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The 118th Congress, being sworn in Tuesday, will eclipse several records set by the outgoing Congress.

It's been a tough year for US consumers, who battled decades-high inflation for the majority of the year and even saw gas prices hit $5 in June.

Last year was dominated by scary headlines about crushing inflation, super-sized interest rate hikes and mounting recession fears.

Workers who stick with the same employers are enjoying the biggest raises in nearly a quarter century.

Facebook's parent company Meta is considering whether to allow former President Donald Trump back on to its platforms and is due to announce its decision in the coming weeks, a company spokesperson told CNN on Monday.

Air traffic control issues are triggering hours-long flight delays to Florida airports, the Federal Aviation Administration told CNN.

Three people were killed, and two others injured after a scaffolding collapse at a construction site in Charlotte, North Carolina, Monday, according to tweets from Charlotte Fire Rescue.

Northern California officials are back in clean-up mode after the second earthquake in two weeks struck the region Sunday morning, cracking walls and roads.

A 24-year-old man was killed and nine others were injured in a shooting in Mobile, Alabama, Saturday night, according to local police, just blocks from where people had gathered for the city's New Year's Eve celebration.

Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, sworn in for a second term Sunday, called the sentencing last week of two men convicted of plotting to kidnap her "just," while urging both parties to confront threats and violent rhetoric.

The House January 6 committee on Sunday released another wave of witness interview transcripts.

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Republicans' take over of the House this week will usher in a two-year political era that threatens to bring governing showdowns and shutdowns as a GOP speaker and Democratic president try to wield power from opposite ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.

Two people died and four others were injured in a shooting in Ocala, Florida, early Sunday, authorities said.

An earthquake struck Northern California Sunday morning for the second time in less than a two-week span, according to the US Geological Survey.

Josh Shapiro had a massive spending advantage and a weak Republican opponent, but the incoming Pennsylvania governor thinks Democrats should still take note of how he made voters see his fight-for-the-little-guy speeches as more than just talk -- and racked up the party's biggest margin in any swing-state race of 2022.

Nearly 4,000 union nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital have reached a tentative agreement on a contract, while approximately 12,000 nurses at seven other hospitals will move forward with their intention to strike beginning January 9.

President Joe Biden will join top Republican officials to herald the bipartisan infrastructure law this week as the GOP assumes control of the US House of Representatives.

The top three House Democrats who are stepping back from their leadership spots did not coordinate on their decisions to do so, outgoing Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Sunday, adding that "the timing was right."