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CONGRESS

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Severe storms forecast in South after days of destructive weather in U.S.

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Why everyone’s mad at Apple’s new ad

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Live updates: Stormy Daniels spars with Trump attorney while testifying in hush money trial

Stormy Daniels returned to the stand Thursday to continue her testimony in Donald Trump’s trial on allegations of business fraud related to a payment of hush money.

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Student who raised $400K for D.C. homeless man refunds money to donors

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FreedomWorks, an organization that mobilized tea party conservatives, dissolves

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Why conservative media is suddenly turning on Kristi Noem

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Truth Social is relatively small. Trump’s posts still find big audiences, thanks to an army of amplifiers.

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Carolyn Hax: Was it wrong to approach late wife’s pal for no-commitment sex?

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School leaders push back on House GOP claims of inaction over antisemitism

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Superintendent fired after her daughter’s softball rival alleged retaliation

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Emboldened Russia marks Victory Day with parade of nuclear-capable weapons

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How a documentary about the Jan. 6 insurrection covers new ground

“The Sixth,” a new film from Oscar-winning documentarians Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine, originally intended to capture the peaceful transition of presidential power.

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Katy Perry says her own mom was fooled by AI images of her at the Met Gala

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Steve Albini, Nirvana producer and alt-rock royalty, dies at 61

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Bill Holman, Grammy-winning jazz composer and arranger, dies at 96

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Mysterious visitors from other lands fly into D.C.: Migratory birds

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Science

Scientists are starting to decode what sperm whales are saying

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Mysterious blobs inside Earth triggered plate tectonics, study suggests

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Life boomed on Earth half a billion years ago. You can thank magnets.

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A grand Olympic plan for the Seine. But first, the tent camps.

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In photos: The Olympic flame arrives in the French port of Marseille

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Nationals finally run out of answers and fall to Orioles in 12 innings

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