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The ban on new mining claims near Yellowstone National Park was extended for another 20 years by U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke who signed the ban in a ceremony in the park's Paradise Valley on Oct. 8. A temporary ban on new claims in the area was put in place in 2016 under former president Barack Obama. Zinke's order extends that ban on new claims for gold, silver and other minerals on 121 km2 of public lands in the Paradise Valley and Gardiner Basin.
Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan were in Manchester on Tuesday to discuss a major opioid bill awaiting President Trump's signature. It is being called one of the most significant bipartisan victories this year, and Senators Shaheen and Hassan say it's a big win for states like New Hampshire hit especially hard by the epidemic.
A state transportation official says the owner of the limousine that crashed and killed 20 people in upstate New York was warned not to operate the vehicle after it failed an inspection. Department of Transportation spokesman Joseph Morrissey says Tuesday that the 2001 Ford Excursion that crashed Saturday was placed out of service after a September inspection and was subject to additional inspections.
The National Weather Service posted or continued warnings Tuesday for the Cedar, Iowa, Maquoketa, Mississippi, North Raccoon, Rock and Wapsipinicon rivers. More rain is expected to fall on already saturated ground and eventually flow into already swollen streams and rivers.
Over 1,000 people jammed a riverside park to honor the victims of a limo crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York. Barbara Douglas of Dannemora, N.Y., who lost four family members gathers with friends for a candlelight vigil memorial at Mohawk Valley Gateway Overlook Pedestrian Bridge in Amsterdam, N.Y., Monday, Oct. 8, 2018.
Likely voters who live in 69 battleground House districts across the country narrowly prefer Democratic candidates, according to a new Washington Post-Schar School survey, a potentially worrying sign for Republicans given that the overwhelming percentage of these districts are currently in GOP hands.
Filmmaker Richard Linklater is the latest celebrity wading into the tight U.S. Senate race in Texas with a social media ad attacking Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. The "Boyhood" and "Dazed and Confused" director made a 30-second spot for a political action committee backed by Cruz opponents.
A proposed settlement of more than $51 million has been reached in a class-action lawsuit over pollution problems at an industrial plant in southeast Iowa. The Muscatine Journal reports that the settlement with Grain Processing Corp. must still be approved by a court.
The Senate's vote confirming Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sent viewers flocking to Fox News Channel, which recorded its biggest Saturday audience in more than a decade. Fox's daytime audience was bigger than any for the network since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, while its Saturday prime-time lineup eclipsed anything since the Iraq War in 2003, the Nielsen company said.
Rep. Rod Blum issued the following statement in regard to President Trump's announcement to allow year-round E15 sales. "I applaud President Trump's decision to continue E15 sales into the summer months.
He was standing right there, to one side of new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and slightly behind the left shoulder of President Donald Trump. Anthony Kennedy was right in the thick of it.
Bernie Sanders is coming to Colorado in the midst of the state's midterm elections with the aim of giving Democrats and progressives such as gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis a boost in the home stretch.
Two pieces of related legislation that would prohibit so called "gag clauses" in contracts between pharmacists and health plans and pharmacy benefit managers have been passed by both the Senate and the House. The legislation prohibits any restrictions on the ability of pharmacists to alert consumers to situations where it may be less expensive for them to pay for prescription drugs out-of-pocket, rather than through their insurance benefits.
Senator Joe Donnelly faced off with Republican challenger Mike Braun and Libertarian candidate Lucy Brenton at Purdue University Northwest in Westville. The debate immediately got heated with Donnelly and Braun trading attacks.
In 1930, Laura Ingalls became the first woman to fly across the United States as she completed a nine-stop journey from Roosevelt Field, N.Y., to Glendale, Calif.
Beto famously declines Obama help -- actually it would be Schumer who would be calling the shots if Beto gets Senate seat O'Rourke is trying hard to burnish the centrist label he adopted for his Senate run against Ted Cruz. But conservatives in Texas are probably skeptical.
A ceremony for the victims of the limousine crash that killed 20 people ended with participants lifting candles above their heads to signal unity and perseverance.
The New York Times is reporting one-time Trump campaign official Rick Gates asked for proposals from an Israeli intelligence firm to help defeat Trump's Republican primary race opponents and Hillary Clinton. Times correspondent Mark Mazzetti explains to CNN's Wolf Blitzer.