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John Matthews WMAL.com  WASHINGTON — It looks like Congress will avert a government shutdown after top lawmakers reached a deal Tuesday on a 1.1 trillion dollar spending bill that will...

GENEVA (AP) — The global airline industry expects its profits to leap to a record high next year, boosted by a continued fall in jet fuel prices as well as strong passenger demand and cost cuts....

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is taking some whole grains off the school lunch line.A massive year-end spending bill released Tuesday doesn't allow schools to opt out of healthier school meal ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - For President Barack Obama, the long-delayed release of a scathing Senate report on harsh CIA interrogations underscores the degree to which the legacy of George W. Bush’s nati...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Time running short, Republicans and Democrats agreed Tuesday on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and delay a politically-charged struggle over Presi...

WASHINGTON (AP) – An official with the National Transportation Safety Board says just before a jet crashed into a Maryland  home, killing six, it slowed to just over 100 miles per hour and ...

(WASHINGTON) — Despite the release of a Senate report detailing the extensive use of enhanced interrogation techniques by the CIA after 9/11, it remains highly unlikely that American interrogato...

(NEW YORK) — Walgreens is making it easier for customers to see the doctor — virtually. The drugstore chain has just launched a new telehealth program that will allow Walgreens website use...

(WASHINGTON) — The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released an exhaustive and explosive report Tuesday on the CIA's interrogation practices, saying the agency repeatedly misled Americans...

(WASHINGTON) — For every member of Congress who lost his or her job in the midterm elections, there are multiple Capitol Hill staffers also out of work. And that’s where Tom Manatos comes ...