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House and Senate lawmakers formally kicked off negotiations over funding the Department of Homeland Security, facing a Feb. 15 deadline for a spending bill Trump will sign to avoid another shutdown.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Republican Mark Walker of North Carolina about what's in the tax legislation from Senate Republicans and how the party plans to get it passed by the end of the year.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee heard from U.S. diplomat James Jeffrey as Congress considers new sanctions against Turkey. But the top Senate Republican warns against action against an ally.

Democratic voting legislation has virtually no path to becoming law, but Senate Republicans are fighting it as the GOP still struggles over how to move forward from the 2020 election.

10 people are dead after an 18-year-old white man allegedly carried out an attack at a supermarket in a majority Black community.

On the 50th anniversary of the first official women's race, reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir came out on top.

As autoworkers' real wages fall, top executives at the Big Three carmakers continue to earn tens of millions of dollars each year — hundreds of times more than the median employee.

The search for a woman who is believed to have fallen into a sinkhole in western Pennsylvania is moving into a recovery effort after two days of searching produced no signs of life, authorities said.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he is passing on running for the senate in next year's midterm elections, a blow to Republicans who spent months courting him to challenge Democratic incumbent.

A fresh hot meal is a thing of beauty when you're having a tough go of things, and can literally bring tears to people's eyes. But a full freezer? That's money in the bank. So when it comes to feeding people in need, an extra meal for the freezer can be the best gift of all.