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The runoff was a test of whether the Democratic Party could successfully distance itself from a left-wing candidate whom leaders called antisemitic.
Irans nuclear program is a big one.
Follow President Trumps progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
The top U.S. diplomat visited the worlds largest democracy in a bid to reverse soured relations over Trumps tariff agenda and embrace of Pakistan.
The president's candidate, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, has faced numerous scandals, while Sen. John Cornyn has failed to excite the base.
The president bulldozed the East Wing and remade federal panels that quickly approved his ballroom project. But he has faced barriers as he seeks to complete it.
The president trumpets claims that he is in excellent health, but independent physicians say the White House hasn't answered key questions ahead of his third visit in 13 months.
Politicians, no longer content to leave elections to chance, are working to choose their voters as often as every two years.
Nasire Best, 21, had cut off contact with even his closest friends and began claiming that he was Jesus Christ.
On Memorial Day, military families remember the Iran conflicts fallen and navigate heartbreak without mothers and wives.
The bronze ingots left over from a Robert E. Lee statue that once ignited violence will now be part of a new work of public art.
Theres a lot to keep track of.
The Maryland man was charged with human smuggling after a high-profile legal fight in which courts ruled he had been illegally deported to El Salvador.
Incendiary comments by a House candidate in Texas prompted condemnation from her fellow Democrats, who accused Republicans of propping her up.
Concerns about rising costs are a problem for Republicans ahead of the midterm elections as Trump struggles to deliver on affordability pledges.
Industry leaders warned in last-minute calls to the president that the proposed safety vetting system could inhibit development of the pivotal technology.
It was a busy one.
Industry trade groups reject the administration's claims, saying the rollback of the Biden-era regulations would actually drive up prices.
Amid hostilities with Iran, the American military expended far more advanced interceptors to protect Israel than Israeli forces did, according to Defense Department data.
The majority dismissed on procedural grounds the case of Joseph Clifton Smith, whose mental faculties skirt the threshold for being spared the death penalty.
Jan. 6 rioters, George Santos, Mark McCloskey and Rod Blagojevich: A wide range of figures are eyeing the presidents new settlement fund.

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