Washington & Politics

Federal agency blocks Indiana’s Medicaid work requirements

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INDIANAPOLIS — The Biden administration has revoked the federal authorization for Indiana’s planned work requirements for low-income residents who receive their health insurance through...

Virus outbreak in Fiji batters economy, tests health system

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SUVA, Fiji — A growing coronavirus outbreak in Fiji is stretching the health system and devastating the economy. It has even prompted the government...

Man sentenced to 30 years for killing Navajo police officer

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A man who shot and killed a tribal police officer in a remote corner of the nation’s largest American Indian reservation...

South Dakota to send National Guard troops to Texas

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that she will join a growing list of Republican governors sending law enforcement...

Money coming to keep grocer in US-Canada border community

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SEATTLE — Money is on the way to help save the only grocery store in an isolated Washington state community that's been especially strained...

World champion Chen to begin Olympic quest at Skate America

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Three-time world figure skating champion Nathan Chen will begin his final preparations for the Winter Olympics in Beijing when he...

Supreme Court says no right to hearing for some immigrants

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the government can indefinitely detain certain immigrants who say they will face persecution or torture if...

Does Breyer follow big term with retirement, or hang around?

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WASHINGTON — After writing two of the Supreme Court’s biggest decisions this year, Stephen Breyer could say he’s come to a fitting end of...

Supreme Court won’t sidetrack plans for natural gas pipeline

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sided Tuesday with a pipeline company in a dispute with New Jersey over land the company needs for a...

Supreme Court leaves CDC eviction moratorium in place

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is leaving a pandemic-inspired nationwide ban on evictions in place, over the votes of four objecting conservative justices. ...