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Justin Waller talked about his links to the Trump family in a new Netflix documentary.

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For over a month, Transportation Security Administration employees have been showing up to work at US airports without getting paid.

Opinion: Patriotism should transcend politics when the U.S. is at war with a sworn enemy, writes William Z. Fox.

Opinion: Politicians used to be able to do battle during the day and be good friends after work. Those days are over, writes Chris Roemer.

The Michigan Legislature faced a deadline to keep thousands of doctors licensed, an effort complicated by lawmakers' standoff ...

The Republican stalwart thought he could wield more power from the Senate than he ever could from the Supreme Court.