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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate has officially passed the so-called bathroom bill, a controversial measure that has divided lawmakers and caused an uproar in the LGBT community. After more than 4 { hours of debate Tuesday, the bill was given preliminary approval by a vote of 21-10, mostly along party lines. One Democrat, Sen.

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter-point Wednesday in a widely expected move. For the first time since the Great Recession, the central bank sounds serious about raising interest rates, and additional rate hikes are possible this year and into 2018. The next opportunity for the Fed to tinker with interest rates will

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate on Wednesday approved two anti-abortion priority measures that would prohibit certain procedures and the donation of fetal tissue. The upper chamber passed one bill that would ban “partial-birth” abortions and the donation of fetal tissue for research, sending it to the House for consideration. Lawmakers then gave preliminary approval

Washington (dpa) – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used a separate email account with a pseudonym to discuss climate change and other topics during his time as ExxonMobil’s chief executive, according to a letter released Tuesday. Tillerson’s use of the pseudonym Wayne Tracker is described in a letter from New York Attorney General Eric

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Tuesday broadcast a portion of President Trump’s federal tax returns, saying the documents had been obtained by a financial journalist who shared them with the network. “Donald Trump’s tax returns have surfaced – a least a portion,” Ms. Maddow said. She said the return they obtained was a federal form