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STORM LAKE, Iowa (TNS) — For 14 years, Iowans in the state’s 4th Congressional District have overwhelmingly chosen Steve King to represent them. His seat is considered safe, in spite of — or because of — comments like this:

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s message this week to his chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, was hard to misunderstand: I’m president and you’re not.

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Trump administration will keep the records of who visits the White House secret, ending a practice started under the Obama administration of partially releasing visitor logs, a White House official said Friday.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis washed the feet of a dozen inmates at a maximum security prison on Holy Thursday in a pre-Easter ritual meant to show his willingness to serve society's most marginal and give them hope. Francis…

NEW YORK — You didn't think those super-low gas prices would last forever, did you?

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Congressional Republicans and the White House can’t gloss over the collapse of their first signature measure — the 2010 health care law repeal and replace effort — but veteran lobbyists see cautionary tales in that mess for…

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan needs a win following the collapse of his health care bill. Achieving that won't be easy for the 47-year-old leader, whose ascent as a Republican heavyweight has been marred by an embarrassing flop on…

CONCORD, N.C. (TNS) — Sometimes when James Patterson Jr. can’t sleep, he sits up in bed as the fear returns. It’s a feeling he can’t shake: He’s afraid he’ll go back to prison.

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (TNS)— Seen from the air, the structure is a D-shape, perched on the lip of a mesa that overlooks the famous “Cliff Palace” dwelling at Mesa Verde National Park. Scientists call it the Sun Temple.

WASHINGTON (TNS) — For all of the moaning and groaning about Washington being dysfunctional, members of Congress aren’t exactly tripping over each other to get out of town.