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Fifteen top posts at the Department of Homeland Security, including retiring Secretary Janet Napolitano's position, are now vacant or soon will be. Many are being filled on a temporary basis, and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle want the Obama administration to get busy filling those jobs, too.

The 123-page release mirrors rebuttals that top GOP lawmakers have been making for weeks amid the House Democrats' probe into whether Trump withheld congressionally-appropriated funds for Ukraine.

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has resigned after pleading guilty to abusing his office, allegedly to conceal an affair with a top political adviser.

A new top prosecutor will review 15 dropped corruption investigations involving the owner of a gas firm on whose board Hunter Biden sat. Ruslan Ryaboshapka says he knows of no evidence against Biden.

"That's like setting three small cars on top of the jaws of a T. rex — that's basically what was pushing down," a researcher says. Humans bite with a measly 200 pounds of force.

Congress set aside $350 million to help colleges with "significant unmet needs" related to the pandemic. Most of that money has gone to small schools that serve just a fraction of U.S. students.

G7 leaders are meeting in Puglia, Italy, this week. At the top of their agenda: the tricky details of how to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is working with House Republicans to advance a budget bill that would allow Republicans to pass many of Trump's top policy priorities without threat of a Senate filibuster.

Venezuela produces its own version of the hit game show franchise Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? In a country with runaway inflation, the top prize of 1 million bolivars is worth about $2,000.

Credit Suisse has been accused by senators of helping American clients hide assets from the IRS. The Swiss bank's top executives are answering the allegations in a congressional hearing on Wednesday.