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The Justice Department has declined to pursue charges against former Vice President Mike Pence in its investigation into his retention of classified documents …
by Compiled byDemocrat-Gazette stafffrom wire reports June 3, 2023FORT LIBERTY, N.C. -- Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in…
by HANNAH SCHOENBAUM The Associated Press June 3, 2023WASHINGTON -- The FBI offered Friday to show top lawmakers next week a bureau document that purports to relate to President Joe Biden and his family following …
by ERIC TUCKER The Associated Press June 3, 2023WASHINGTON -- Two Florida men who stormed the U.S. Capitol with other members of the far-right Oath Keepers group were sentenced Friday to three years in priso…
by LINDSAY WHITEHURST The Associated Press June 3, 2023The Department of Justice has informed former Vice President Mike Pence 's legal team that it will not pursue criminal charges related to the discovery of clas…
by The Associated Press June 2, 2023Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in making the U.S. Army …
by HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America June 2, 2023Friday's report from the government reflected the job market's resilience after more than a year of rapid interest rate increases by the Fed. Many industries, …
by The Associated Press June 2, 2023WASHINGTON -- A member of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group who was part of a security detail for former President Donald Trump 's longtime adviser Ro…
by MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER The Associated Press June 2, 2023The Senate on Thursday approved a Republican-led resolution to strike down President Joe Biden's plan to forgive more than $400 billion in student loans.
by Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Associated Press June 2, 2023LEXINGTON, Miss. -- Federal courts have issued desegregation orders for 32 school districts in Mississippi, the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Divis…
by MICHAEL GOLDBERG The Associated Press June 2, 2023• Rapper, producer and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs is suing Diageo, saying the London-based spirits company -- which owns more than 200 brands, including G…
by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports June 2, 2023m Chuck Valauskas, an attorney in Chicago, said "it felt like a 16-inch softball" when he got a 1-inch gash on his head while leaving work by walking too close…
June 2, 2023The House approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package late Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assembled a bipartisan coalition of…
by COMPILED BY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS June 1, 2023Arkansas' delegates in the U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday in support of a legislative package that includes a debt ceiling suspension and spendi…
by Alex Thomas June 1, 2023President Joe Biden has approved a new package of military aid for Ukraine that totals up to $300 million and includes additional munitions for drones and an a…
by COMPILED BY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS June 1, 2023