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Fox host Tucker Carlson is facing blowback from Republican leaders for peddling new falsehoods about the attack on the US Capitol on January 6. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R) doubles down on his decision...

The US Postal Service is honoring the late author and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison with her own Forever stamp....

A Senate committee on Wednesday voted to advance the embattled nomination of Eric Garcetti to be ambassador to India....

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Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Mary Peltola of Alaska write that President Joe Biden would be wise to reapprove the Willow Project, which will leave a small environmental footprint and significantly...

A former Republican congressional candidate pleaded guilty Wednesday to accepting a campaign contribution that violated campaign finance law....

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Warmer temperatures in the Arctic are thawing the region’s permafrost — a frozen layer of soil beneath the ground — and potentially stirring viruses that, after lying dormant for tens of thousands of years,...