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A conservative legal group has filed a civil rights complaint against the Providence, R.I., school system with the U.S. Department of Education over the system's "Educator of Color Loan Forgiveness Program." The program helps pay off teachers' student loans, but only if the teachers "identify as Asian, Black, Indigenous, Latino,…

WASHINGTON — Prospects that Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., will be able to attach an energy permitting proposal of his to the annual defense policy bill dimmed after two key Republicans said they opposed the idea.

Senate Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin said the party wants to get through as many of the nominees as possible by the end of the year.

Other lives: Senior journalist at Time magazine in London, Moscow and Washington DC, and author of several biographies

One of the most underappreciated high-stakes legislative fights, featuring some strange political bedfellows, is brewing after the elections.

It could amount to the last round of huge settlements after years of litigation over the industry's role in an overdose crisis linked to more than 500,000 deaths in the U.S. over the past two decades.

A youth mental health crisis and a shortage of therapists and other care providers who take insurance are pushing many U.S. families into financial ruin. But it's rarely acknowledged as medical debt.

WASHINGTON — In the next Congress, Susan Collins of Maine is expected to be the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s powerful Defense panel, sources say.

Maine senator Susan Collins is poised to become the Republican on the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee.