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7:00 AM on Wednesday, June 10

1:45 AM on Wednesday, June 10

Swiss voters are taking up an unprecedented proposal to limit Switzerland’s population at 10 million in coming decades

12:06 AM on Wednesday, June 10

The Trump administration recently asked visitors to U_S_ national parks to report displays or exhibits saying “negative” things about Americans and to restore sites as “uplifting public monuments."

7:47 PM on Tuesday, June 9

The November race to determine California’s next governor will pit a Democrat promising to cement the state’s status as a stronghold of liberal policies against a Republican pledging to dramatically reverse course

7:42 PM on Tuesday, June 9

Republicans in Congress are introducing impeachment resolutions against a federal judge in Atlanta

4:21 PM on Tuesday, June 9

The Trump administration is telling European nations that they need to step up their travel restrictions for people from Ebola-hit countries in Africa

4:05 PM on Tuesday, June 9

President Donald Trump seems to bring bad luck to home teams when he attends big games

12:46 PM on Tuesday, June 9

Social Security’s retirement trust fund is projected to face a funding shortfall in 2032, a year earlier than previously expected

12:18 PM on Tuesday, June 9

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama says a controversial luxury resort development linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will move forward despite growing protests

11:00 AM on Tuesday, June 9

The Trump administration has warned more than 500 hospitals that they are failing to provide the public with enough information about prices

10:48 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says a new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River that U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to block will open soon

9:00 AM on Tuesday, June 9

After complaints about staffing cuts and long waits to get help at the Social Security Administration, its commissioner says things are getting a lot better

8:42 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Voters across Maine, Nevada, South Carolina and North Dakota have cast their ballots in another day of primary elections in America

8:28 AM on Tuesday, June 9

The U.S. military says it has carried out strikes against Iran following the crash of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter off the coast of Oman that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic

8:04 AM on Tuesday, June 9

House Republicans have passed a nearly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies for the next three years and the rest of President Donald Trump's term in office

12:04 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and state Attorney General Alan Wilson have advanced to a runoff for the Republican nomination for South Carolina governor while U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham won his own primary outright in his quest for a fifth term in November

12:04 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo will face Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford in a battle to hold onto his seat in November

12:02 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Graham Platner has won the Maine Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, setting up a high-stakes race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins

7:03 PM on Monday, June 8

A federal judge has questioned a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official about the government’s process for refunding billions of dollars importers paid before the Supreme Court struck down some of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump

11:58 AM on Tuesday, May 26