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After a firehose of a first six weeks back in the White House, President Trump delivered a boastful and partisan address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night. Here are six takeaways from the speech.

On the same night in Florida, two police officers were fatally shot in Kissimmee, near Orlando, and two were shot in Jacksonville. Two others were shot in Pennsylvania.

Big majorities are more likely to make history, either by passing new laws that really matter or by frustrating a president who has big plans.

As Democrats wrap their third night in Chicago, the Democratic National Convention continues its message of freedom and readies itself for its final night: the speech from Vice President Harris.

All the available evidence suggests that a miniscule number of noncitizens vote illegally in federal elections and not in numbers that would sway the outcome of any race.

This week marks the sixth anniversary of the ousting of former President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. The crackdown on activism and dissent continues, even as a few are released from prisons.

Trump's Supreme Court nominee will face tough questioning from Democrats during his confirmation hearings this week on abortion, guns, investigating the president, national security and regulation

Steve Inskeep talks to Sabrina Schaeffer, executive director of the conservative Independent Women's Forum about the provision in President Trump's budget for paid family leave.

The massive wildfire in Shasta County that's forced the evacuations of at least 38,000 people is only 5 percent contained. In Yosemite, the Ferguson Fire has killed a second firefighter.

Critics say Iowa and New Hampshire are too old, too white and too small to have so much power in the presidential nominating process. There are lots of other ideas, but tradition is hard to change.