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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval on Friday to a one-week stopgap spending bill for the domestic security agency, averting a partial shutdown with just hours to spare before a midnight deadline.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a one-week funding extension for the Department of Homeland Security late today, in time to avert a partial shutdown for the agency at midnight. The two-thirds majority vote, which came with support from Democrats...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, as promised, swiftly vetoed a Republican bill approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline Tuesday, leaving the long-debated project in limbo for another indefinite period. The U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, after receiving Obama’s...

MINNEAPOLIS — As Minnesota politicians try to open up more trade with Cuba, the Minnesota Orchestra will try to drum up a bond with Cuban musicians as they have been invited to perform two concerts in Cuba on May 15-16 in Havana. The 80-member orchestra received an invitation from...

JUNEAU, Alaska - An Alaskan moose hunter, whose discovery of the corpse of a wanderer two decades ago helped lead to the 2007 movie "Into the Wild," has been shot and killed by police following a weekend chase through the city of Wasilla, Alaska State Troopers said. Police said...