By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack told investigators ...

INWOOD, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia National Guard member who survived last week's shooting in Washington is slowly healing, West Virginia's governor said Friday. Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe's head wound is slowly improving and "he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" Gov. Patrick ...

By RIO YAMAT AP Airlines and Travel Writer U.S. airlines were notified this week that an investigation is underway into whether they complied with an emergency order requiring flight cuts at 40 major airports during the record government shutdown, the Federal Aviation Administration said ...

By TERRY CHEA and SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sharply questioned the Trump administration's authority and need to maintain command of California National Guard troops it first deployed to Los Angeles in June following violent ...

By DAVE COLLINS and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former high-level agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and an associate have been charged with conspiring to launder millions of dollars and obtain military-grade firearms and explosives for a Mexican ...

By JOSH FUNK and RIO YAMAT AP Transportation and Airlines Writers The government picked a company with little experience working with the Federal Aviation Administration called Peraton to oversee the roughly $31.5 billion overhaul of the outdated air traffic control system. Transportation ...

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Social Security Administration is hoping to cut visits to its field offices in half next year, a move that advocates for the agency fear signals more closures are coming. Field offices have long been community-based branches that ...

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — California Rep. Darrell Issa says he was asked by Texas colleagues to consider moving to Dallas to run for Congress after lawmakers in both states created a midterm scramble by redrawing congressional districts. But in a ...

By SARAH BRUMFIELD and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Harvard visiting law professor from Brazil who told police he was shooting at rats when he fired a pellet gun near a synagogue during Yom Kippur has left the United States after his visa was revoked, federal ...

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer \ CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Retired NBA great Michael Jordan took the stand at the landmark NASCAR antitrust case Friday and testified that he has been a fan of the stock car series since he was a child but felt he had little choice but to sue to force ...

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump and has planted the president's name on its headquarters despite an ongoing fight over control of the institute. It's the ...

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida's Republican-dominated congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to drop a plan that would allow new oil drilling for the first time in decades off the state's coast. A letter signed by Republican Sens. Rick ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank Gehry, who designed some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died. He was 96. Gehry died Friday in his home in Santa Monica after a brief respiratory illness, said Meaghan ...

By SARAH RAZA Associated Press Federal agents have arrested a dozen people in Minneapolis since launching an enforcement operation this week primarily focused on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S., but fewer than half of those detained are Somali. U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation Writer The nation's freight railroads are going to be able to try relying more on technology and inspect their tracks in person less often after the federal government approved their waiver request on Friday. The Association of American Railroads trade group ...

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — With data centers flooding into Georgia, utility regulators face a big decision: Should they let Georgia Power Co. spend more than $15 billion to increase its electricity capacity by 50% over the next six years to serve computer complexes? Or ...

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump on Friday visited a children's hospital and wished the patients strength and lots of toys from Santa Claus as she continued a decades-old tradition for first ladies. Two patients — an 11-year-old boy and a 5-year-old ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Two of the most popular streaming services have agreed to combine, in a move that could change the streaming service landscape. Netflix said Friday it will acquire the studio and streaming business of Warner Bros. Discovery, the legacy Hollywood giant behind "Harry Potter" ...

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not ...

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's White House is taking on the role of media critic and asking for help from "everyday Americans." The White House launched a web portal it says will spotlight bias on the part of news outlets, targeting the Boston ...