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Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, shakes hands with Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, after a news conference at the State Department, Friday, June 16, 2023, in Washington.

Blinken stresses need for better US-Chinese communications as he heads to Beijing

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, shakes hands with Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, after a news conference at the State Department, Friday, June 16, 2023, in Washington.

June 16, 2023, 12:57pm Politics

Shortly before setting out for Beijing, Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday emphasized the importance of the U.S. and China establishing better lines of communication. He will be the highest-ranking member of the Biden administration to visit China. Read story

FILE - President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit a memorial at Robb Elementary School to pay their respects to the victims of the mass shooting, May 29, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Biden will speak at a summit in Connecticut on Friday, June 16, 2023, to mark the first anniversary of a gun safety law signed after the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas.

Biden will mark the anniversary of a gun safety law signed after the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre

FILE - President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit a memorial at Robb Elementary School to pay their respects to the victims of the mass shooting, May 29, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Biden will speak at a summit in Connecticut on Friday, June 16, 2023, to mark the first anniversary of a gun safety law signed after the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas.

June 16, 2023, 8:36am Politics

Just a year ago, President Joe Biden signed the first significant piece of federal gun safety legislation in nearly three decades. Read story

Border agency reassigns chief medical officer after custody death of 8-year-old girl

June 16, 2023, 8:35am Politics

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reassigned its chief medical officer after the in-custody death of an 8-year-old girl whose mother’s pleas for an ambulance were ignored despite her daughter’s chronic heart condition, rare blood disorder, high fever and other ailments, authorities said Thursday. Read story

Nusrat Chowdhury confirmed as the first Muslim female federal judge in U.S. history

June 16, 2023, 8:30am Politics

Nusrat Chowdhury, a civil rights lawyer, has been confirmed by the Senate as the first Muslim female federal judge in U.S. history. Read story

This image, contained in the indictment against former President Donald Trump, shows boxes of records in a storage room at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., that were photographed on Nov. 12, 2021. Trump is facing 37 felony charges related to the mishandling of classified documents according to an indictment unsealed Friday, June 9, 2023.

How much prison time could Trump face? Past cases brought steep punishment for document hoarders

This image, contained in the indictment against former President Donald Trump, shows boxes of records in a storage room at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., that were photographed on Nov. 12, 2021. Trump is facing 37 felony charges related to the mishandling of classified documents according to an indictment unsealed Friday, June 9, 2023.

June 15, 2023, 12:48pm Nation & World

The FBI investigators who searched Harold Martin’s Maryland property in the fall of 2016 found classified documents — including material at the top secret level — strewn about his home, car and storage shed. Read story

FILE - The Department of the Treasury's seal outside the Treasury Department building in Washington on May 4, 2021. The U.S. sanctioned a group of Russian-intelligence linked individuals Monday for their role in allegedly helping the Kremlin destabilize Moldova's democratically-elected government through protests in  Moldova's capitol earlier this year.

U.S. sanctions North Korean couple accused of helping to procure equipment for ballistic missiles

FILE - The Department of the Treasury's seal outside the Treasury Department building in Washington on May 4, 2021. The U.S. sanctioned a group of Russian-intelligence linked individuals Monday for their role in allegedly helping the Kremlin destabilize Moldova's democratically-elected government through protests in  Moldova's capitol earlier this year.

June 15, 2023, 10:48am Politics

The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on a North Korean husband and wife living in Beijing accused of helping to procure equipment for ballistic missiles that ended up in the hands of North Korean and Iranian customers. Read story

President Joe Biden speaks at the League of Conservation Voters annual capital dinner in Washington, Wednesday, June 14, 2023.

Biden endorsed by 4 environmental and conservation groups for efforts to fight global warming

President Joe Biden speaks at the League of Conservation Voters annual capital dinner in Washington, Wednesday, June 14, 2023.

June 15, 2023, 9:22am Politics

President Joe Biden told an audience of conservation and environmental groups Wednesday that their work has never been more important at a time when they are battling the greatest threat facing future generations. Read story

FILE - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, May 31, 2023. Moments after Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he hoarded classified documents and then conspired to obstruct an investigation about it, the Republicans in Congress had his back. Trump's mounting legal jeopardy has quickly become a political rallying cry as they rush to stand by the indicted former president.

‘Stand with Trump’ becomes a rallying cry as Republicans amplify attacks on the U.S. justice system

FILE - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, May 31, 2023. Moments after Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he hoarded classified documents and then conspired to obstruct an investigation about it, the Republicans in Congress had his back. Trump's mounting legal jeopardy has quickly become a political rallying cry as they rush to stand by the indicted former president.

June 15, 2023, 9:21am Politics

Moments after Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he hoarded classified documents and then conspired to obstruct an investigation about it, the Republicans in Congress had his back. Read story

House rejects effort to censure, fine Democrat Rep. Schiff

June 14, 2023, 4:19pm Politics

The House has rejected an effort to censure California Rep. Adam Schiff, turning aside a Republican attempt to fine the Democrat over his comments about former President Donald Trump and investigations into his ties to Russia. Read story

FILE - An early morning pedestrian is silhouetted against sunrise as he walks through the American flags on the National Mall with the U..S Capitol Building in the background in Washington Nov. 7, 2022. Americans on the right and left have a lot more in common than they might think -- including their strong distrust of each other. The results of the survey, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago and the nonprofit group Starts With Us, reveal a stark truth at the source of the polarization that has a powerful grip on American politics: While most Americans agree on the core principals underlying American democracy, they no longer recognize that the other side holds those values too.(AP Photo/J.

Democrats and Republicans share core values but still distrust each other

FILE - An early morning pedestrian is silhouetted against sunrise as he walks through the American flags on the National Mall with the U..S Capitol Building in the background in Washington Nov. 7, 2022. Americans on the right and left have a lot more in common than they might think -- including their strong distrust of each other. The results of the survey, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago and the nonprofit group Starts With Us, reveal a stark truth at the source of the polarization that has a powerful grip on American politics: While most Americans agree on the core principals underlying American democracy, they no longer recognize that the other side holds those values too.(AP Photo/J.

June 14, 2023, 2:08pm Politics

Americans on the right and the left have a lot more in common than they might think — including their strong distrust of each other. Read story