAGO — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was indicted on federal charges Wednesday alleging he was involved in a racketeering conspiracy. Madigan served as speaker from 1983 to 2021 and also held numerous other government positions, including representative of... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol said Wednesday for the first time that its evidence suggests crimes may have been committed by former President Donald Trump and his associates in the... Read More

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Overdose deaths, most of them attributable to opioid abuse, surged in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported Wednesday. In the latest edition of its annual Drug Overdose... Read More