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Congress releases bill to avert holiday government shutdown

Mike Johnson, wearing a blue suit and holding up a finger while flanked by Trump and American flags.
Dec 17, 2024 - Business

Crypto industry eyes deep list of government appointments

Photo illustration of President Trump pointing to a picture of an anonymous woman.
Dec 17, 2024 - Business

Biden's final sprint as Trump's rollback of his agenda looms

Illustration of the Great Seal of the United States, but the eagle is holding a pen and clipboard instead of arrows and an olive branch.
Dec 17, 2024 - Health

41% of young voters say UnitedHealthcare CEO killing "acceptable": Poll

Updated Dec 17, 2024 - Politics & Policy

AOC defeated by Connolly in battle for Oversight role

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during a 2019 hearing, with only her head and neck visible, with a dais in the foreground and a TV screen showing Rep. Gerry Connolly in the background.

Churches turn to Christmas migrant story amid deportation fears

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Dec 17, 2024 - Economy

Flashing yellow light for consumer

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Dec 17, 2024 - Business

Trump ramps up legal threats against news outlets

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Trump sues Des Moines Register for "election interference" over Iowa poll

DES MONIES, IOWA - JANUARY 29: The Des Moines Register's Executive Editor Carol Hunter walks under the newspaper's logo with a clock on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 in Des Monies, Iowa. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Updated Dec 17, 2024 - Politics & Policy

Teachers raised with shooter drills grapple with school gunfire's busiest year

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Why food recalls are mounting this year

Illustration of an onion with a "no" symbol carved into it
Updated Dec 17, 2024 - Politics & Policy

Judge rejects Trump's request to overturn hush money conviction

Trump walks out of court after being found guilty on 34 counts.

Warm winter days surge across Europe, North America and Asia

Record holiday travel expected to end a busy year

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Scoop: Top editors stiff the Washington Post

Illustration of a crumbling newspaper
Dec 17, 2024 - Business

Pricing software adds billions to rental costs, White House says

Dec 17, 2024

Mayorkas unveils new chatbot for Homeland Security staff

Photo of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaking while seated onstage
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Meatpacking industry supports Trump but braces for deportation fallout

Photo illustration of a woman with a shopping cart, detainees at an ICE detention center, and row of chickens at a chicken processing plant all formed stylistically to represent the American flag
Dec 17, 2024 - Health

Biden's last effort to boost ACA enrollment

Illustration of a caduceus as the hour arm of a clock.

Scoop: GOP senator pushes huge increase to child tax credit

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., makes his way to a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing
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