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4:29 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Senators are venting their frustrations about the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security as travelers endure long lines at airports

4:16 PM on Wednesday, March 11

The Trump administration is opening a new trade investigation into manufacturing in foreign countries

3:43 PM on Wednesday, March 11

A U_N_-backed panel of independent experts focusing on racial discrimination says racist hate speech by U_S_ President Donald Trump and other American political leaders, along with a crackdown on immigration in the United States, have led to “grave human rights violations.”

3:41 PM on Wednesday, March 11

A man who was shot by Connecticut police last year and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for another ambulance to arrive at the scene, after another officer having an “anxiety attack” took the first one

3:07 PM on Wednesday, March 11

President Donald Trump is weighing an endorsement in the Texas Republican Senate runoff, and some state party members say he risks backing the wrong candidate

2:56 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Southern California is seeing a burst of summerlike heat, and forecasters warn that it raises the risk of heat illness

1:46 PM on Wednesday, March 11

The State Department will permanently close the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, which has been America’s closest diplomatic mission to the Afghan border

1:44 PM on Wednesday, March 11

President Donald Trump and members of his administration are claiming that former President Jimmy Carter was against the use of mail-in and absentee ballots, citing a bipartisan 2005 report from the Commission on Federal Election Reform co-chaired by Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker

1:42 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Police are investigating the death of a 12-year-old girl who was hospitalized after a fistfight near a school bus stop in her neighborhood

1:13 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Lyft has agreed to protect the rights of blind and disabled riders to travel with service animals under a Minnesota settlement that applies nationwide

12:06 PM on Wednesday, March 11

11:11 AM on Wednesday, March 11

Ecuador's interior minister says the country is preparing a major crackdown on criminal groups set to begin this weekend with logistical support from the United States

10:31 AM on Wednesday, March 11

Daniel Jones is back with the Indianapolis Colts, and Alec Pierce couldn’t be happier

9:51 AM on Wednesday, March 11

Democratic-led states alarmed by the prospect of federal immigration officers patrolling the polls during this year’s midterm elections are taking steps to counter what they see as a potential tactic to intimidate voters

9:50 AM on Wednesday, March 11

South Africa says the new U.S. ambassador has been summoned to explain his criticism of the country’s policies

6:23 AM on Wednesday, March 11

Edge rusher Trey Hendrickson has agreed on a four-year, $112 million contract with the Baltimore Ravens, according to a person with knowledge of the deal

4:48 AM on Wednesday, March 11

The International Energy Agency has agreed to release the largest volume of emergency oil reserves in its history, in a bid to counter the effects on energy markets of the war in the Middle East

4:02 AM on Wednesday, March 11

When it comes to the war with Iran, President Donald Trump has cycled from calls for “unconditional surrender” to sounding amenable to an end state in which Iran trades one hard-line ayatollah for another

9:08 PM on Tuesday, March 10

Some of the nation’s busiest airports saw hourslong security lines this weekend, as the partial government shutdown begins to hit air travel

2:12 PM on Tuesday, March 10

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Washington state lawmakers were within their rights when they declined to issue press passes to three conservative media figures