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The Senate voted around 2 a.m. Friday to confirm retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Trump plucked him from retirement to be his top military adviser.

Bernie Sanders is an improbable politician. Independent, occasionally irascible, he came from the far left and an urban background to win elections in one of the most rural states in the country.

Townhalls in two very different districts — a safe red seat in Missouri and a competitive blue seat in Ohio — offer a window into the issues that could help decide next year's midterm elections.

Energy prices are going up — for things like coal, natural gas and crude oil. On Tuesday, global crude oil prices topped $80 a barrel for the first time in nearly three years.

Authorities have several open investigations involving the former president, including into his businesses, his tax returns and his actions leading up to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

Isfandiyar Pataudi, ex-chief of analysis for Pakistan's intelligence agency and a retired general in Pakistan's army, tells NPR's Steve Inskeep how the U.S. blundered its 20-year war in Afghanistan.

The head of the independent Office of Special Counsel claims President Trump illegally fired him, the latest in a string of firings that may violate federal law.

The Kirkus Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the U.S. This year's winners are Ariel Aberg-Riger, Héctor Tobar and James McBride.

In the immortalized-by-meme words of Usher: Watch this.

One year ago on Jan. 6, hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's electoral vote win.