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4:46 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Animal refuge groups say they have agreed to buy nearly 1,500 beagles at a Wisconsin dog breeding and research business that was the site of a violent clash earlier this month between activists trying to break in and police who repelled them with tear gas and pepper spray

3:53 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Justice Department officials are moving to roll back and modify a slate of gun regulations in a dramatic shift in firearm policy pushed by Second Amendment supporters in President Donald Trump’s base

3:21 PM on Wednesday, April 29

More jumps for oil prices sent tremors through the bond market, along with hints that some Federal Reserve officials don’t want to cut interest rates any time soon

2:54 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Family members say the behavior of a suspect in the murders of two University of South Florida students worsened over time because of marijuana use

2:45 PM on Wednesday, April 29

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted a white-tie dinner at the White House with King Charles III and Queen Camilla

2:12 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Republicans have scored another victory in the nationwide redistricting battle

1:51 PM on Wednesday, April 29

A divided federal appeals court in Manhattan says it will not grant a rare meeting of all of its judges to hear an appeal of an $83 million verdict against President Donald Trump for defaming a magazine columnist

12:57 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Elon Musk took the stand for the second day Wednesday in the landmark trial that pits the world’s richest person against Sam Altman, a fellow OpenAI co-founder he accuses of betraying promises to keep the company as a nonprofit dedicated to humanity’s benefit

12:53 PM on Wednesday, April 29

An alleged Islamic State group militant from Afghanistan has been convicted of aiding the terror organization that took credit for a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport

11:09 AM on Wednesday, April 29

Former FBI Director James Comey has appeared briefly in court, kick-starting a criminal case against him that legal experts say presents significant hurdles for the prosecution and will likely be a challenge for the Justice Department to win

9:47 AM on Wednesday, April 29

The Supreme Court has weakened a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped combat racial discrimination in voting for over 50 years

9:27 AM on Wednesday, April 29

The man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner and kill President Donald Trump took a picture of himself in his hotel room just minutes earlier, outfitted with an ammunition bag, a shoulder gun holster and a sheathed knife

6:41 AM on Wednesday, April 29

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is back on Capitol Hill defending the administration's plan to cut in half the EPA's budget

6:03 AM on Wednesday, April 29

Union representatives and safety consultants say the case of the man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at a media dinner is the latest example of someone allegedly trying to use the country's passenger trains to smuggle guns for an attack

5:36 AM on Wednesday, April 29

Ukraine is claiming responsibility for a drone attack on a distant Russian oil facility

5:20 AM on Wednesday, April 29

The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says the majority of Iran’s highly enriched uranium is still believed to be at its Isfahan nuclear complex

5:15 AM on Wednesday, April 29

Iran’s national rial currency has hit a record low of 1.8 to the dollar as a shaky ceasefire with the U.S. and Israel holds

11:34 PM on Tuesday, April 28

More jumps for oil prices sent tremors through the bond market, along with hints that some Federal Reserve officials don’t want to cut interest rates any time soon

11:18 PM on Tuesday, April 28

The Supreme Court has heard arguments in a case about the Trump administration’s push to end legal protections for migrants fleeing war and natural disaster

10:17 PM on Tuesday, April 28

Officials have confirmed a tornado with winds of at least 120 mph tore through a small Texas city where manufacturing buildings got flattened and roofs were torn from homes