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At least one person is dead and two injured in a chemical plant fire on the outskirts of Houston, officials said. The explosion at the KMCO plant was caused by a fire in a tank of colorless

Presidential candidate Julián Castro unveiled on Tuesday a proposal to change crossing the border without legal permission a civil violation instead of a misdemeanor crime in his first major policy platform. Castro posted his detailed immigration platform

Early on Monday, several U.S. airlines experienced system outages due to a technical glitch in a shared computer program, authorities said. The Aerodata program — which monitors balance and weight of flights — crashed for a short

The House Judiciary Committee will prepare subpoenas this week, seeking special counsel Robert Mueller’s full Russia report. This comes as the Justice Department appears likely to miss an April 2 deadline set by Democrats for the report’s

Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney defended the Trump administration’s plan to cut off aid to three Central American countries, adding that El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras could do more to curb the flow of

On Sunday, former Vice President Joe Biden said he believed he had never acted inappropriately — this coming after allegations by a female activist who said that he made her feel uncomfortable by kissing her at a

On Thursday, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) charged Facebook with allegedly encouraging, enabling and causing housing discrimination through its targeted advertising practices.  HUD said that Facebook is violating the Fair Housing Act – federal

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected for the second time in three days a bid by gun rights activists to block the President’s new ban on “bump stock” attachments that enable semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly.

On Wednesday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos fought back after receiving criticism over her exchange on Capitol Hill about the Trump administration’s proposal to cut funding from the federal budget for Special Olympics. DeVos argued that her position

On Wednesday, the Pittsburgh City Council gave initial approval to gun-control legislation introduced in the wake of 2018’s synagogue massacre.  It is expected to be challenged in court by Second Amendment advocates who point out that state