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California is set to impose mandatory water restrictions Tuesday. Urban water users will be prohibited from spraying down pavement, watering landscaping in a way that causes runoff and running fountains that do not re-circulate their water.

Lawmakers looking for ways to patch a hole in the Highway Trust Fund have zeroed in on a budget gimmick called "pension smoothing." Never heard of it? You're not alone.

Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and undocumented Filipino immigrant, has been detained at a Border Patrol station.

If kicking the can down the road were a competitive sport, the championship trophy would never leave Washington. A short-term fix for highway spending is just the latest contribution.

The companies announced a deal Tuesday to sell Apple devices loaded with IBM software to big businesses all over the world

Nearly a million community college students don't have access to federal student loans, according to a new report.

The for-profit college chain Corinthian Colleges is closing or selling most of its 107 campuses and online programs.

Discrimination against female workers who might get pregnant in the future, or have been pregnant in the past, is against the law, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says.

Also: The House passes a bill replenishing the Highway Trust Fund; Arizona protesters gather to object to a group of migrants who weren't scheduled to arrive; and a class for aspiring lumberjacks.

Last week, a group of Washingtonians visiting New Hampshire were told they couldn't buy alcohol because their IDs weren't from a state.