Compensating people who are wrongfully convicted is a hard sell in some states
Georgia is one of 11 states with no law on compensating people found to have been wrongfully convicted. Individuals seeking ...
Senate passes six-month funding bill hours before shutdown deadline
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown ...
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Judge rules against advocates trying to help migrants sent to Guantanamo and to stop more transfers
A federal judge has ruled against immigration and civil rights advocates attempting to help migrants who had been sent to the ...
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Democrats confront limits of their minority power after bruising shutdown vote
Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits ...
Senate passes DC funding fix to prevent $1 billion in cuts, shifting fight to House
D.C.’s financial fate was tied into a House stopgap funding bill that didn't include a provision to prevent cuts to the district's budget.
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Washington's nickname "The Evergreen State" nears official adoption status
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington is closer to officially adopting "The Evergreen State" as its nickname. SB 5000 is moving swiftly ...
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Democratic Party fractures in government shutdown fight, with anger running high
The Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader ...
Here Are the Democrats Who Voted to Avert a Shutdown
The spending measure, which passed the House earlier in the week, was presented to the Senate as a take-it-or-leave-it ...
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Senate passes six-month funding bill hours before shutdown deadline, sending measure to Trump to be signed into law
Senate passes six-month funding bill hours before shutdown deadline, sending measure to Trump to be signed into law.
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New Secretary Linda McMahon unveils ‘final mission’ for US Department of Education
WASHINGTON — In her first hours as the new Education secretary, Linda McMahon wasted no time informing U.S. Education Department employees in an email titled “Our Department’s Final Mission” of her ...