McCain says 'I'll be back soon' as he battles brain cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Battling brain cancer, Sen. John McCain on Thursday promised to return to work, making a good-natured dig at his Republican and Democratic colleagues who were jolted by news of the six-term lawmaker's diagnosis....

Sessions staying as attorney general despite Trump rebuke
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday he has no immediate plans to resign after President Donald Trump excoriated the nation's top prosecutor for recusing himself from the probe of suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. political campaign....

Exxon fined $2M for Tillerson-era breach of Russia sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Treasury Department hit Exxon Mobil Corp. with a $2 million fine Thursday for violating Russia sanctions while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was the oil company's CEO....

The Latest: Analysts say new bill would leave 22M uninsured
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the Republican effort to repeal the Obama health law (all times local):...

Senate Judiciary Committee approves FBI director nomination
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of President Donald Trump's pick to head the FBI....

Republicans target arbitration rule for consumers
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are targeting a rule that would let consumers band together to sue their banks or credit card companies rather than use a mediator to resolve a dispute....

Prominent digital drug marketplaces knocked out in 1-2 punch
PARIS (AP) -- Two of the world's most notorious digital marketplaces have been knocked out in a one-two punch that officials say yielded a trove of new intelligence about the drug merchants that operate in the hidden corners of the internet....

The Latest: Sessions says he will remain in
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions (all times local):...

California farm region plagued by dirty air looks to Trump
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- California's vast San Joaquin Valley, the country's most productive farming region, is engulfed by some of the nation's dirtiest skies, forcing the state's largest air district to spend more than $40 billion in the past quarter-century to enforce hundreds of stringent pollution rules....

House backs road in remote Alaska wildlife refuge
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has approved legislation allowing a proposed road through a remote national wildlife refuge in Alaska that was rejected by the Obama administration....