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The logo for ExxonMobil appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
Top of The World
Top US oil executives to testify before Congress
Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth, from Illinois, speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations on Capitol Hill in Washington
Afghanistan
Sen. Tammy Duckworth calls for a ‘real, cold-hard facts look’ at US’ failed 20-year war in Afghanistan
A display of a variety of guns on a table made from unauthorized parts
Violence
President Biden set to further regulate ‘ghost guns’
Politics with Amy Walter: A Look at the Next Stimulus Package
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US President Donald Trump is shown wearing a blue jacket and red tie with his right hand raised in a fist.
Trump administration
Watch live: For Trump’s State of the Union, the economy has both boom and gloom
The Challenges Women of Color Have Faced in Politics and Beyond
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It’s Not Just the Special Olympics, Betsy DeVos Takes Heat for Special Ed Cuts
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Shutdowns are a Game of Chicken, But Does Anyone Actually Win?
Full Episode
Politics with Amy Walter: So You Want to Run for Office? Bring Cash.
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She’s Running! Women in Politics, Tipping Back the Balance of Power
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Olympic Heads Grilled by Congress Over Sexual Abuse Scandals
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“I Was Just Looking for Safety”: Applying for Asylum in America
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Arts, Culture & Media
The Art of Deduction
Protests led by DACA recipients
Justice
Behind the scenes of a protest, young undocumented immigrants display tactical skills
Drawn Out: The Value of a Vote, From Pennsylvania to the Supreme Court
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Reflecting on a Year of Trump
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screenshots of two advertisements of Facebook posts by John Curtis
Global Politics
Utah congressional candidate says Facebook ad to ‘build the wall’ was made in error
Family of six sitting closely together on a sofa
Global Politics
The courts called him a terrorist, but one judge and several politicians want him to be able to stay in the US
Border wall construction
Economics
How Trump’s border wall demands could lead to a government shutdown
The Gorsuch Gamble, Historic Lies and Leaks, Justice and Juries in America
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Mattis
Global Politics
President Trump, why are you shrinking the EPA when Defense Secretary Mattis believes climate change is a national security threat?
The US Capitol Building
Global Politics
The only physicist in Congress, on the state of science on the Hill
The Top Risks of 2017, Violence in Chicago, The New Space Race
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Machine Control, Citizen Scientists, Reality TV
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Today’s Takeaways: Land and Guns, Rewriting Islamic History, Juvenile Sentences
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Financial Aid 2
Education
Time is running out on a federal loan program for poor college students
Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the Speaker's Balcony on the West Front of the Capitol as he stands with Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Speaker of the House John Boehner (R) after concluding his address before a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress o
Belief
Francis is challenging America’s political power brokers
The Digital Wild West, Changing Immigration, America’s Highways
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Surveillance Showdown, A Crisis in Asia, and American Originality
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Opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline rally in front of the White House on February 24, 2015, the day President Barack Obama vetoed a bill circumventing administration review of the project and mandating its construction.
Environment
President Obama’s veto isn’t the end of the Keystone XL story
The dove, a symbol of peace, flies over a mosque in Afghanistan.
Conflict
Why I’m optimistic, even among grim news
The dove, a symbol of peace, flies over a mosque in Afghanistan.
Culture
Why I find optimism amid grim news
The recent releases from Guantanamo include former detainee Adel bin Muhammad El Ouerghi of Tunisia shown standing on a balcony in Montevideo, Uruguay, his new home.
Justice
Why closing Gitmo remains a daunting task for Obama
A campaign sign is pictured on November 3, 2014. Republicans are poised to pick up seats and could win control of the US Senate on Tuesday in midterm elections heavily influenced by deep voter dissatisfaction with President Barack Obama's job performance.
Global Politics
American campaign rhetoric stuns overseas observers
Global Politics
Eric Cantor’s historic defeat in Virginia hardly fazes an immigration activist
Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and members of his cabinet pose with President Giorgio Napolitano.
Global Politics
Lawmakers in this European country are considering a ‘pink quota’ to achieve gender parity in politics
1st Lieutenant Jennifer Moreno, 25, of San Diego, was killed in action in the Zhari district of Afghanistan, near Kandahar, on Sunday. Moreno was a qualified paratrooper, and was serving as a cultural liaison officer with Special Forces. Her family is on
Global Politics
Charity steps in to help military families unable to receive death benefits because of the shutdown
Lifestyle & Belief
Trying to escape the government shutdown? Don’t head to the great outdoors