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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department accused Donald Trump and his lawyers of “gamesmanship” in the fight over documents seized from the former president’s Mar-a-Lago home.

Documents show Mr Trump’s former Washington DC hotel took in hundreds of thousands of dollars from autocratic states that were simultaneously trying to influence his administration’s policies

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WASHINGTON — Turning away a plea from Arizona GOP chair Kelli Ward to keep her phone records private, the Supreme Court on Monday let stand a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Lighter regulation is one likely explanation.

US, Chinese leaders seek to stabilise strained relations during face-to-face talks in Bali, Indonesia.

Freshman orientation on Capitol Hill is a chance to hug, hope and watch the votes keep rolling in. Several races are still too close to call.

Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar takes a selfie with newly elected incoming members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus after a news conference at the AFL-CIO building in Washington on Sunday. Among the freshmen lawmakers behind Omar are, from left, Rep.-elects Shri Thanedar of Michigan, Greg Casar of Texas, Robert Garcia…

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns was expected to caution President Vladimir Putin's spy chief at talks on Monday about the consequences of any use of nuclear weapons, and to raise the issue of U.S. prisoners in Russia, a White House official said.

Pakistan’s former prime minister has repeatedly claimed that Washington conspired in his fall from grace – and power.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a draft of its first Alaska Native relations policy, which the agency says is an effort to inform employees who have not previously worked with Alaska Native communities and cultivate trust with Indigenous groups.