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Senate Democrats’ decision to allow Republicans to pass a spending bill will avert a short-term shutdown, but it will also give Republicans the power to grant President Donald Trump new leverage ...

A pair of polls released on Sunday, American time, demonstrated just how much his political opponents have fallen. One of those polls, from NBC News, actually showed the Democratic Party’s ...

Political independents as a group take dim views of both parties, with 19% rating the Democrats favorably and 20% saying the same of the Republicans. Both the Democratic and the Republican parties ...

A long-planned “quick-build” bike lane on Oak Street suffered a slowdown, but now it is back on the table. Pending final approval, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority is ...

The Democratic Party has reached an all-time low in popularity in the latest national NBC News poll, as it searches for a path forward after a painful loss to President Donald Trump — and as the ...

Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said that Duterte’s arrest by the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) was the Marcos administration’s political maneuver. “What reason did ...

The insider further continued, “On top of that, their political views differ, adding to the tension.” For the unversed, Zegler, Gadot, and the filmmakers attended the movie premiere at the El ...

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has announced changes to the welfare system - including merging some benefits and a plan to scrap the work capability assessment used to claim universal credit.

CHANDLER, AZ (AZFamily) — A shooting at a Chandler apartment complex put a man in the hospital on Friday night. It happened at the Riveria Park Apartments on Dobson Road, south of Chandler ...