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Kari Lake has sought to dismantle Voice of America and its federal parent, the U.S. Agency for Global Media. The agency has ...

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Although "dog" is ubiquitous today to describe man's best friend, it remains a mystery where the word originally came from.

Washington D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb says Metropolitan Police Department officers must follow local policies that ...

A record number of Congressional lawmakers have announced they don't plan to run for their current seats in 2026, including three sitting senators leaving Washington to run for governor.

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Melody Bradford talks with Scott McDade, CEO of HoverTech International, to explore his growth from a telephone marketer to the head of a major medical tech company.

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