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It could turn a simmering conflict into something much more dangerous.


Hotels and restaurants are hoping you’ll take a selfie in one of their novelty bathrooms.


Democrats have officially taken control of the House.


Universal background checks, prescription drug prices, infrastructure — here’s everything House Democrats have on their to-do list.


Democrats’ anti-corruption bill HR 1 has good poll numbers behind it. But can they make it law?


Paul Whelan, a former Marine, was arrested over the weekend while attending a wedding in Moscow.


The government shutdown continues; a US citizen is being detained in Russia.


Bolsonaro took office on January 1, repeating many of his hardline campaign promises.


It’s day 12 of a partial government shutdown — and lawmakers are still at an impasse.


Credit card companies might be scaling back on points and rewards.


The New Horizons spacecraft sent back a photo of a very distant snowman-shaped object a billion miles past Pluto.


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Zinke made his mark opening huge swaths of public lands to fossil fuel interests and still faces numerous ethics investigations.


Blue Note Records created the visual identity of modern jazz.


Democrats are proposing a return to regular order in their new rules package, making it easier for bipartisan bills to make it to the floor.