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Local mask mandates are in effect in some areas, while some states such as Texas and Mississippi have abandoned these guidelines.

The Massachusetts senator's proposed legislation could cost Donald Trump around $39 million.

Texas, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are among the states where restrictions were eased this month.

We must have greater transparency around public spending, stronger international cooperation to prosecute bribery and global governance of tax abuse and money laundering.

Those applying for both home and business disaster assistance can complete one application to cover both.

Liberty is not a goalpost to be moved, but a right to be closely guarded.

Only 7 percent of U.S. adults said that they believed the American system of government was "basically sound" and required no changes in a poll released Monday.

A mask mandate is in place in Iowa but does not apply to "any person in space under the control of the Legislative or Judicial Branches," according to the order.

Civil religion is the set of sacred values, rituals and symbols that tell a nation's story and give a shared identity to its people.

The president signed a wave of executive orders during his first week. Here's how they compare to what he promised he'd get done in the early days of his administration.

If a demonstration turns into a deadly mob like the one we witnessed on January 6, we can't hesitate to use the resources at our disposal to hold any perpetrators accountable.

"Rand Paul is the example of how dangerous it is to have people in positions of authority who speak loudly but have no clue what they're talking about," said former Kentucky Senate candidate Charles Booker.

Over 100 million second stimulus payments have been been "direct deposited into eligible recipients' accounts," as of Friday, the IRS confirmed.

The teacher told Sanders that if she had taken his AP Government class, she would better understand the First Amendment.

President-elect Joe Biden described Wednesday's events as "disorder, it's chaos, it borders on sedition."

The 35-year-old woman was a high level security official throughout her 14-year service with the U.S. Air Force.

Mail is delivered as usual on December 24, while all in-person services at social security offices are closed amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The Congresswoman seemed a little too happy about the news of a bill passing that would pave the way toward legalization.

Mitt Romney, Susan Collins and Ben Sasse have been outspoken about Trump's challenges to the election results, while most other Republican senators have not.

It's no wonder that a soulless economic and political system that disregards the well-being of its people produces chronic anxiety and despair.

American Muslim concerns are American concerns. And like all Americans, we have a role to play in restoring and reviving our country.

More than 150 people have died after an explosion in the Lebanese capital of Beirut.

Several Russian health officials have denied the allegation.

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) said Tuesday that lawmakers should consider reinstating cost-of-living adjustments for members of Congress, the last of which occurred in January 2009.

Outside Washington, the argument that the answer to the problems created by subsidizing unemployment lies in a program to subsidize re-employment would be met with silent stares—and justifiably so.

Americans have good reason to be skeptical that Big Pharma will be our savior in this crisis—unless our fellow Republicans and Democrats in Congress intervene.

Ordinary Americans—not corporations—need money now. What will it take for Republican leaders in Congress to feel "the urgency" and do their part?

He followed President Trump's lead Sunday, declaring all Americans have the right to "worship at a church service."

As a Montanan and lifelong sportsman, I know what can happen when panic overrides common sense. And sadly, that's what I'm seeing from lawmakers in D.C.

The European Union's foreign policy chief cautioned member states against allowing China to take advantage of diplomatic divisions between them in order to impose their "state-centric" stance.