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Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington.

Chris Murphy discharged from hospital after stroke but will miss ‘next several weeks of votes’

Rena Rowe · November 6, 2026 3:38 pm

A phone-sized black screen shows a selection of artificial intelligence apps such as OpenAI and Anthropic displayed with a globe shown behind.

White House cancels tech panel including Zuckerberg and Huang after anti-AI midterm results

Workers continue to deploy large buoys to be used as a border barrier along the banks of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. The floating barrier is being deployed in an effort to block migrants from entering Texas from Mexico.

Greg Abbott spent years fortifying the Texas border. Gina Hinojosa could undo it all

Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a Make Iowa Healthy Again rally, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, in Clive, Iowa.

Measles cases race past 5,000 nationwide: CDC

Collage of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

High pressure on Democrats to lower healthcare costs

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Looking for human opportunity in an AI world

Nick Thomas April 24, 2026 6:26 am

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pose for a photo in 2024. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

The fall of Viktor Orban is the latest omen portending a reversal of fortune for Ukraine

Jamie McIntyre April 24, 2026 6:18 am

The US government remains closed until Congress can agree on a new spending bill

Is the Senate robbing Trump of a second shot at new tax cuts?

Tiana Lowe Doescher April 24, 2026 6:10 am

NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya (left) and Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) (right)

Anti-abortion Republicans call on NIH to stop human embryonic stem cell research

Gabrielle M. Etzel April 24, 2026 6:00 am

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Yale committee offers an encouragingly realistic report about the state of higher education

Christopher J. Scalia April 24, 2026 5:36 am

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Ordinary unhappiness: Review of Khameer Kidia’s ‘Empire of Madness’

Emmett Rensin April 24, 2026 5:00 am

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump says Putin attending G20 in Miami would be ‘very helpful’

Brady Knox April 23, 2026 10:59 pm

Smoke rises over Washington, D.C., after a bus caught fire.

Smoke plume rises over downtown DC after bus catches fire

Brady Knox April 23, 2026 9:06 pm

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is placed under arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and FBI agents outside federal immigration court.

ICE barred from entering homes without judicial warrants and court arrests drop: Report

Anna Giaritelli April 23, 2026 8:50 pm

A government supporter holds an image of President Nicolas Maduro during a women's march to demand his return

US soldier charged after allegedly making over $400,000 on Maduro raid bet

Brady Knox April 23, 2026 6:38 pm

President Donald Trump.

Trump: US doesn’t know who ‘the leader is in Iran’

Mike Brest April 23, 2026 5:47 pm

Smoke rises from a building following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon

Trump announces three-week extension of Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

Brady Knox April 23, 2026 5:36 pm