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Conservatives and allies of President-elect Trump are dismantling a narrative put forth by Democratic lawmakers such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren that Republicans blocked funding for childhood cancer research in the spending bill, pointing to a stand-alone bill that had languished in the Democratic-controlled Senate for months.  Congress passed a pared-down spending bill early Saturday morning … Read more

Pennsylvania senator who’s seeking to position himself as a bridge to the far-right advises Democrats to ‘pace yourself’ Senator John Fetterman – once a darling of the left but increasingly seeking to position himself as a bridge to the far-right – on Sunday doubled down on advice for fellow Democrats loathing the thought of the … Read more

Kay Granger of Texas found to be living at facility, a fact she did not disclose to the public, according to Dallas media A Republican congresswoman from Texas has not cast a vote in the US House since July while she has been living at a memory care facility – something she did not disclose … Read more

Jonathan Lemire, co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, joins Willie Geist on Sunday TODAY to discuss whether President-elect Trump and Elon Musk’s work to kill a government funding bill ahead of the holidays is a preview of what Trump’s second term will look like.

A growing trend of state laws permit the sale of cannabis drinks – and beverage companies are angling to make the next hit alcohol alternative Laws around the US – most recently in Hawaii – are cropping up that allow THC in beverages, a move that some experts say will have mixed benefits for those … Read more

Olympia Auset started SÜPRMARKT to provide her community easy access to food and healthy produce The plate is her canvas. Imani Cohen never wants her dish to look too brown nor too starchy. She gravitates toward foods bright with luminous colors such as greens, purples and orange, during her weekly Saturday visits to the farmer’s … Read more

What’s more depressing than the thought of a long, slow decline in health? The thought of several short, sharp declines. Thank you, science! I don’t believe ageing is linear: I reckon we have long plateaux, then everything falls apart all at once. I realised this at the close of my harrowing 31st year, when I … Read more

Man crashes into mall after a police pursuit, striking four people before he was fatally shot by law enforcement A fleeing motorist drove a pickup truck into a busy JCPenney store in Texas on Saturday, injuring five people before he was fatally shot by law enforcement, authorities said. Four of the injured people were taken … Read more

NBC News National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki joins a special edition of Meet the Press to look at how Americans have become more divided. 

After the fall of the Assad regime, the country now faces challenges from Turkey, Israel and the enmity of the west Robin Yassin-Kassab is co-author of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War and English editor of the Isis Prisons Museum The liberation of Syria was long hoped for, but unexpected. Over the past weeks, … Read more