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The audit has been called a political gesture to placate anti-abortion groups that oppose use of the tissue. Fetal tissue has played a part in developing vaccines and medical treatments.

Can government be run like the Internet, permissionless and open? Coder and activist Jennifer Pahlka believes it can — and that apps are powerful ways to connect citizens to their governments.

One year after President Trump's executive order to build housing for thousands of homeless veterans in Los Angeles, advocates say little has been done.

The Trump administration's dramatic staffing cuts at federal lands agencies like the Forest Service are causing anxiety in tinder dry New Mexico, where the wildfire threat is already severe this Spring.

Watchdog groups sued to find out who has visited President Trump at his resort in Florida. So far, all they have are 22 names from the Japanese prime minister's traveling party.

Unofficial election results show Jake Ellzey will replace U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, who died in February after contracting COVID-19.

The statute of limitations has expired on abuse charges, but prosecutors want ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert to be sentenced for banking violations linked to his hush-money payments to the accusers.

With the federal government shutdown entering its second week, some health leaders in North Texas are worried a prolonged shutdown could negatively effect their patients and services.

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