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Explaining Trump and Russia; Greece’s stability threatened by the renaming of Macedonia.


Furloughed employees miss a paycheck; Mike Pompeo gives a speech in Egypt.


The 13-year-old from Barron, Wisconsin, was found in a town about 70 miles north.


FDA food inspections interrupted; Venezuela’s president inaugurated.


US carbon emission rates are rising; election results in the Democratic Republic of Congo are still delayed.


World Bank president resigns; Saudi woman gains temporary asylum in Thailand.


New research shows it was the consequence of high unemployment rather than its cause.


At least three people are dead and four injured after shots broke out late Friday night.


Another week ends with no shutdown resolution; Germany’s politicians get hacked.


The South represents slavery and bigotry. Living here has emboldened me like nowhere else I’ve been before.


A new Congress is sworn in; China’s economy slows down.


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


Obama discusses race, has a few choice words for Donald Trump, and shares her experience with miscarriage and IVF in her new memoir.


Its Chinese ticket sales have made it the third highest-earning movie in the DC Extended Universe.


They key to getting over someone: trying new things that you couldn’t have done with your ex.


“This is a very short period of time that we are using to get ready for the best years of our lives.”


A government shutdown for the holidays; an election postponed in the Democratic Republic of Congo.


Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is leaving the Trump administration; Trump’s attorney general nominee has some thoughts on Russia.


US troops are leaving Syria; some prisoners get to leave prison.


Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s sentencing is postponed; the Trump administration’s bump stock ban is final.


A Green Beret’s murder charges; protests in Hungary.


Wisconsin’s lame-duck session strips the new governor of power; Theresa May comes home from Brussels empty-handed.


The Senate votes to withdraw American support from Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen; the Boy Scouts consider bankruptcy.


At least a little confidence in Theresa May; Michael Cohen gets three years.


Panic about students and “safe spaces” is completely misguided.


Another Trump judicial nominee makes the court; students join France’s Yellow Vest protests.


Theresa May reschedules a critical vote on Brexit; alleged Russian spy Maria Butina has made a plea deal with federal prosecutors.


President Trump nominates candidates for attorney general and UN ambassador; the second-largest Ebola outbreak spreads to a major city in Congo.


The lush costume drama starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie is currently in theaters.


What we know about the ongoing voter fraud allegations in North Carolina; Yemen’s warring sides meet in Sweden for a first round of peace talks.


Internal Facebook documents reveal troubling details of the social media platform’s operations; Cuban residents are granted full internet access on their mobile phones.


A look back at the president’s life and legacy.


US senators condemn the Saudi crown prince for Jamal Khashoggi’s murder after a closed-door CIA briefing; President Trump proclaims himself the “Tariff Man.”


Republicans across the US are trying to exploit lame-duck sessions before they leave office; France is in the midst of its worst riots in 50 years.


A popular outgoing governor is running against an incumbent senator in one of 2018’s key races.


Ben Ray Lujan, Hakeem Jeffries, and Katherine Clark are positioned for the future.


Everything you need to know ahead of the G20 summit; midterm ballots may have been tampered with in a North Carolina congressional district.


He’s doing what he does best: saying stuff about policy that’s not true.



