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There was some debate on the senate floor about whether the bill would put schools in competition with each other. Gerald Neal (D-Louisville) attached an amendment which Wilson said was “an unfriendly amendment” deleting large portions of the bill and replacing it...

Lest anyone forget Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s legacy in the Flint water crisis, artist Michael Dykehouse has painted a portrait of the governor, done completely in lead. Officials in the Snyder Administration have said that they hope to restore drinking water to the city...

Clinton and Sanders are vying for the Hispanic vote in Nevada on Saturday’s caucus, which in 2008 made up 15 percent of voters.

MI has come to an agreement with Rowe Professional Services, a Flint-based engineering firm, to survey and analyze the city’s network of water pipes, Governor Rick Snyder announced Tuesday. Snyder is planning to get $25 million to fix the contaminated pipes. It won approval...

“The budget that we’re releasing today reflects my priorities and the priorities that I believe will help advance security and prosperity in America for many years to come”, Obama said Tuesday.

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party militant group, or PKK, supported the attack, Davutoglu said. The YPG has emerged as one of the more effective militias fighting in Syria, raising concerns in Turkey that it might pose a long-term threat to its territory.

U.S. warplanes on Friday bombed an Islamic State camp in Libya, targeting a militant linked to two terror attacks in Tunisia past year, a U.S. Defense official confirmed to USA TODAY.

Boutros-Ghali, who served as the United Nation’s sixth secretary-general, died in Cairo, a UN spokesman said.

The Liberal leader had pledged in the run-up to October legislative elections to end the air strikes, which he described Monday as being good for achieving “short-term military and territorial gains” but not for “long-term stability for local communities”....

He says a team of wildlife rangers tracking the lions aims to capture them and return them to the park.

At CNN’s presidential town hall in SC, businessman and Republican frontrunner Donald Trump had just finished touting his opposition to invading Iraq in 2002.

After leaving the UN, Mr Boutros-Ghali served from 1998 to 2002 as secretary general of La Francophonie – a grouping of French-speaking nations. “His commitment to the United Nations – its mission and its staff – was unmistakable, and the mark he has left...

The budget includes a $4.1 trillion spending plan for the coming year, and also proposes to eliminate $2.9 trillion in spending over the next 10 years.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev rejected accusations on Saturday that his country’s forces have bombed civilians in Syria, saying this was “just not true”.

Firefighters work at a scene of fire from an explosion in Ankara, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016.