National-party conflicts over age, experience, and ideology are playing out in the Maine Senate primary between Janet Mills ...

The ongoing government shutdown persists, but is it the longest the nation has seen? These are longest shutdowns in U.S.

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The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.9% in September, from 8.4% in August, a big drop that in normal times would be welcome news for a presidential incumbent seeking reelection in just over a month.

Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden face off on Tuesday in a televised presidential debate, part of a 60-year-old tradition marked by some of the most memorable moments of modern ...

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