A hiker was involved in a wildfire that scorched 72 acres within Joshua Tree National Park last month, a communications officer with the National Park Service confirmed. The Black Rock Fire broke out ...

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A bipartisan group of Senate Democrats and Republicans reached a deal to reopen the government after the longest shutdown in U.S. history, voting on the first procedural step on the measure. The ...

Senators have approved a funding package to reopen the federal government, sending the compromise deal to their colleagues in the House. Centrist Senate Democrats struck a deal over the weekend with ...

As Republicans were casting about for explanations for their party’s dismal showing in off-year elections last week, President Donald Trump had several other pieces of business to attend to. He hosted ...

China has issued guidance to new data center projects that have received any state funds to only use locally made AI chips, Reuters reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter. In recent ...

Now in its 36th day, pain points for Americans continue to mount. The government shutdown on Wednesday entered its 36th day, officially becoming the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That means the ...

Members of New Prague Fire Department and North Memorial Ambulance prepare a farmer, who had his hand and arm caught in a corn picker, for transport by North Memorial Health Air Care. Jarrod ...

WASHINGTON — Entering its 36th day, the government shutdown is now the longest in American history, though senators predicted Tuesday that the impasse could end this week. “I’m pretty confident,” said ...

The administration could use $5 billion in emergency funds and tariff revenue. Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a stalemate on finding a government funding solution to end what is now the ...

Billions of dollars in settlement money. Land acknowledgements prayed before any government event. Exclusive access to once-public parks. Soon, perhaps, the court-ordered handover of private property.

It's Day 23 of the federal government shutdown, and Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. Without a fix, many federal employees will not be getting paid tomorrow, the ...