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The federal government will send $2.4 billion to 54 high-speed rail projects in 23 states, the Transportation Department said on Thursday, following up on announcements made by members of Congress and governors earlier in the week.

Bullying and harassment in schools often includes violations of federally protected civil rights, the federal government warned Tuesday in new guidelines for educators on how to address the problem.

The West has long been torn between attacking and cozying up to the federal government. Now Harry Reid and Sharron Angle have picked sides in that fight. There is a canyon of difference between Harry Reid and Sharron Angle, on just about every issue in their rancorous Nevada Senate race.

The federal government will award $1.8 billion to New Orleans schools damaged by Hurricane Katrina, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-Louisiana, said Wednesday.

The Supreme Court ruled today the federal government can keep some sex offenders behind bars indefinitely after they have served their sentences.

The federal government is starting to deploy full-body imaging machines at an additional 11 airports across the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Friday.

President Barack Obama says the federal government will reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent in the next decade - an ambitious goal that exceeds targets for the country as a whole.

Dozens of terrorism suspects will be moved to a little-used rural facility that will be acquired and upgraded by the federal government.