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President Obama, racing to aid his party up and down the ballot ahead of midterm elections, has held 45 political fundraisers since beginning his second term - nearly double the number that his predecessor George W. Bush headlined during the same time period in his presidency, an analysis provided to USA TODAY shows.

Nebraska lawmakers are nearly three-fourths of the way through this year's 60-day session, with many of the most high-profile issues still awaiting a vote.

Amos Thomas, 32, and Natasha Jerrell, 31, both of Holmes Mill, were arrested by Kentucky State Trooper Kenny Abner on abuse charges.

Chris Allen Curry, 36, and Terry Len Daugherty, 49, both from Ridgeview Nellis Road in Nellis, were charged and arraigned in Boone County Magistrate Court on Friday, March 14, 2014, according to criminal complaints filed at the courthouse.

Newsday reports that Barbara pleaded guilty Friday in Nassau County District Court to second-degree criminal contempt and disorderly conduct.

Five years after Michigan targeted copper thefts plaguing cities like Detroit and disrupting railroads and utilities, plans to better restrict sales of stolen scrap metal are caught in a legislative fight despite agreement among political leaders and law enforcement that action is needed.

The General Assembly's regular session ended a week ago without an agreement on expanding Medicaid, leaving the matter to be resolved with the rest of the state budget at a special session at the end of March.

The letter from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, dated March 10, states that the psychiatric hospital now meets the requirements to receive Medicare funding.

A popular fifth-grade teacher will not face prosecution for fatally shooting a knife-wielding prowler in a ski mask who turned out to be his 15-year-old son, a prosecutor announced Friday.

The Los Angeles Times has dismissed a reporter after discovering he had an inappropriate relationship with someone who was a source for a front-page story that the newspaper says contained an error.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met Friday with leaders of the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps to review their efforts to screen out potential predators and unqualified troops from their ranks of sexual assault counselors, victim advocates, recruiters and instructors, according to a Defense Department official.

Acting to expand health insurance access for same-sex couples, the Obama administration said Friday that plans offering benefits for heterosexual couples must also provide coverage for married couples who are of the same gender.

Despite a disastrous start and relentless Republican opposition, President Barack Obama said Friday that enrollment in his signature health care program is high enough to make it stable for the millions who have signed up.

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The Republican-controlled House has voted for the 51st time in 26 months to neuter the nation's health care law.

Former Gov. Bob McDonnell's attorneys are seeking documents from two federal agencies that they hope they can use to attack the credibility of the government's expected star witness in McDonnell's public corruption case.

Two local prosecutors in Utah say a corruption investigation looking at state politicians and online gambling interests has yielded evidence that could implicate Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah.

A man convicted after his third trial in the 1991 killings of nine people, including six monks, at a suburban Phoenix Buddhist temple is set for sentencing and faces life in prison.

After a five-month-long look at what the government learned about Bernard Madoff's epic fraud, jurors are close to beginning to weigh whether five of his former employees were his conspirators or his dupes.

Former Fiesta Bowl executive director John Junker walks out of Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. Courthouse after being sentenced in Phoenix on Thursday, March 13, 2014.