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More than 20 Republicans sided with Democrats in voting to block the plan.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson remains optimistic that the GOP will retain its majority in his chamber.

Texas and three other states have already heeded President Trump's call for Republican-led states to redraw their congressional districts.

A federal grand jury is once again refusing to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges.

NPR's Kerry Johnson has the story.

Severe flooding from persistent storms has forced Washington state to declare an emergency.

KUOW's Natalie Akani-Newcomb reports from Seattle.

Democrats and Republicans in Congress have introduced competing bills to deal with health care costs for people enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans.

The Senate defeated both measures Thursday.

Democrats proposed a three-year extension of existing health care subsidies expiring in about two weeks.

The Republican plan would have promised limited health savings accounts for select plans.

Both parties are under pressure to address health care costs before federal subsidies expire.

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A Maryland man who's fighting deportation has been released from an immigration lockup in Pennsylvania.

Kilmore Obrego Garcia was wrongfully sent to El Salvador in March and then returned to the U.S.

under a judge's order and jailed without cause.

A federal judge ordered his immediate release, saying the government cannot hold people indefinitely.

The Justice Department calls the ruling judicial activism.

Ukraine is accusing Intel, Texas Instruments, and other U.S.