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Though the winds have weakened and Hurricane Harvey is now a tropical storm, the situation in Houston is growing more urgent as rains pound Texas.

Speaker Paul Ryan has joined other GOP lawmakers in rebuking the president for pardoning Joe Arpaio. Washington Post correspondent Robert Costa discusses the Republican rift with host A Martinez.

The Internal Revenue Service, which has seen budget and staff cuts in recent years, is responsible for carrying out several key provisions of the legislation signed by President Biden this week.

Many tribal nations rely on oil and gas for economic independence. They hope Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will make it easier for them to extract fossil fuels despite her past opposition.

Edward Tian, 22, used his winter break to create an app that helps teachers detect AI-generated essays. It comes at a time when schools are growing more concerned about the use of this technology.

For centrist Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, balancing two big negotiations — the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Democrats' broader $3.5 trillion spending bill — is a challenge.

President Biden plans to host Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi at the White House on Monday. One of the major topics will be how long the last of the U.S. troops will remain in the country.

Iran is inaugurating new president Ebrahim Raisi — someone already under U.S. sanctions for his role in executions in the 1980s, and who is expected to take a hard line in dealings with the West.

A third shot will be offered to all adults vaccinated with Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, even though those vaccines still offer high protection against the delta variant.

In its annual Banished Words List, the faculty of Lake Superior State University also suggests removing from your vocabulary overused phrases such as "Does that make sense?" and "It is what it is."