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CALIFORNIA - Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom abandoned a high-speed rail project Tuesday that sought to connect Los Angeles to San Francisco. He suggested the high cost of the project made the idea a pipe dream. Newsom…

NEW YORK - Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas floated the possibility Tuesday of using the seized assets of convicted drug cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán to help build a wall at the southern border. “America’s justice…

DURHAM - A North Carolina priest defended his decision Monday to cancel a lesbian city councilwoman’s speech at a Catholic high school, saying it was his duty. Immaculate Conception Church pastor Rev. Chris VanHaight faced public…

TEXAS - Authorities found a 15-month-old and her family shot to death in a rural Texas home Monday morning and have thus far not found any leads in the bloody case. Emergency responders reacted to a call around 10:30 a.m., according…

RICHMOND - Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam restored the right to vote, serve on a jury, run for public office and become a notary public for nearly 11,000 people previously convicted of a felony, his office announced Tuesday. …

ILLINOIS - Ten men were cleared of drug convictions Monday after a judge ruled that they were framed by a former Chicago police sergeant. Cook County Judge Leroy Martin Jr. granted requests from the prosecution to vacate convictions…

SILICON VALLEY - Canadian feminist writer Meghan Murphy is suing Twitter after she was banned for her tweets about transgender people. Attorneys for Murphy on Monday filed suit in the Superior Court of California for the County of…

MARYLAND - Oil and gas industry groups asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down state subsidies for economically-struggling nuclear power plants. It’s the petroleum industry’s latest attempt to salvage its war against nuclear…

NEW JERSEY – Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey attacked President Donald Trump Monday for treating illegal aliens that drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol as criminals. Democratic lawmakers…

NEW YORK, NY - Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is heading to the early-voting state of New Hampshire ahead of a potential 2020 presidential run, sources close to the mayor told Politico Monday. De Blasio’s plans…