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Lucas Warren, a 1-year-old from Dalton, Georgia, is the 2018 Gerber “spokesbaby”—and the first with Down syndrome in the contest’s 90-year history. “Every year, we choose the baby who best exemplifies Gerber’s long-standing heritage of recognizing that every baby is a Gerber baby,” Gerber Products Co. President and CEO Bill Partyka told “Today.” Fremont, Michigan-based…

Leaders of conservative groups are calling on Congress and President Donald Trump to reject any legislation providing amnesty for illegal immigrants, saying that rewarding them “encourages more illegal behavior.” Almost 100 conservative leaders signed a memo on the debate over “Dreamers” and other illegal immigrants published Feb. 2 by Conservative Action Project, a coalition of…

The Heritage Foundation announced Tuesday that Kim R. Holmes, a longtime scholar and leader at the think tank, would become the organization’s next executive vice president. Holmes’ unanimous selection by Heritage’s board of trustees comes about a month after Kay Coles James began her tenure as president of Heritage. “Kim has long had a profound…

A California judge ruled Monday the state couldn’t force a cake shop owner to bake a cake for a gay couple’s wedding, ruling that doing so would constitute a violation of free speech. Superior Court Judge David Lampe denied the state of California’s request for a preliminary injunction that sought to force bakeshop owner Cathy…

Power companies and the states where they do business say consumers will see lower utility rates due to the tax law from congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump that went into effect Jan. 1. The Republican tax law reduced the federal corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent. Utility companies say they want…

Sen. John McCain is introducing a legislative fix for the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that will likely infuriate Republicans and the White House. McCain, R-Ariz., along with Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., will announce a bill Monday that provides a pathway to citizenship for roughly 800,000 illegal immigrants, no funding for the president’s border wall…