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Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will continue his bid to be the next speaker Friday at noon. The California Republican has lost 11 straight votes, with defectors supporting candidates ranging from Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) to former President Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden celebrated the December jobs report Friday, claiming the hundreds of thousands of jobs added to end 2022 represented "more evidence" that his "economic plan is working."

Surfing superstar "Mad Dog" Marcio Freire died Thursday at the age of 47 while surfing in the waters off Portugal.

The Department of Defense has begun implementing the name commission's recommendation to rid the department of its names tied to the Confederacy.

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy’s political troubles don’t stop at the Washington Beltway.

The first round of this month's Social Security retirement payments worth up to $4,194 will be sent to recipients in only five days.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) enters a pivotal fourth day hopeful he can break the impasse and prove to wavering allies that he can take the speaker's gavel.

Russian forces shelled two Ukrainian cities on Friday, just hours ahead of the Kremlin's supposed Christmas ceasefire, which the West and Kyiv dismissed as a ploy.

Former NFL running back Peyton Hillis is in hospital after he saved his drowning children.

The longtime partner of fallen Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and two others after Sicknick was assaulted during the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.