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Record imports in October drove the U.S. trade deficit to the highest level in a decade.

A ‘snaketivity’ gifted by the Chicago branch of the Satanic Temple stands in the Illinois Capitol rotunda this month alongside a nativity scene and a menorah.

The National Republican Congressional Committee said Tuesday that it was hit with a ‘cyber intrusion’ during the 2018 midterm campaigns and has reported the breach to the FBI.

Stocks took a tumble Tuesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 800 points amid renewed fears regarding the U.S.-China trade war and a possible economic slowdown.

Florida is one of a handful of states that passed laws in 2018 requiring or permitting schools and other public buildings to prominently post the words ‘In God We Trust.’

President Trump in the last two years has never missed an opportunity to tout his $700 and $716 billion budgets to rebuild the ‘depleted’ U.S. military. He also has vowed to rebuild America’s nuclear arsenal by adding new low-yield weapons. He further has announced his intention to abandon a landmark Cold-War era arms control treaty with the Russians. Now, in a single tweet, the president has signaled he’s rethinking the whole idea of winning an arms race by outspending and outlasting America’s adversaries.

A majority of ‘non-citizens,’ including those with legal green card rights, are tapping into welfare programs set up to help poor and ailing Americans, a Census Bureau finding that bolsters President Trump’s concern about immigrants costing the nation.

Oregon’s attorney general has approved language for a ballot measure to make psychedelic mushrooms legal.

Former president George H.W. Bush will lie in state next week at the U.S. Capitol, giving the American public an opportunity to bid farewell to the 41st president, and then will be honored with a state funeral Wednesday morning at the Washington National Cathedral before being returned to Houston for burial.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will give formal notice to the U.S. Congress in the near future to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), giving six months for lawmakers to approve a new trade deal signed on Friday.

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Alaska on Friday shook buildings, damaged highways and prompted a tsunami warning that was later canceled.

Michigan clears a threshold this week as the first state in the Midwest to allow marijuana for more than just medical purposes. In the Nov. 6 election, voters by a wide margin endorsed recreational use by adults who are at least 21. The move comes 10 years after voters approved marijuana to alleviate the effects of certain illnesses. Many supporters believe that decadelong experience, as well as similar legalization efforts in other states, led to victory at the ballot box.

The White House and congressional negotiators are considering a bill that would delay a government shutdown after the death of former President George H.W. Bush.

More than a dozen tornadoes struck the state of Illinois, injuring at least 30 people and damaging hundreds of cars and structures.

President Trump’s longtime ‘fixer’ Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of lying to Congress and now says the president’s business empire was pursuing a deal with Russia even during the heart of the 2016 presidential campaign as that country was trying to interfere in the election.

President Trump called for special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation to ‘be ended immediately’ Thursday evening.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine says the U.S. is within 10 years of having a continuous manned presence on the moon, which will lay the groundwork for expanding space exploration to Mars.

Democrats overwhelmingly nominated Rep. Nancy Pelosi to be House speaker Wednesday despite staunch opposition earlier this month.

Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell said Wednesday he regards current interest rates at nearly a neutral level.

The first two commercial pot shops to open in Massachusetts earlier this month reportedly sold more than $2.2 million worth of marijuana products in their first week of operation.