“The Republicans have set the standard and, by God, we’re going to emulate that standard,” Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) said of House Republicans’ use of the unilateral subpoena authority. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Mr. Salvini has shrugged those off as distractions. Mr. Bannon agreed, saying that by March the campaign for the European Parliament would be in full swing, with the intensity of the American presidential election in 2016, and that everyone [...]
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Empress Cixi is most famous for building a fabulous pleasure ground, the Summer Palace, that attracts crowds of tourists. Was she also responsible for pulling China into the modern age?
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Government forces opened fire Wednesday on supporters of Nizamuddin Qaisari, a defiant figure who was arrested after a run-in with army commanders.
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Jim Bakker Thinks Abortion Doctors More Powerful Than GOD
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The Reverend Jim “Stop Being Surprised I’m Still Alive” Bakker offered a compelling reason to to ban abortion: We have to, because while God is almighty, he’s also kind of a klutz when it [...]
The Most Powerful Lobbyist in Trump’s Washington
When Brian Ballard signed the lease last year for an office on the second floor of the Homer Building, a downtown Washington edifice that’s home to a number of lobbying firms, he promised himself he would stay in the space for five years. [...]
A Powerful Storm Leaves Tonga’s Parliament Homeless
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Storm damage in Nuku’alofa, Tonga’s capital, on Tuesday. Tropical Cyclone Gita was the strongest storm to hit the Pacific island nation in decades. Credit John [...]