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House approves aviation safety bill

An aviation safety bill seeking to address lessons learned from last year's midair collision of a jet with an Army helicopter near the nation's capital was approved by the House Tuesday, but key senators and the families of the 67 victims think the bill still needs to be strengthened. The ...

Justice Department asks to toss seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers, Proud Boys

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to prison terms for leading members of the far-right extremist groups in attacking the U.S. Capitol to keep ...

Republicans are moving to fund Homeland Security ‘the hard way’ after end of talks

WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress are forging ahead with a risky go-it-alone strategy for fully funding the Department of Homeland Security, which has been shut down for almost two months as Democrats demand changes to President Donald Trump's broad campaign of immigration ...

New York subway stabbings hurt 3; police kill knife-wielding man, officials say

NEW YORK (AP) — A man with a machete who attacked three people randomly at a major New York City subway station Saturday morning was shot and killed by police, authorities said. Officers responding to a 9:40 a.m. report of stabbings at the 42nd Street-Grand Central station encountered the ...