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The Texas GOP senator says donors should be able to cover his campaign loans after an election. Anti-corruption advocates warn against a loophole for wealthy contributors to influence new lawmakers.

As recent arrivals to the U.S. are released from detention with health problems ranging from diarrhea to gaping wounds, doctors who are trying to help, with little federal support, feel the strain.

Washington state’s attorney general said Motel 6 shared information on about 80,000 guests in the state and that guests faced questioning from ICE, detainment and deportation as a result.

Attorney General Mike Hunter said paring back the suit against firms at the center of the national epidemic will speed up any payouts and help communities recover.

A growing number of organizations are leading Americans in discussions about sensitive political issues. By at least one count, there are more than 200 of these groups nationwide.

In the study by Japanese researchers, cats reacted to their own name. Researchers say it’s the first evidence showing cats can understand spoken words.

“We want to reduce the hate and contention so common today,” said LDS President Dallin Oaks. Church doctrine will consider same-sex marriage “a serious transgression” but not apostasy.

History’s most enduring multination military alliance turned 70 Thursday, but it was a milestone more notable for festering disputes than celebrations of harmony.

Virginia lawmakers wrapped up the final details of the legislative session this week, with three leaders who have drawn criticism and controversy still at the helm.

President Trump is pushing Mexico to stem the flow of migrants and drugs into the United States. After a year, he said, he will consider tariffs on cars or a border shutdown.

On a track from the forthcoming Ventura, Anderson .Paak weathers the stormy trials of a romance that’s long departed from honeymoon avenue.

Under the new law, polling places cannot be changed 60 days before an election, and it will take longer for people who choose not to vote to be removed from the state’s voter registration list.

“We would like to clarify this was not a sewage leak,” the House of Commons Press Office said, after water poured into the chamber Thursday.

The Democrat announced his decision on ABC’s The View, saying he is running to be a champion for manufacturing in a country that has been fractured by trade and outsourcing.

The suit, filed on behalf of six states and the District of Columbia, says the weakened federal nutrition standards for school meals are putting kids at greater risk of health problems linked to diet.

If you happily order your contact lenses online, why not get drugs for migraines or erectile dysfunction that way, too? Be careful, a medical student warns. Your “simple” self-diagnosis may be wrong.

The European Union Parliament’s visa exemption plan will put the U.K. in the same category as more than 60 other countries — including the U.S.

Lessons in noodle-making is one of the ways that China hopes to eliminate rural poverty by 2020.

The bill that passed on Thursday is intended to hold companies responsible for videos and audio such as the livestream of two mosque shootings in New Zealand.

A number of government agencies work closely with the industries they are charged with regulating. The issue surfaced after Boeing’s 737 Max planes had to be grounded by the FAA.

Most House Republicans oppose renewal of the 1994 law, in part because it would restrict gun rights for individuals convicted of misdemeanor domestic abuse and stalking charges.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it was responding to a tip that many workers at CVE Technology Group outside Dallas were using fraudulent identification documents.

Rep. Richard Neal, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, asked the IRS commissioner for six years of President Trump’s personal tax returns, as well as returns for some of his businesses.

Lawmakers told HUD Secretary Ben Carson Wednesday they’re very unlikely to support the administration’s budget plan to cut billions of dollars from housing and development programs.

Some 11 million deaths annually are linked to diet-related diseases like diabetes and heart disease, a study finds. Researchers say that makes diet the leading risk factor for deaths around the world.

The top official at the FAA says airline pilots had enough training to handle Boeing’s flight control software linked to two deadly crashes. His statement has divided pilots in the U.S. and overseas.

Researchers found that antiviral drugs are effective in preventing transmission of the hepatitis C virus from donated hearts and lungs to recipients. The result could help reduce organ wait times.

A new report offers the first comprehensive assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene in health-care facilities in low- and middle-income countries.

In an online video, the former vice president and potential 2020 presidential candidate addresses criticism by women who say his physical contact with them made them uncomfortable.

The McLennan County district attorney said he aims to “end this nightmare that we have been dealing with in this county.” Prosecutors were not able to win any convictions after indicting 155 bikers.

Catholic Church officials who have criticized the Philippine president’s deadly drug war say they are receiving threats and government surveillance.

As the spring sunshine brightens up, researchers caution: Don’t skimp on sun protection, especially on the sensitive eyelids.

Lightfoot, the city’s first black female mayor, told NPR that Chicago’s police department has “left many people feeling like the police are an illegitimate occupying force.”