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By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Republican-led Senate voted last Wednesday to block an Obama-era regulation that would prevent an estimated 75,000 people …

By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press WASHINGTON – The number of anti-Muslim hate groups in the United States has nearly tripled since 2015, due in …

BY CRAIG MELVIN AND ERIK ORTIZ Associated Press President Donald Trump on Tuesday denounced the recent rise in bomb threats against Jewish community centers across …

By STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press NEW YORK – More than most, Eric Schneiderman understands the risks of taking on Donald Trump. New York’s attorney general …

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI – County commissioners in immigrant-rich Miami-Dade voted Friday to uphold their Cuban-born mayor’s order to cooperate with federal …

BY LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday he believes U.S. forces will be in Iraq and …

BY CATHERINE LUCEY Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump has tapped Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as his new national security …

Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Kremlin said Monday that the Russian government does not know anything about a Ukraine peace plan crafted by an opposition …

WASHINGTON (AP) – Members of the Congressional Black Caucus expressed bafflement and dismay Thursday after President Donald Trump asked a black reporter to set up …

By ISHEKA N. HARRISON iharrison@sfltimes.com The Trump Administration has invited the leaders of the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to join them on …