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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) made a gassy gaffe while addressing the newly sworn-in 119th Congress on Friday. At one point, Jeffries promised his colleagues that the Democratic Party ...

The Penguins lost 3-2 in shootout to the Panthers but continued to play the respectable brand of hockey we've seen of late.

And by you, I mean me, because this has pretty much been my life lately. Wrestling with hard decisions, trying to find my own needs, and defining my boundaries in marriage and life. These all require ...

In his excoriatingly funny new film, the British realist Mike Leigh reunites with a key actor from his 1996 triumph, “Secrets ...

She wrote, “New Year’s resolution no more d**k jokes it’s gonna be really hard.” Fans were quick to catch up with ... Eric Vetro told People that Carpenter’s lyrics are getting sexier with time. He ...

The community is mourning a 5-year-old boy — hit and killed by a school bus as the K-4 student returned to school from the holiday break Thursday. Family identified the 5-year-old as Finn Katona. It ...

Red Sox starter Walker Buehler is reportedly trying to recruit free agent third baseman Alex Bregman to join him at Fenway ...

After some mild drama Friday, Mike Johnson is set to lead House Republicans this Congress. Now comes the real challenge: enacting the GOP agenda. Johnson, his fellow GOP leaders and House committee ...

Sabrina Carpenter has an NSFW New Year's resolution. On Jan. 2, the "Espresso" singer shared her goal for 2025 on Instagram — ...

Johnson has publicly expressed confidence that he will retain the speaker's gavel, but spent the final day before the vote on Capitol Hill meeting with Republican holdouts.

Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection Friday as House speaker on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts ...