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Washington is on the type of dramatic collision course on which some politicians thrive.

An Iranian couple, both social media influencers, have been given lengthy prison sentences after a video emerged of them dancing in a main square in the capital Tehran.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy answered questions following his Wednesday meeting with President Joe Biden, the first such meeting between the two since McCarthy became Speaker.

Tyre Nichols was a father, a man who loved his mama and a free-spirited soul who was looking for a new life in Memphis, Tennessee.

Home invaders tell a family they must make a terrible choice to avert the apocalypse in the new film from M. Night Shyamalan. David Daniel has a look.

Federal law enforcement officials are investigating a US Navy veteran's allegation that Rep. George Santos raised money for a lifesaving surgery for his dying dog only to take off with the money.

Republican attorneys general from 20 states wrote letters to executives at CVS and Walgreens warning the pharmacy chains against using the mail to dispense abortion pills in their states, in a shot against a new Biden administration policy.

Interest rates are higher (again), courtesy of the Federal Reserve, which hiked its benchmark interest rate Wednesday, for the eighth time in a row since last March.

The Federal Reserve unanimously approved a quarter-point interest rate hike Wednesday, slowing the pace of its increases in a clear sign that the central bank is seeing progress in its fierce battle with inflation.

Their stories aren't widely told, but these Black women and men helped shape history

• VP Harris mourns Nichols at funeral and calls for police reform: He 'should have been safe' • Opinion: The deplorable reason Memphis police stopped Tyre Nichols

• Fed approves smallest rate hike since March • Opinion: Here's when the Fed could start cutting interest rates • Job openings jumped unexpectedly to 11 million in December

Good news: Beyoncé's Renaissance tour is happening. Bad news: Fans are already gearing up for a difficult time getting tickets, especially following Ticketmaster's botched ticket rollout for Taylor Swift's Eras tour.

Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday mourned the death of Tyre Nichols, calling his death at the hands of police a moment that demands congressional police reform.

Tom Brady has announced his retirement from the NFL.

The FBI completed a search of President Joe Biden's Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home and no documents with classified markings were found, Biden's personal attorney said Wednesday.

It was a trajectory -- Washington to Cairo, and then Jerusalem -- similar to the one made nearly a half century earlier by a predecessor of Antony Blinken.