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The Federal Reserve is set to raise interest rates after seven hikes last year, as the central bank tries to tamp down inflation while avoiding a recession. The Fed’s monetary policy committee is meeting in the nation’s capital Jan. 31-Feb. 1 for its first meeting of 2023. The country continues to grapple with economic issues as...

Maine regulators have given final approval to a wind power project that would provide electricity to a minimum of 450,000 homes in New England.

A San Francisco pizza shop fired an employee who allegedly told police officers they weren't welcome in the restaurant.

Rep. Maxine Waters, D.-Calif., continues dishing out campaign cash to her daughter to run a moneymaking slate mailer operation involving California politicians.

Democratic Pennsylvania House Speaker Mark Rozzi, elected earlier this month as a 'compromise candidate,' says he has no intentions of forfeiting the speakership in the future.

Activists in Wisconsin are suing to block two ballot measures that would allow voters to decide on welfare work requirements and stricter bail laws on the state's April ballot.

The House Rules Committee will meet on Tuesday night to prepare a resolution that could remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs committee.

Illinois lost an appeal in court on Tuesday as a panel voted to keep a temporary restraining order in place against a newly passed gun control law.

Vermont lawmakers are hearing testimony on two bills designed to establish legal protections for providers of abortions and sex change procedures.