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Debunked Ukraine conspiracy theory is knocked down - again

A former top government environmental health official is expressing alarm as the Trump administration moves forward with a proposal scientists say would upend how the U.S. regulates public health threats

Federal Reserve Chairman Powell expresses optimism on economy, sees rates unchanged

California's first-in-the-nation law requiring publicly held companies to put women on their boards of directors faces a second legal challenge

Switzerland has approved a change to its environmental legislation allowing companies to take part in the European Union’s emissions trading system

Major U.S. stock indexes edged higher in midday trading Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told lawmakers that the central bank is likely to hold off on another interest rate cut, unless the economy shows signs of worsening

Fed Chair Powell says US unemployment rate could go lower without necessarily spurring inflation

Powell to testify before Congress as Fed officials voice support for pausing rate cuts

The California Trucking Association has filed what appears to be the first lawsuit challenging a sweeping new labor law that seeks to give wage and benefit protections to workers in the so-called gig economy

A top House lawmaker has announced that Congress will pass a governmentwide temporary spending bill to keep the government running through Dec. 20, forestalling a government shutdown as the House turns its focus to impeachment hearings

The Supreme Court is letting the lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting go forward

Italian insurer Generali has tapped contemporary artist Maurizio Cattelan as it launches a program to cover art works

Impeachment hearings come at the very time that Capitol Hill usually tends to its mound of unfinished business, adding to complications in passing a budget and a trade deal

Ukraine awarded a potentially huge oil and gas contract to two political supporters of Energy Secretary Rick Perry just weeks after he recommended one of them as an adviser to Ukraine's new president

Even though the British government desperately wants to leave the EU, the bloc itself desperately wants a new U.K. Commissioner on its executive team, even if only for a few months

Britain's Labour Party says it has experienced a "sophisticated and large scale cyberattack" on its digital platforms

A federal judge in Washington has dismissed a lawsuit from President Donald Trump against New York officials aimed at preventing the release of his tax returns

Ukraine awarded a potentially huge oil and gas contract to two political supporters of Energy Secretary Rick Perry just weeks after he recommended one of them as an adviser to Ukraine's new president

A federal bribery charge against an Illinois legislator has led to questions about whether lawmakers be allowed to lobby other units of government

Energy Secretary Rick Perry influenced Ukraine's energy policy as its new government sought military aid from the US to defend against Russian aggression and Trump's allies were ramping up efforts to spur an investigation into Joe Biden

Lebanon's Central Bank pledges to safeguard stability of national currency, protect depositors' money

650 seats, 46 million voters, 82 days to Brexit: Key numbers for Britain's Dec. 12 election

Correction: Bondi-Conflicts story

Facebook says it is deleting the name of the person who has been identified in conservative circles as the whistleblower who spurred President Donald Trump's impeachment inquiry