What Pelosi Has Promised to Win Speaker Votes
The next speaker will be elected on Jan. 3. To muster enough support, Nancy Pelosi is striking deals with members of her caucus. Here are some of those bargains.
Negotiators Strike Deal to Tighten Sexual Harassment Rules on Capitol Hill
House and Senate negotiators, after months of talks, reached a deal to change and toughen the arcane rules governing sexual misconduct claims on Capitol Hill.
Melvin Dummar, 74, Who Claimed Howard Hughes Left Him Millions, Dies
As depicted in the film “Melvin and Howard,” he said he helped the billionaire out in the desert one night and that Hughes rewarded him handsomely.
2 Nuns Suspected in $500,000 Theft From Catholic School Had a Taste for Gambling, Church Says
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles said it would press charges against two nuns who embezzled “a substantial amount” from a Catholic school.
‘Amazon Has Got to Go,’ Protesters Tell Executives
Amazon executives faced protesters during several hours of heated testimony before the New York City Council over a deal the company received to put an office in Queens.
America’s Most Hazardous Volcano Erupted This Year. Then It Erupted and Erupted.
A landmark study unspools a timeline of the most destructive eruption in recorded history of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano.
North Carolina Legislature Calls for New Primary if New Election Is Held in Disputed District
Republicans in the state passed legislation that could allow them to choose a new candidate if a new election is held in the Ninth Congressional District.
D.E.A. Agent in Illinois Is Charged With Helping Drug Gang in Puerto Rico
The agent, Fernando Gomez, is a former police detective who joined the agency to help drug dealers, prosecutors said.
Overlooked No More: Elizabeth Keckly, Dressmaker and Confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln
Keckly was born a slave but bought her freedom and began working for the first lady. Her memoir offered a rare look inside the Lincoln White House.
State Police Investigating Abuse at Celebrated Louisiana School
New allegations have arisen since The New York Times detailed physical and emotional abuse at T.M. Landry, a school celebrated for landing black students in elite colleges.
Julián Castro, Former Housing Secretary, Takes Step Toward a Presidential Run
The former housing secretary in the Obama administration and the former mayor of San Antonio announced he was forming a presidential exploratory committee.
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