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Congress is set to wade into one of the most sensitive topics in the abortion debate, with a House vote Wednesday on a bill that would ban abortions that are performed solely because of an unborn child's sex.

Pro-life advocates say sex-selection abortion amounts to a "war on baby girls," ...

Congress is set to wade into one of the most sensitive topics in the abortion debate, with a House vote Wednesday on a bill that would ban abortions that are performed solely because of an unborn child's sex.

Pro-life advocates say sex-selection abortion amounts to a "war on baby girls," ...

With the threat of a contempt charge hanging over Attorney General Eric Holder, 14 civil rights, labor, and liberal activist groups Tuesday urged Speaker of the House John Boehner not to proceed to a contempt vote.

More than a month after he was put on leave when a video surfaced showing him joking about the lavish spending — $823,000 — at a taxpayer-funded General Services Administration conference in Las Vegas, a top official at the agency has quietly returned to his job.

David Foley, deputy commissioner ...

More than a month after he was put on leave when a video surfaced showing him joking about the lavish spending — $823,000 — at a taxpayer-funded General Services Administration conference in Las Vegas, a top official at the agency has quietly returned to his job.

David Foley, deputy commissioner ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's specialty-license-plate program has raised roughly $250 million for a variety of popular causes, from promoting the arts to preserving Lake Tahoe. Yet there is virtually no independent oversight of how organizations spend the money.

Groups participating in the program must report annually to the state Department ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's specialty-license-plate program has raised roughly $250 million for a variety of popular causes, from promoting the arts to preserving Lake Tahoe. Yet there is virtually no independent oversight of how organizations spend the money.

Groups participating in the program must report annually to the state Department ...

ATLANTA — Maryland is one of another eight states gaining flexibility from the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Tuesday.

The Education Department also has approved waivers for Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Rhode Island. Eighteen other states and Washington, D.C., ...

ATLANTA — Maryland is one of another eight states gaining flexibility from the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Tuesday.

The Education Department also has approved waivers for Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Rhode Island. Eighteen other states and Washington, D.C., ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Republican Gov. Scott Walker has raised about $31 million since he took office 17 months ago, including a remarkable $5.9 million in the last five weeks reported to Wisconsin regulators Tuesday....

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey demands more money from a charitable foundation before it will finish construction.

The green lobby picks its next fossil fuel target.

Chicago's mayor says Illinois pensions are breaking his city.

Nineteen states now get a pass on No Child Left Behind.

The only practical choices are more geographic mobility, inflation, or subsidies.

For the e-car to be more than a plaything for the rich, it has to succeed in the mass market.

Mobile software is part of the most important movement in health care. Will government regulators suffocate it?

Steelworkers make better 'victims' than 50-year-old government retirees.

PLANO — Los Angeles police are entitled to audio recordings of conversations between a Manson family member and his attorney, a Texas judge ruled Tuesday.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Brenda T. Rhoades of Plano granted the request, allowing police to obtain the eight cassette tapes containing hours of talks between Charles ...

PLANO — Los Angeles police are entitled to audio recordings of conversations between a Manson family member and his attorney, a Texas judge ruled Tuesday.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Brenda T. Rhoades of Plano granted the request, allowing police to obtain the eight cassette tapes containing hours of talks between Charles ...