New Senate Majority Leader John Thune kicked off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his first floor speech as leader that his priority will be to “ensure the Senate ...

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Jimmy Carter's death comes more than a year after the former president entered hospice care. He was 100 years old.

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A strong storm system threatened to whip up tornadoes in parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, a day after severe weather ...

In our news wrap Tuesday, Puerto Rico is spending New Year's Eve in a blackout that could take two days to repair, a military appeals court ruled against Defense Secretary Austin's attempts to throw ...

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