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WATCH: Medal ceremony for officers who responded to congressional baseball shooting

By Joshua Barajas

Five officers will receive the U.S. Capitol Police Medal of Honor today for their response to the June shooting at a congressional baseball practice that left five people injured, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise.

Underwood, Paisley poke fun at politics, President Trump at CMA Awards

By Associated Press

The Country Music Association initially asked reporters covering the show to refrain from asking musicians about politics or recent shootings. Artists and journalists balked and the restrictions were lifted.

After rough election night, top Trump backers differ on path forward

By Thomas Beaumont and David Eggert, Associated Press

Marking a year since President Donald Trump's election, his fiercest advocates offered different approaches Wednesday for the Republican Party's way forward after some tough losses Tuesday.

Second transgender candidate wins spot on Minneapolis City Council

By Associated Press

Phillipe Cunningham narrowly won a northwestern Minneapolis ward by defeating longtime incumbent and council president Barb Johnson. His victory wasn't announced until Wednesday afternoon, due to the instant-runoff voting system Minneapolis uses.

After victories in Tuesday elections, Democrats see health care as a winning issue

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

Emboldened by election wins, Democrats are starting to see a political edge in health care, particularly widening Medicaid access for more low-income people.

WATCH: Pence promises swift review of ‘bureaucratic failures’ that enabled Texas shooter to buy a gun

By Erica R. Hendry

An Air Force review of why the military did not report Kelley’s domestic violence conviction to the National Crime Information Center in 2012, which would have blocked his ability to purchase a gun, would be completed in a matter of…

Puerto Rico hurricane victims still need help. Here’s what you can do

By Patty Gorena Morales, Michael Rios

About nine months after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, thousands of people are still without electricity. Here are some ways you can help.

Maine governor says voters wrong to approve Medicaid expansion

By Associated Press

Maine's governor says residents of his state made an expensive mistake when they voted to expand access to Medicaid, and he is hesitant to implement it at all.