The State Department re-imposed financial penalties against Russian entities involved in the construction of Nord Stream 2, including its project operator and a Russian insurance provider.

Police in Aurora, Colorado, have detained five more migrants in an armed home invasion and kidnapping that occurred early Tuesday morning.

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he will eliminate the college degree requirement for 30,000 state government jobs in California.

Sen. Rand Paul on Wednesday blocked a bill that would have allowed local and state authorities to track drones amid a slew of worrisome sightings in the Northeast.

Missouri lawmakers are working to designate several stretches of Show-Me State highways after President-elect Trump, according to multiple reports.

The Senate on Wednesday passed a defense bill that gives troops a big pay raise and prohibits the use of military insurance for gender-related treatments among minors, dispatching the legislation to President Biden's desk before the holiday break.

Members of Congress, who haven't received a pay raise in 15 years, plan to boost their salaries by 6% and exempt themselves from Obamacare.

An effort to push through new authority to detect and interdict drones was blocked in the Senate Wednesday after Sen. Rand Paul said it's too soon to rush a solution that could end up trampling on Americans' rights.